Pride

Pride is a Protest, Not a Music Festival

I took a local approach to Pride 2018. I couldn’t afford tickets to some of the larger Prides in bigger cities, nor the train fares and hotel stays that I’d need alongside them. Instead, I hopped on my usual bus and headed into town for my local Pride event. I …

Celebrating the Under-Represented at Student Pride

This weekend marked the 13th annual National Student Pride festival, hosted at the University of Westminster in London during the UK’s LGBTQ+ history month. With panels tackling issues such as LGBTQ+ homelessness, bisexuality and being beyond the gender binary, Student Pride centred the often under-represented letters of the LGBTQ acronym at the event …

The Pecking Order of Progress

Across science and the arts, the first people to achieve something new-first to discover new countries, first flight, first on the moon-are overwhelmingly male. Not only that, but they are overwhelmingly white, straight, cisgender and of a relatively high social and economic standing. In the hierarchy of human achievement, there’s no question …

Pride and Prejudice and Cishet Intruders

This summer I went to Pride in London for the first time, and, as their ill thought out poster campaign promised, I met more than a few glittery cisgender heterosexuals looking for an excuse to party. When I am entering a queer space that is born out of the marginalisation …

Activism in Advertising: What Brands Are Getting Wrong

More and more frequently, we’re seeing brands take a seemingly more altruistic approach in their advertising. While not a new phenomenon, in 2017 this trend seems to have ramped up with the advent of a more politically and socially engaged audience, which undoubtedly has links to the election of Donald …

The Art of Getting Bi: Feeling ‘Valid’ in Queer Spaces

Queer spaces are the most fun places I’ve ever been. Pride festivals, gay villages, social gatherings specifically for LGBTQ+ folk… there’s always a brilliant atmosphere, fantastic music and of course, copious amounts of glitter and rainbows. But something that often niggles at the back of my mind is the feeling …
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