The Queen Of The Cage Never Gives Up – Jessica Aguilar MMA fighter
Jessica Aguilar is a Mexican-American female mixed martial artist. She and her family have had some difficult times in the past. Her father was…
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About a Boy – Speaking with photographer Parisa Taghizadeh
The photography series ‘BOY’, by British-Iranian artist Parisa Taghizadeh, is an intimate insight into the world of her young son as he explores what it…
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Without the Dark, We’d Never See the Stars: Transgender in Aboriginal Australia
As the world continues to become more open-minded, a larger than life individual from the western world finds her place in one of the…
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The Queen’s Speech
Panti Bliss aka Rory O’Neill is Ireland’s foremost Drag Queen, Gay Rights Activist, Performer, Writer, Bar Owner, Businesswoman Extraordinaire or, in his own opinion,…
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Trans Kafka – ‘The Metamorphosis’
Am I turning into a surreal Kafka-esque monster? Or is this what teenage dysphoria feels like? Kafka’s story of a man’s sudden metamorphosis into…
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Transcending the Binary
You are asked to check off a box for ‘Male’ or ‘Female’. It happens so often that you don’t even think before answering—you just…
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Gender Progress Ends Where Pinkification Starts
Boys and girls inhabit two separate worlds, whose boundaries are created by the relentless onslaught of commercialism. The toy industry didn’t create gender segregation,…
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The Amish Closet – Growing up Gay in a Closed Community
What happens when a man discovers he’s gay but the culture he is raised in doesn’t address sexuality, much less homosexuality? James Schwartz, an…
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NOT FUCKING AROUND – POLYAMORY
Redfern Jon Barrett is a self-proclaimed ‘polyamory propagandist.’ Born in the north of England in 1984, he earned a PhD in 18th century queer…
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Without a Face – What Thirty Days Without Makeup Taught Me
Makeup is our quick fix–it is the ultimate instant gratification. When we outgrow purchasing foundation to cover our acne, we move on to one…
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Born Which Way? Why I Choose to be ‘gay’ and the Dangers of Denying Choice.*
Despite our generation’s increasing willingness to understand sexuality as fluid and non-linear, recent political and social advances for sexual minorities are serving to categorize…
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Femen-ists: Artillery Exposed
Teresa Riemann and Theresa Lehmann are activists in the radical and controversial feminist organisation Femen. They walk the thin line between provocative demonstration and…
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Crying Out Loud – Sexual Discrimination
In our Western, self-proclaimed civilized societies, women and their bodies are in a terrible state when it comes to our safety. For a woman,…
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Mistress of Her Emotion
Shambhu Leroux is an underground blues singer. Born in a male body, she struggled her way from West to East and back again to…
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The Burden of Beauty
Women are at constant battle with the exploits of globalized media. They are subjected to an infinite stream of scrutiny from male Homo sapiens….
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CONFUSION AT FUSION
Summer in Berlin is marked by much celebration. Perhaps the most beloved of these celebrations is the progressive Fusion Festival, an underground music and…
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POLICE PRIDE
Common belief suggests that homosexual men in the armed forces and police force face a higher amount of discrimination than elsewhere. Media coverage on…
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ALIVENESS
Mad Kate is a writer, musician and performance artist. She fronts ‘Mad Kate: The Tide’ alongside musician Jacopo Bertacco. Together, they have performed for…
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THE DRESSING BEAUTY
The month of performance art is ending in Berlin with a fabulous reunion of artists at The Shift. The main theme, “Gender and Sexuality”,…
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THE PRICE OF PUBLISHING – CNRS
In France research seems to be the El Dorado of all well-educated young adults. The path is hard but it’s worth the reward. The…
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CRIMSON SHEETS
Too many examples exist of lovers letting the color red stand in the way of sexy times. Men have been taught to be disgusted…
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