"For queer women in pop, says [Jason King, dean of the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music]: “There’s a way in which their sexuality can easily be recuperated by the straight male gaze, so men don’t feel excluded by their queerness.” That same “logic” doesn’t apply to male queerness."

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/dec/12/gay-male-pop-stars-being-shut-out-of-the-music-industry-lil-nas-x-olly-alexander

#music #culture #news #lgbt #lgbtqi

Hungary won yesterday this year's World Fetish Show Contest. Congrats!

Dragvolution "Baby":

https://www.youtube.com/live/ak9qzYFxoFU?si=9ezIn3KfJDAmU8Ni&t=9860

#nates1984 #WorldFetishShowContest #Gay #Queer #LGBTQIA #LGBTQI #LGBTQ #LGBT #Festish

Yay for ‘unlikeable characters’ aka women who don’t smile enough & have too many emotions.

As usual, @brocklesnitch is Spot On.

#LGBTQI

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/11/not-one-but-two-shows-with-a-bitch-lesbian-lead-its-a-christmas-miracle?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Researchers at Exeter University are recruiting Trans adults for an online study exploring Trans’ experiences with cis LGB+ Trans-activism. For more info or to participate, register your interest at https://forms.gle/XqgZLmAWwfFGvcVA6 or contact them at H.K.Stokoe@exeter.ac.uk.

#Trans #Transgender #NonBinary #TransResearch #ResearchSurvey #LGBTQResearch #LGBTQI #LGBTQ #LGBTI #LGBT

In der rechtsextremen Gesellschaftsordnung haben neben #BPoC, #Juden, #LGBTQI und #Linke n auch #Suchtkranke keinen Platz. Für die dahinterstehende Ungleichwertigkeitsideologie wird meist der Begriff des #Sozialdarwinismus verwendet. Der Begriff beschreibt, dass Menschen zum Beispiel aufgrund einer #Drogenabhängigkeit, #Arbeitslosigkeit oder #Wohnungslosigkeit als „unwertes Leben“ angesehen werden.
https://www.belltower.news/keine-zufaelligen-opfer-rechte-gewalt-gegen-suchtkranke-163587/

« Homo virilus : la fabrique du mâle-être » Alors que les incarnations traditionnelles de la virilité sont remises en question, des hommes livrent, sans tabou, leur perception de la construction du modèle masculin.
Stéphane's Blogs +1
Plus de détails sur https://bit.ly/3YknUK8
#TÉLÉVISION #LGBTQI+ 💻 🏳️‍🌈

« Boys Boys Boys » Dans cette série documentaire en animation, Boys Boys Boys dresse le portrait d'une génération d'hommes qui interrogent les normes établies.
" C'est quoi un homme gay ? "
Stéphane's Blogs +1
Plus de détails sur https://bit.ly/4rGQ4MZ
#TÉLÉVISION #LGBTQI+ 💻 🏳️‍🌈

Help LGBTQ Refugee Survive Camp

https://www.gofundme.com/f/Help-LGBTQ-Refugee-Survive

#LGBTQIA #LGBTQI #LGBT #MutualAid #Trans #TransMutualAid #Uganda #Refugee

« DogMan » Un ancien enfant battu, qui n'avait d'amour que pour ses chiens, décide de se consacrer corps et âme à la défense des opprimés une fois devenu adulte.
Stéphane's Blogs +1
Plus de détails sur https://bit.ly/4pWgZmn
#TÉLÉVISION #LGBTQI+ 💻 🏳️‍🌈

« Un autre père » En compagnie de son père adoptif, un petit garçon retourne à Gorée, son île natale, à la recherche de sa mère biologique. Ce voyage va les transformer tous les deux.
Stéphane's Blogs +1
Plus de détails sur https://bit.ly/4oBMX6c
#TÉLÉVISION #LGBTQI+ 💻 🏳️‍🌈

“I spend a great deal of time educating people when I am going in for an appointment about myself. It's exhausting. And takes valuable time away from my medical appointment. I can't focus only on my disability or my symptoms, because the doctor needs to understand not to misgender me.” Lee-Anne

#DisabilityAwareness #Disaility #Disabled #TransHealth #Transhealthcare #Transgender #Trans #NonBinary #Queer #LGBTQI #LGBTQ #LGBTI #lgbt

« L'immensità » Années 1970, à Rome. Malheureuse dans son couple qui vacille, une mère de famille se rapproche de sa fille aînée, une adolescente mal dans sa peau.
Stéphane's Blogs +1
Plus de détails sur https://bit.ly/4rAHzCV
#TÉLÉVISION #LGBTQI+ 💻 🏳️‍🌈

« Sebastian » Alors qu'il s'est mis à vendre ses charmes à des hommes plus âgés pour documenter son premier roman, un jeune écrivain prend goût à cette activité.
Stéphane's Blogs +1
Plus de détails sur https://bit.ly/3XA9s0l
#TÉLÉVISION #LGBTQI+ 💻 🏳️‍🌈

« À nos enfants » Une ancienne résistante à la dictature brésilienne des années 70 s'occupe désormais d'un orphelinat, pendant que sa fille tente de tomber enceinte.
Stéphane's Blogs +1
Plus de détails sur https://bit.ly/4oydXU7
#TÉLÉVISION #LGBTQI+ 💻 🏳️‍🌈

Interesting article on LGBTQ asylum seekers who fled Kenya for South Sudan hoping to find refuge in the US. As one of them I can relate. https://www.context.news/socioeconomic-inclusion/aid-cuts-and-abuse-deal-double-blow-to-lgbtq-african-refugees ]
#lgbtq
#lgbtqi
#lgbtqia
#lesbians
#trans
#queermutualaid
#BlackFedi
#Matualaid

#LGBTQI+ #fascism

"By Any Media Necessary: Fighting Fascism With Local Queer Media

In August 1992, a group of intrepid gay and lesbian reporters traveled to Houston to cover the Republican National Convention (RNC). Reporters interviewed delegates on the floor of the convention, each of whom openly voiced homophobic opinions, including that gay people don’t deserve the same rights as other Americans, shouldn’t be able to teach children, and can and should be cured of their homosexuality via psychotherapy. The footage they captured, which aired on the weekly LGBTQ public access news show Gay USA, was designed to expose the deadly homophobia of the 1990s-era Republican party.

