#lgbt activism U.K.

[duckprintspress]

JSTOR has made available a large collection of documents related to activism. As far as I can tell, the resources are free to access - I don't have a JSTOR account and I was able to open up some really cool old copies of The Gay Liberator, for example. From their website:

Independent Voices is an open access digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals, drawn from the special collections of participating libraries. These periodicals were produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists, the extreme right-wing press and alternative literary magazines during the latter half of the 20th century.

Independent Voices is made possible by the funding support received from these libraries and donors across the U.S., Canada and the U.K. Through their funding, these libraries and donors are demonstrating their commitment to open access digital collections.

Content for the Independent Voices collection was selected through recommendations by scholars, librarians, publishers, and selected bibliographies. The copyrighted periodicals that are included in the Independent Voices collection are being made available by the explicit permission of the copyright holder, assignee, or transferee; which were obtained in writing by Reveal Digital home page.

Materials Available Without a Log-In Include:

Ain't I a Woman?

Amazon Quarterly

Big Mama Rag

Blazing Star

Come Out!

Common Lives/Lesbian Lives

Conditions

DYKE

Detroit Gay Liberator

Dykes and Gorgons

Echo of Sappho

The Furies

The Gay Alternative

Gay Flames

The Gay Liberator

Hard Labor

Lavender Vision

Lavender Woman

Lesbian Connection

The Lesbian Tide

New Gay Life

ONE

Outlook

Philadelphia Gay News

The Phoenix

SPECTRE

Sinister Wisdom

Tangents

The Tide

Up and Coming

CHECK IT OUT!

[fruity-theatre]

Sir Ian McKellen

Image by Russ George, Attribution, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11362830

Sir Ian McKellen is one of the most prominent LGBT+ actors in the U.K., but also in the entire world. He has played countless roles throughout his seven-decade career, but he is most well-known today for his portrayal of Gandalf in Lord of the Rings and Magneto in X-Men. Aside from his amazing career, Sir Ian is also active (pun unintended) in the activism scene since his public coming-out in 1988. He is a known advocate for LGBT+ rights all around the globe, and he often engages in other kinds of philanthropic work.

I wanted to make this post to celebrate Sir Ian, both as a gay artist and a herald of equality. While I have really only come into contact with him as an actor via the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies, he undoubtedly makes the world a better place in more ways than entertainment.

[lindajenni]

sep 2

week in review - headlines

"behold, I come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me." psa 40:7

U.K. Population Collapse “Good for the Planet”, WEF Adviser Prof Sarah Harper Explains Remember how depopulation was called a right-wing conspiracy theory? Things have changed, and ‘population collapse’, which can no longer be denied, is now good for us!

Daycare Centers In Germany Provide ‘Masturbation Rooms’ For Children …One report published by Die Welt, discussed how the practice of sexualizing kindergarteners is unfolding in two daycares in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia [NRW].

WHO and UN are Sexualising Little Children Worldwide to Normalise Paedophilia “Schools must equip children to have sexual partners” – say the UN and WHO” is the title of an article from Stop World Control, which has evidence to suggest that the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations (UN) are sexualising little children in primary education worldwide, for the purpose of normalising pedophilia.

Nasa asteroid strike unleashes boulder storm ‘as deadly as Hiroshima’ A storm of boulders “as deadly as Hiroshima” was accidentally unleashed by Nasa during tests to change the trajectory of an asteroid, scientists have found. … Now astronomers have found that although the impact succeeded in knocking Dimorphos slightly off course, it also dislodged 37 boulders, which are currently zipping through space at 13,000mph. …a 15ft boulder hitting Earth would deliver as much energy as the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan

Leftist organization to haredi journalist: ‘Religion is stupid’ “Religion is stupid. There is no difference between the nonsense that you believe into those of the Christians and the Muslims,” the movement wrote and added that it is only “a different language for different idiots. Proselytization is proselytization. In the eyes of others (most of the normal world), you are just that.

