Nov
20

Remembering those society allows to be killed

admin on November 20th, 2009
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Transgender Day of Remembrance We live in a sick society in a lot of ways. It allows racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia… The list goes on! However, today is the day when we remember a segment of society which our culture views as disposable. Trans people. Per capita, there is no other group of people with [...]

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Oct
19

Yet another reason for sadness

selyna on October 19th, 2009
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Today I feel very sad indeed. But why should I when I have the girlfriend of my dreams, a wonderfully supportive family, a job where my employers and colleagues have been so amazingly understanding, and great friends who did not desert me in my transition? The why is because Andrea Waddell was killed sometime over [...]

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Sep
25

UN General Assemply President calls homosexuality ‘unacceptable’

admin on September 25th, 2009
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The new president of the United Nations General Assembly, Ali Abdussalam Treki, has called homosexuality ‘unacceptable’. When asked about his views on the UN resolution decriminalising homosexuality, he replied: That matter is very sensitive, very touchy. As a Muslim, I am not in favour of it . . . it is not accepted by the [...]

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Sep
15

Semenya on suicide watch

admin on September 15th, 2009

MedIndia is reporting that Caster Semenya is on suicide watch thanks to the trauma of discovering she is intersexed. I can’t imagine how horrible this must be for her, first of all having to accept that her body is not as she felt it was, with huge implications for her career and her future life, [...]

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Jul
26

Cats being tortured in intubation exercises

admin on July 26th, 2009

Humans show the most amazing arrogance. We treat the plants and animals who share this planet with us as if they were our property, to mistreat as we wish. One of the most shocking examples of this is US hospitals using cats to train staff on intubation (placing a tube into the throat to keep [...]

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Apr
27

Angie Zapata vindicated

admin on April 27th, 2009

On 17th July, 2008, a vivacious young woman called Angie Zapata was viciously murdered by a man called Allen Andrade, who beat her in the head multiple times with a fire extinguisher. That’s horrible enough, but the story doesn’t end there. It continues with a trial where a cold-blooded murderer and an equally cold-blooded defence [...]

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Apr
4

Attacked with such force it tore a lip off

admin on April 4th, 2009

Imagine your boyfriend finding something out about you which made him angry. He breaks into your home and beats you with such force with a glass ashtray that it tears one of your lips off. Imagine that this happens because the police tell your boyfriend something about your past, something you shared with them only [...]

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Dec
23

I really don't like fur!

admin on December 23rd, 2008

I have a real problem with wearing fur… You will not see me with it on, ever. The level of cruelty is just horrible and I just don’t see the need to wear fur in a modern society. Yes, I’ve heard the argument from my Russian and Scandinavian friends and they may be right, it [...]

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Dec
20

The horror of forced marriage

admin on December 20th, 2008

Imagine taking a trip to see your parents in Bangladesh and upon arrival being kidnapped, bundled into a tiny room and then forced to take sleeping tablets. Imagine then being tied up, thrown into a private ambulance and driven to a psychiatric hospital where you’re given a large dose of anti-psychotics. In this state, unable [...]

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Dec
20

The 'religious conscience' excuse

admin on December 20th, 2008

In Britain, there’s been quite a bit of news coverage over Lillian Ladele, a registrar in Islington, a bourough of London. Under British law, registrars are responsible for civil marriages, including the civil unions which allow gay and lesbian people some of the rights of a married heterosexual couple. She made the headlines when Islington [...]

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