The first time my girlfriend kissed me in public, I went home and cried. I cried because she had never dated a girl before, had never kissed a girl in public before, and it hadn’t […]
No Cake Over Gay Cake: Why The Supreme Court Was Justified
The Supreme Court last week finally ruled on the controversial ‘Ashers’ case. In doing so they deemed that an evangelical Christian, Northern Irish couple had the right to refuse to bake a cake featuring a […]
Has Anything Changed For The LGBT Community Since Matt Shepard’s Murder in 1998?
To be openly part of the LGBTQ+ community is to exist politically. Attempts at invalidating, shaming, and ending the lives of LGBTQ+ people for existing openly in the world are no less prevalent than they […]
US Diplomats In Same-Sex Relationships Must Now Be Married To Remain In The US: That’s Scandalous.
If anyone was feeling a bit overdue for another US immigration scandal then you can worry no longer. In his latest attack on the rights of migrants, Trump has now decided to deny G-4 family […]
Opposite-Sex Couples Are Not The Victims In This Civil Partnership Ruling
This week, the UK government announced that opposite-sex couples will be allowed to obtain a civil partnership. Civil partnerships were not only reserved for same-sex couples prior to the same-sex marriage ruling in 2013 but […]
India isn’t “catching up”, it was colonialism that brought anti-LGBT+ attitudes to the country.
The legacy of colonialism is ever-enduring. Since the 1600s, European powers Spain, Portugal, Germany, and Britain alike have been colonizing all over the world. Age-old Conservatives, including dear-old Boris, speak of traditional “British” values and […]
Students organise Leeds rally against Chechnyan ‘gay prison camps’
Leeds students have planned an event in Leeds city centre, due to take place next Sunday 22nd April, in response to allegations of abuse from newspapers and human rights groups in the Chechnyan region. Independent Russia […]
Let’s get (non) Binary, Trans* Queer sex ed on the map
Sex and Relationship Education (SRE) is dramatically failing the LGBTQ community. It seems ridiculous that in 2015, a government who has legalised same-sex marriage within the last year cannot produce a SRE policy that sufficiently […]
Comment | Confront Sochi discrimination
This week the 22nd Winter Olympics opened in the Russian city of Sochi, amidst ongoing controversy over the Russian government’s stance on LGBT rights. Last year, Putin’s government introduced a law banning ‘homosexual propaganda’ which has […]
Features | Uganda clamps down on homosexuality
Following recent moves by the Ugandan government to enforce legislation against homosexuality, LS talks to Dr Kevin Ward about what this means for those living in the country and the ways in which we can provide support […]
Leeds Student meets Matthew Todd, Editor of Attitude magazine
For the first in our series of interviews celebrating LGBT History Month, Lucas Scherdel spoke to the Editor of the UK’s largest gay publication about the equal marriage bill, religion and homophobia. On 5 February, […]