Built Upon Lies And Spiritual Darkness: The Rise And Fall Of Satan’s Counterfeit Kingdom But Satan also has a strategy. The heart of his strategy is to blind mankind to the fact that God’s judgment will soon fall upon this world. This denial has a purpose – Satan is using it to prepare the world for his coming attempt to establish the visible, political form of his evil kingdom on earth led by an emissary we refer to as the Antichrist.

Federal court says parents have no right to opt kids out of LGBT curriculum A federal court ruled Thursday that parents who sued a Maryland school district have no right to opt their children out of classes teaching LGBT curriculum.

Pope Francis appears to reject the idea that homosexuals are called to chastity Pope Francis has again indicated an openness to homosexual activity, as he has refused to affirm the Catholic teaching on chastity and celibacy for homosexuals.

Mutilating gender surgeries in the US nearly tripled over 3-year period, study finds A new study released this week shows an alarming increase in the number of so-called “sex change” surgeries committed in the United States. Specifically, these radical procedures nearly tripled between 2016 and 2019, with a significant number of young people obtaining chest mutilation or reconstruction.

Generating A False god: ChatGPT Goes Viral With ‘Fake Bible Passage’ Portraying Jesus ‘Accepting’ Transgenderism According to a Reddit post that went viral, a trans-identifying individual posted, “I was feeling sad today,” and so this person turned to AI for encouragement by asking ChatGPT to write a “fake Bible passage about Jesus accepting trans people.”

Senior Jesuit priest and close friend of Pope Francis accuses Jesus of being ‘stymied and callous’ A close papal confidant and editor of an influential Jesuit publication has published a Gospel commentary described as “blasphemous” due to its description of Jesus Christ as “stymied and callous.”

[hayleysayshay]

I will say something that has been bothering me since I watched Squid Game— the subtle homophobia it shows. Now I don’t necessarily think that the creators intended this— I don’t know them or their views. You can be progressive and still write regressive plots due to the world we live in.

Anyway, the way that there was only one mention of homosexuality in the whole series, and it’s with an older, perverse rich man (a VIP). He is someone to hate, as he attempts to receive a sexual act by force. There is nothing wrong with a gay or bi villain, far from it. But it does mean that there is no other representation in the series of homosexuality. This is it, an evil, rich, perverse ‘gay’ man.

The VIP with the tiger mask is rich and decadent. Homosexuality is often shown as something that is corrupting, and also something that only happens after corruption. That it’s something exclusive to city folk. That it’s not part of the common people. It’s seen as an excess, so you see it often portrayed with rich characters. This sort of thing isn’t often limited to homosexuality, any sex positive attitudes including casual sex are often lumped in. But homosexuality is often the most regulated.

You can see this in countries like the U.K., that there was a push after WWII to be more stringent in applying anti homosexual laws. This was partly because of more class conscious social policies. Previously there was tolerated homosexuality amongst the upper classes. But it wasn’t that there wasn’t homosexuality amongst poor people. It’s just that the rich could often ‘get away’ with it. This wasn’t repaired until day the 80s with the Labour party adopting a more pro LGBT stance since then. You can still see this attitude today— there is often a push within ‘working class’ reactionary movements to portray homosexuality as an other that doesn’t relate to them. Not related to their traditions, not related to their world of ‘home, food, work and family.’ This type of thinking is common— how often is homosexuality portrayed as something decadent, something materialistic? Involving flashy clothes and the like. It’s a common trope.

I’m not thinking that the show had bad intentions or is even actively homophobic, but the show does not help in dispelling any attitudes that homosexuality is something normal. In contributes to queerness as a perverse and decadent ‘other’.

[trans-advice]

excerpt:

Matt Hancock's NHS rainbow badge was, too, created to show solidarity for LGBT+ workers in the NHS.

But in the current context of a global pandemic, it is easy to forget the original purpose of the badge.

That’s because in the U.K. a wave of rainbows is on display in windows up and down the country. Like the weekly “Clap for Carers” they are a symbol of people's solidarity with NHS and key workers.

