Interfaith Pride Panel: religious leaders tackle LGBTQ+ discrimination
Illustrations by Hannah Robinson In the recent Interfaith Pride Panel hosted by the Edinburgh Coexistence Initiative, faith leaders discussed scriptural, pastoral, and political avenues to shaping LGBTQ+ inclusive spaces. In these…
The realities of queer activism in Belarus
In Belarus, the current unrest as a result of recent elections means that if you are a peaceful protester you may face violence on the street. But queer activists participating…
J.K. Rowling – ‘TERF’ or nothing
Illustrations by Hannah Robinson J.K. Rowling is on twitter-trial once again. She stands accused of being a ‘TERF’, a trans-exclusionary radical feminist. The author’s most recent transgression was to retweet an…
COVID-19’s disproportionate impact on the LGBTQ+ community
Illustrations by Hannah Robinson While the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic has many believing that ‘we’re all in the same boat’, for minority communities the virus does, in fact, discriminate. Not…
Dear the left, gays are not your pets
Illustrations by Hannah Robinson I am a young Scottish Conservative studying politics in Aberdeen. I like aviation, sci-fi and, like everyone else, I enjoy going to the pub. I also happen…
Forget tuition fees: this is why you can’t trust the Lib Dems
Image credit: Chris McAndrew, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported licence. Source here. The Liberal Democrats have proved themselves to be a political contradiction once again. They’ve spent the…