Outside the Houston Astrodome, Gay USA cameras captured police brutality at an ACT UP protest. Officers beat protesters with bully sticks and trampled them with horses: 12 were injured, three hospitalized, and six arrested. Security officers later approached and harassed a gay reporter wearing a shirt that read “Nobody Knows I’m HIV Positive.” When the rest of the team came to his defense, security officers escorted the reporters out of the RNC, despite their visible press credentials, and arrested and detained a lesbian correspondent.

This Gay USA episode chronicling the 1992 RNC is one of many examples that demonstrate the power of local queer media. The LGBTQ press has long been committed to documenting and resisting homophobia and transphobia. This is particularly true at the local level: By reporting on local news, politics, art, and events, LGBTQ reporters use media as a tool to expose and fight back against right wing politics.

oday, this history is as relevant as ever. The second Trump administration has relentlessly attacked both LGBTQ rights and the freedom of the press. Earlier this year, the administration demanded federal funding cuts to NPR and PBS, which help fund public radio systems around the country. By attacking news and entertainment media, Trump aims to silence his political rivals, a tactic used by the authoritarian and fascist leaders he often praises."

https://www.autostraddle.com/by-any-media-necessary-fighting-fascism-with-local-queer-media/

True Stories: Gay Memories – Coming Out Of The Closet #LGBTQI #LGBT

One of the biggest regrets of my life is that I never sat down with my mother and told her that I am gay. I chose, instead, the easy option of writing to her and telling her that I was a homosexual.

Facing Mum for the first time after writing that letter, I felt very nervous as I travelled to her home. I hesitated several times before walking up to the front door, ringing the doorbell, and announcing my arrival.

What a shock I got when she came towards me with open arms and, as she gave me one of her wonderful hugs, heard her whisper, “I always knew, I don’t know why it took you so long to tell me.”

Not all my family was like mum, though. Some told me they were having difficulty accepting what I was because it wasn’t the sort of thing that happened to men in the area we came from. Hurtful words, but I already knew that the best thing I could do was to keep away from those who were upset by the life I was given, and let them live their lives as they wanted.

Over the years, I regained contact with some of those family members and, thankfully, have the changing face of society to thank for bringing us back together.

The fact that, in the past, there had been a few other men in the family who had never married never seemed to raise any suspicions that the family included gay people. It may have been discussed, but never while I was in the room.

I don’t know if any of those men ever ‘came out.’ Probably not, but it must have been tough for those who were gay when they lived. This made me more determined to live my life as I wanted and not as others expected me to.

Moving to live and work in London in 1986 was one of the most important decisions I’ve ever made. Although the city acted like a wall that seemed to shield gay people, I was still struggling to ‘come out.’

It was a strange situation because the first two jobs I took in London were in industries where other openly gay people worked.

When I took my next job, which would last 23 years, it took me six years to come out, and that was only when I heard the words “Do you mind if I ask you a personal question?” Of course, nobody cared that I was gay, yet for all those years I had been terrified of what some of my work colleagues would think about me had I ‘come out’ of the closet.

Fast forward to today, and being gay is widely accepted by much of society. Or is it?

When we moved to our current home in South Wales, both my partner and I felt a little hesitant about whether people would accept us. There are fewer residents here than in the area where we had lived for over 30 years. We were returning to that place where I’d been told that ‘being gay didn’t happen.’ We could not have been more wrong!

People have been so welcoming, and we’re as much a part of the community as anyone else. Strange, though, is that every now and again, when I meet somebody for the first time and am asked who the other guy who walks our dogs is, I find myself hesitating before saying, “He’s my partner.”

Maybe some of the scars from our past never heal?

All photos in this post belong to me, Hugh W. Roberts

© 2017 Copyright-All rights reserved-hughsviewsandnews.com.

#comingOut #family #gay #lgbt #lgbtqi #life #pride #prideMonth #trueStories #trueStory

#LGBTQI+ #fascism

"More LGBTQ+ people are quietly planning to flee America as fears of fascism in Trump’s second term rise

The instinct to flee is not new in American life. But the scale, and the kinds of people considering it in the Trump era, reflect something different.

Across the country, LGBTQ+ Americans, people of color, women, religious minorities, and others who feel newly vulnerable under the second Trump administration are quietly constructing 'Plan B' escape strategies: securing second residencies, lining up alternate passports, moving assets offshore, scouting communities abroad, or mapping literal escape routes to sanctuary states or neighboring countries.

Some are wealthy enough to buy investment visas in Europe. Others are applying for digital nomad permits that require little more than proof of remote income. Still others are assembling go-bags, stockpiling medication, or rehearsing how they would reach the Canadian border if federal restrictions tightened."

https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-escape-plans-trumpism

"Being open from the start of the appointment about the emotional side of my request made it easier for me to communicate, something that can be hard being autistic, instead of trying to find the right words to say after I was already upset." Gage

#Disability #Neurodivergence #Disability Awareness #TransHealth #Transhealthcare #Transgender #Trans #NonBinary #Queer #LGBTQI #LGBTQ #LGBTI #lgbt