I’ve taken part in the LSE Students’ Union ‘It Gets Better‘ project this year, and here are the results. Staff and students of the LSE and LSESU share their experiences of coming out to their friends and family, and what it’s like being LGBT at LSE.
Liberation
An open letter to the Deputy Mayor of London
Dear Mr. Barnes,
RE: Homophobic advertising on Transport for London bus routes.
I am contacting you in your capacity as Deputy Mayor of London in relation to the following news story that broke today in The Guardian and on Pink News:
Christian group’s anti-gay ads to appear on buses
Religious groups respond to Stonewall with ‘Ex-Gay, Get Over It’ London bus adverts
I also would like to draw your attention to this petition:
See the petition on iPetitions
I am under the impression that Transport for London are not in control of their own advertising and that it is administered by a third party, called Metroline, but I find the fact that TFL are going to be host to such an advertising campaign deeply concerning. More
The Gender Revolutionaries
Some areas of our society are persecuted every day because of how they choose to live their lives. Racial, gender and sexual discrimination are rife within our society even today. Several countries around the world still outlaw homosexuality, punishing those who are “found out” with the death penalty. Fascist organisations like the British National Party and English Defence League are growing in number and strength, peddling messages of hate and denying those who don’t conform to their nazi-esque vision the right to even exist. The battle for equality and freedom from oppression is far from over.
The Blood Ban
For many years “men who sleep with men” (MSM) have been unable to donate blood because of discriminatory rules predicated on the idea that gay men are more likely to carry HIV/AIDS, and that there was therefore too high a risk of transmission to take blood from this group of people for use in the National Blood Service (NBS).
That all changed this month as it was announced that the lifetime ban would be lifted and replaced with a twelve month ban; MSM would be able to donate blood providing they had no sexual contact with a man in the last year.
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