Restrooms are essential in our lives. Cisgender individuals, those who identify with their gender at birth, never have to worry about deciding which bathroom to use. But when it comes to transgender, genderqueer, or non-binary individuals, that decision is not…
World Spotlight: Nigeria
For the past years, the LGBT community has been striving to reach more and more of their rights, which include gay marriage (which they have accomplished in some states). More and more people are becoming accepting and understanding, but there…
Queer Film: La Vie d’Adèle
Blue Is the Warmest Colour, or La Vie d’Adèle—Chapitres 1 & 2, is a 2013 French romantic drama film written, produced, and directed by Abdellatif Kechiche. The film won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival this year and…
Eonists, Transvestities, Inverts and Hermaphrodites: The Perceptions Given by Media
Whether it is informing about new technology or health issues, the press is always educating the public and influencing their lives and life choices. During the 1930s to mid 1950s the transsexual and transgender community benefitted from the media coverage…
Queer Film: Ma vie en Rose (My life in Pink)
The movie is about a young boy named Ludovic. Ludovic cross-dresses and generally acts like a girl; he talks of marrying the neighbor’s son and cannot understand why everyone is so surprised about it. At first, his parents think…
Love Who You Are
There are people who make it a very important part of their life to target homosexuals; they try to hide their own sexuality by condemning it on others. It is possible that the reason why they torment others is because…