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France legalises same-sex marriage.
In the UK, the same-sex marriage bill passes the House of Commons, amidst paranoid fears for some secret agenda of the 'aggressive homosexual community' (hands up if you're a member?) and Lord Tebbitt's deeply bizarre ravings about 'lesbian queens and artificially inseminated heirs' (bring it on I say) and plans to 'marry his own son to escape inheritance tax'.
Finland's Eurovision entry featuring a same-sex kiss fails to bring a winning vote while Turkey opts for the 'lalalala if I can't see it, it's not happening' approach to the whole thing. It might, however, highlight the fact that Finland is the only remaining Nordic country that has not legalised same-sex marriage and has recently dropped in the LGBT equality index. Yet, a poll suggests over half support same-sex marriage and a citizens' initiative will force the debate back into the parliament.
George Takei continues to be awesome while the young age of all the protesters makes me very sad.
Last week I sat at the staff LGBTIQ network meeting and watched one of the young women put on a brave face about coming out to her family.
A few months ago one of my students told me that 'well if they don't tell the police about homophobic hate crime, then what can they do, it's not their responsibility.' Still, two others included transgender people in their assignment on 'gender diversity and policing' as well as 'men and women'.
Idk, I have a lot of feels. I try to stay out of the comments sections in all news articles. I try to talk to my students instead. I try to remember the ones who listen and the ones who never needed telling in the first place, those who just go 'of course' because anything but equality is incomprehensible. Because that's the way it should be.
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In the UK, the same-sex marriage bill passes the House of Commons, amidst paranoid fears for some secret agenda of the 'aggressive homosexual community' (hands up if you're a member?) and Lord Tebbitt's deeply bizarre ravings about 'lesbian queens and artificially inseminated heirs' (bring it on I say) and plans to 'marry his own son to escape inheritance tax'.
Finland's Eurovision entry featuring a same-sex kiss fails to bring a winning vote while Turkey opts for the 'lalalala if I can't see it, it's not happening' approach to the whole thing. It might, however, highlight the fact that Finland is the only remaining Nordic country that has not legalised same-sex marriage and has recently dropped in the LGBT equality index. Yet, a poll suggests over half support same-sex marriage and a citizens' initiative will force the debate back into the parliament.
George Takei continues to be awesome while the young age of all the protesters makes me very sad.
Last week I sat at the staff LGBTIQ network meeting and watched one of the young women put on a brave face about coming out to her family.
A few months ago one of my students told me that 'well if they don't tell the police about homophobic hate crime, then what can they do, it's not their responsibility.' Still, two others included transgender people in their assignment on 'gender diversity and policing' as well as 'men and women'.
Idk, I have a lot of feels. I try to stay out of the comments sections in all news articles. I try to talk to my students instead. I try to remember the ones who listen and the ones who never needed telling in the first place, those who just go 'of course' because anything but equality is incomprehensible. Because that's the way it should be.
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