But this act is leaving some in the LGBT+ community feeling uneasy about whether they are losing their symbol, accusing some online shops of erasure and ignorance as they sell LGBT+ pride banners rebranded as “Thank You NHS” flags.

Online shops selling LGBT+ Pride flag as ‘Thank You NHS Flag’

eBay is now hosting sellers calling the LGBT+ Pride flag–distinctive due to its six stripes–a ‘Thank You NHS Flag.’

James Symth, who tweeted about these eBay listings, thinks it’s “humorous” that some purchasers will display the LGBT Pride flag at their home “completely unaware of the flag’s actual meaning.”

But as many of the replies to his tweet pointed out, he admits: “It’s worrying that the universal symbol of the LGBT+ community might be being ‘overtaken.’”

This irony wasn’t missed by another James who shared the case of his grandad displaying the LGBT Pride Flag at his house "for the NHS":

"[My Grandad's] quite happy thinking it's for the NHS and doesn't want it any more complicated than that."

"What I find frustrating are the people who know it's an LGBT flag but are taking the stance 'well it’s a symbol for the NHS now, we repurpose things all the time.'

"Those are the people who are actively trying to steal our flag, in my opinion. And those people are definitely frustrating."

James's tweet took off–he shared that his mentions became flooded with people saying “it's fine if the LGBT flag gets repurposed, because it ‘can be anything we want it to be.’" Others asked–"why can't it just be a rainbow?"

[that-shamrock-vibe]

Superhero Spotlight: LGBT History of Superheroes and Supervillains

In celebration of LGBT History Month here in the U.K, I thought I would share some info-posts about LGBT Superheroes and Super-Villains from all mediums across the month.

There are some boundaries I will be sticking to when talking about LGBT characters. Firstly, I will only be talking about characters who have actively participated in some form of superheroism or vigilantism rather than just being a civilian. I will also only be talking about comic-book characters from the mainstream continuities as I know some characters are LGBT in different universes, this means as much as I want to talk about him I will not be talking about Wentworth Miller’s Leo Snart from the Arrowverse as neither Captain Cold or Citizen Cold in the comics are gay and what I want to talk about with him I can still do with his on-screen partner. Also unless the characters have been officially stated as LGBT I will not be talking about them, this isn’t a speculation or gossip chain.

To sum up, the characters I will be talking about are:

Wiccan, Harley Quinn, Pied Piper, Miss America, Northstar, Thunder, Iceman, Renee Montoya, Mystique, The Ray, Hulkling, Obsidian, Deadpool, Sara Lance, Karolina Dean, Poison Ivy, Destiny, Dreamer, Prodigy, Nyssa al Ghul, The Séance, Moondragon, John Constantine, Loki and Batwoman with a special mention to Marvel’s new LGBT Superhero Shade.

Apologies for not covering every LGBT Superhero or Supervillain out there but I have condensed this into the month of February which is the shortest month of the year.

[lgbtspaceproject]

I’m doing my dissertation for my masters on LGBT spaces (what the community thinks of them, what they’re currently lacking in accessibility and inclusivity, how to make them community-building spaces/spaces for social activism, rather than just spaces to get drunk, etc.)

I’m focusing my primary research on young people (up to mid-twenties) in the U.K. and U.S. (but if you’re outside of that age-group/from another country I’d still love to hear what you have to say!! Just specify your age/what country you’re from in one of the comment boxes or something if you take it! 💖

It would be super helpful if you could take this (pretty quick) little survey and spread this post around so I can get a good range of responses

[gayasinstupidpodcast]

Gay As In Stupid’s second episode is out! (pun intended)

Hey y’all! It’s Isaac and Aaron and we’re back with another episode of our Fantastically gay podcast, Gay As In Stupid! This month’s episode is about gay trans experiences, where me and Isaac share some of our experiences as gay trans men, talk about the history of societal and medical prejudice, and share an interview with a spectacular trans lesbian on her point of view!

You can find us on the Itunes Podcast App/Webpage at Gay As In Stupid Podcast! You can also find our episodes uploaded to Youtube and Soundcloud! Sorry for any audio goofs this episode! Recoding in my college dorm has proven to be a thotty whom we will have to get used to working with.

