Discrimination
On my usual commute home this past Thursday, I encountered what is fast becoming a usual occurrence on my train, namely problems with overhead cables. To the chorus of moans and complaints bubbling around me, I resigned myself to the longer ulterior route and took the chance to pay the Evening Standard more than my [...]
Yesterday, my lovely girlfriend and I were shopping in Hamburg. After a really fun day out, we returned to the car which was parked in the Gertrudentor car park next to the Europa Passage shopping centre. Unfortunately, this car park has the slowest lifts on the planet – I can feel the wrinkles growing as [...]
The title to this post may seem flippant to some and may seem touchy to others. I use it for a simple reason: There is really something in common. When someone goes to prison, they do so because our legal system has found them guilty of a crime. There’s a huge stigma attached to this [...]
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This Monday, I approached my boss to start working with him on when I could have my surgery. I’ve finally put together the money after having lost it twice (with the failure of my company in 2006 and losing my job in 2008) so I am rather sensitive about having this done as soon as [...]
When I hear the shocked hysteria about the gay/lesbian/trans lifestyle, it always raises a giggle. I love it when the conservatives use these phrases because it shows how isolated and myopic they are. You see, there is a gay/lesbian/trans lifestyle, but the only reason for that is because the hetero and cis communities create an [...]