Posts Tagged ‘ Homophobia ’



FA’s Anti-Homophobia Video Snubbed by Stars

Feb 15th, 2010 | By Gooner | Category: Sport

A week before ‘International Day Against Homophobia in Football’ sees the FA having to rethink their anti homophobia video due to the league’s star players snubbing the venture.
It’s more than disheartening to see the FA’s efforts at ending homophobia stilted by the players themselves.




Why we love a good fall from grace (and why that’s ok)

Jan 12th, 2010 | By CanuckJacq | Category: Current Affairs

From many quarters the accusation has been made that the story about Iris Robinson was the result of a “witch hunt” perpetrated by gay activists on account of the MP’s  vile views against homosexuals. Despite the BBC’s Spotlight programme making it plain that the story came from her former advisor, Selwyn Black, and her [...]




“Mrs. Robinson, you’re trying to seduce me, aren’t you?”

Jan 10th, 2010 | By click here | Category: Current Affairs

Unless you’ve been under a rock (or several feet of snow) during the past week, you will be aware that Iris Robinson has been caught in a big, giant, public tangle of scandalous revelations woven by none other than herself. And I find the whole thing delicious!




Should heterosexuals face execution?

Dec 20th, 2009 | By click here | Category: Current Affairs

You may or may not have yet heard about the BBC poll earlier this week, which asked the question, “Should homosexuals face execution?” No doubt as a result of worldwide outrage at the question, the Beeb has, of course, since quietly changed the title to “Should Uganda debate gay execution?” That’s significantly different, but [...]




Load of Bull & Hassle

Nov 22nd, 2009 | By HAL | Category: Out on the Town

I’m hoping that you can help me out. Recently, my partner and I had one of those incidents where you think to yourself “is that because I’m gay?”. Here goes… We arrived at the Bull & Castle, a place we go to regularly, in Dublin’s Christchurch. We had a drink upstairs while waiting for a table and for our other friends to arrive. They came, we gabbed away and the four of us went down to our table. All good in the hood.




Hundreds at anti-homophobia vigil

Nov 2nd, 2009 | By Gooner | Category: Current Affairs

People in Mersyside attended a candlelit vigil in thier hundred to show support to a 22 year old trainee police officer who was brutally attacked by up to twenty young people on Sunday, Oct 25th.

It’s wonderful to see events like this so well supported and hopefully it will make the point that this kind of thing can not be tolerated by anyone.




It is what it is: Tracing the logic of homophobia

Oct 23rd, 2009 | By click here | Category: Current Affairs

For those of you who may have been living in a yurt in Outer Mongolia recently, you may not have been aware of the odious example of verbal diarrhoea penned by one Jan Moir of the Daily Fail newspaper. Identifying homophobic language for what it is is hugely important, as it’s just one point on a spectrum of hate.




Ugandan ‘Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009’ Proposed

Oct 17th, 2009 | By Gooner | Category: Current Affairs

Every now and again I see a story and am just so shocked and horrified that I’m lost for words. While those of us on this side of the world are trying to fight for marriage rights LGBTQ people in Uganda are being faced with a new bill that could lead to them being sentenced to death!




Graham Norton given official warning after ‘homophobic’ joke about lesbians

Sep 30th, 2009 | By Gooner | Category: The Small Screen

Sometimes I wonder if there really is an LGBTQ community. Are we really all fighting together for equality and to make stereotypes a thing of the past or do many lesbians think gay men are promiscuous hairdressers whilst some gay men think that we are lumberjacks.
I hope Graham Norton’s recent comments are not a reflection of the majority.




Tel Aviv killings: Where hatred bridges the religious divide

Aug 2nd, 2009 | By click here | Category: Current Affairs

The news has circled the world, that two young people were shot dead yesterday, and several more were injured, in a gun attack by an unidentified man on an LGBT centre in Tel Aviv. Tel Aviv, a secular city, has long been regarded as one of the most open and accepting cities in Israel, until now.