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Category: Opinion

Entertainment, Opinion

Is The L Word’s Jenny the ultimate queer villain?

May 12, 2022May 12, 2022 Vanessa Maki

Jenny Schecter is a queer villain who isn't the result of lazy homophobic writing.

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Entertainment, Opinion

Killing Eve and a trope that should be buried

April 20, 2022April 20, 2022 Vanessa Maki

The series finale is the opposite of a love letter to queer fans.

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Entertainment, Opinion

Best friends and young love: Queer shipping in anime

April 13, 2022April 13, 2022 Vanessa Maki

"Where queer relationships in media are concerned, we often grab hold of what we can."

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International, News, Opinion

Zimbabwe tabloid stokes anti-LGBTIQA+ hate and discrimination

April 12, 2022April 12, 2022 Tafadzwa Evans Muranganwa

A "bad taste" story might set back the rights of LGBTIQA+ people in the country.

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Tagged Africa, discrimination, GALZ, Hands of Hope, homophobia, media, trans, transphobia, ZimbabweLeave a comment
Opinion

It’s time to stop tolerating stigma – our lives depend on it

March 20, 2022March 20, 2022 Pink Advocate Contributor

Hate is killing too many LGBTIQA+ people.

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Tagged homophobia, mental health, stigma, suicide, transphobiaLeave a comment
Entertainment, Opinion

Euphoria, queer women, and tragedy in sapphic relationships

March 20, 2022March 20, 2022 Vanessa Maki

Sapphic relationships in media too often end tragically.

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Entertainment, Opinion

What queer fans really want from Killing Eve’s final season

March 11, 2022March 11, 2022 Vanessa Maki

Spy thrillers are moving away from the cringy past of the genre.

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Opinion

‘You are not welcome’: The message a Christian college is giving queer students

January 31, 2022February 1, 2022 Maeve Moroney

When you tell queer children that they are immoral, we risk losing them.

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Tagged Brisbane, Citipointe Christian College, discrimination, homophobia, religion, school, transphobia, young peopleLeave a comment
Opinion

Looking for a hero: Acceptance and being a queer Muslim 

January 30, 2022January 30, 2022 Aly M

I worried that religion would be used to justify hate against my community.

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Tagged AFLW, coming out, community, family, football, Haneen Zreika, homophobia, Israel Folau, Margaret Court, Muslim, Pride, religion, social media, sportsLeave a comment
Entertainment, Opinion

‘Unapologetically queer’: Seeing ourselves in the media we love

January 14, 2022 Vanessa Maki

There's power in representing yourself, even in fiction. Vanessa Maki discusses Yellowjackets.

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Entertainment, Opinion

From cults to vampires: The year’s best queer horror

December 21, 2021December 22, 2021 Vanessa Maki

A roundup of some of the best creepy film and television that 2021 gave us.

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Tagged Amazon Prime, Chucky, Fear Street, film, horror, Netflix, representation, reviews, Syfy, television, The Girl in the Woods, Van Helsing, web seriesLeave a comment
Entertainment, Opinion

Stone Ocean: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure has its first female hero

December 14, 2021December 15, 2021 Vanessa Maki

The newest instalment of the anime hit gives viewers a new female lead and queer cast members.

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Opinion

Worlds AIDS Day: Battling a pandemic on the frontline

November 30, 2021November 30, 2021 Douglas Billing

“I could see history repeating in the fear and stigma.”

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The battle is far from over: Reflections on World AIDS Day

November 29, 2021November 29, 2021 Keith Paulusse

This year’s WAD theme focuses on ending inequalities and pandemics.

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Entertainment, Opinion

How JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure influenced my queer journey

November 27, 2021December 20, 2021 Vanessa Maki

An anime series has played an unlikely role in how I experience gender.

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Opinion

A trans woman in intensive care: ‘It’ did not have fun

November 19, 2021November 19, 2021 Fran Mulcahy

Being in the hospital is stressful enough without transphobia.

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Opinion

Because you’re family: Trans Parent Day

November 7, 2021November 7, 2021 Jesse Jones

I never really thought I would be a parent, but now it’s one of the best parts of my life.

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Entertainment, Opinion

Creepy and camp new LGBTQ films and shows for Halloween

October 29, 2021October 29, 2021 Vanessa Maki

Check out this fresh new spooky season entertainment.

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Tagged Chucky, film, Halloween, horror, I Know What You Did Last Summer, reviews, Slumber Party Massacre, television, There's Someone Inside Your HouseLeave a comment
Entertainment, Opinion

Queer characters surviving horror films shouldn’t be radical 

October 18, 2021October 18, 2021 Vanessa Maki

A new Netflix film does something that’s uncommon in horror: queer characters survive to the end. 

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Entertainment, Opinion

The Rocky Horror Picture Show and the punishment of male femininity 

September 27, 2021September 27, 2021 Vanessa Maki

Even in gay culture, a queer man presenting as femme is still not so accepted.

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