Ordinarily, me and Isaac would put our main sources under Further Reading at the top, but I (Aaron) found the main sources I had to go through for this month’s topic to contain disgusting levels of transphobia that I would feel irresponsible telling our listeners to read. If you want to know what I looked through and used, however, feel free to DM me @albert-dj-cashier​

Aaron’s 2018 September Recs!

What The Trans?! (podcast)

A roughly hour-per-ep podcast by Michelle and Ashleigh, two trans women living in the U.K! The hosts are witty, informative, and compelling, and they talk about topics like the current events in UK trans politics, representation in media, institutionalized prejudice, and personal experiences! Their episodes are really fun as well as interesting, and they have a great dynamic!

Big Eden

This is an absolutely Classic gay feel-good film, and one of me & my friend Lauren’s personal favorites! It centers around a gay New York artist who returns to his childhood home in Montana to care for his grandfather, and finds himself having to deal with the loose threads he left behind (and Also finds an unexpected love interest). It’s cute, romantic, super funny, and doesn’t leave you with long spans of meaninglessly meaningful shots and call it Film.

Isaac’s 2018 September Recs!

Yank! A WWII Love Story: A New Musical

Follows Stu, a young man who gets drafted into World War II where he ends up becoming a photographer for ‘Yank Magazine, a journal for and by the servicemen’.  In present day, Stu’s old journal is discovered, and his story of the war, and his romance with Mitch; a handsome Private he met during training. It’s fun, colorful and absolutely heartbreaking. The songs are memorable, and so are the characters. If you like heart-string pulling gay romances and strong lesbians, this production will make you horny!

MIKA

If you aren’t already listening to MIKA, then I don’t think you’ve been living yet. His songs are sweet and fun to dance to, and truly never get old. He’s gay and a talented singer-songwriter. The music he makes can be best described as Pop/Glam Rock (also GAY!!!) Love yourself and go give “Talk About You” and “Grace Kelly” a listen.

MARCY’S FULL AND WONDERFUL INTERVIEW UNDER THE READ MORE

Q: How do you identify? A: I am a trans woman and a lesbian.

Q: How do you feel trans straight people react to your identity? A: honestly, I’m not sure. I don’t personally know any straight trans people. I’d imagine that we have common grounds on dysphoria and trying to understand gender, but with regards to sexuality, I’m sure it’s kinda up in the air. I doubt there’d be like, hostility regarding my identity. Probably just general acceptance, maybe some minor prodding.

Side note: not to generalize, but from what I understand, straight trans women tend to have different experiences with self-discovery than bi or lesbian trans women. The former tend to figure things out earlier, are sometimes seen as more traditionally feminine, etc. Some of this is from rather TERFy science, though, so take it with a grain of salt.

Q: How do you feel your identity is perceived in the LGBT Community? A: from an intracommunity standpoint, I think that trans WLW in general are steadily becoming more accepted as we speak up about or lives and experiences. Many cis WLW, whether actively or passively, exhibit an alarming amount of transphobic beliefs, but I like to think they’re in the minority.

Q: How do you present your gender and what do it mean to you? A: I’m butch, so my experience with womanhood and femininity is… interesting, to say the least. I certainly don’t take a traditional approach to femininity, and I find that very empowering, especially as a trans woman. I don’t wanna force myself into a role that I’m not comfortable filling, just to appeal to what society expects of me. I wear suits and vests and I keep my hair short and I’ve honestly never even touched makeup, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Q: What role do you feel like the intersection of your gender and your sexualilty play in your life? A: my gender and my sexuality are both very important to me, the intersection thereof even moreso. Understanding that intersection has helped me piece together a lot of the questions I had growing up. To put it simply, figuring out that I’m not just trans, but also a lesbian, has helped me figure out like, the past eight-to-ten years’ worth of failed romantic endeavors. The way I experience relationships, the way I interact with people, the way I love are all impacted by both my gender and my sexuality; neither’s importance can be understated.

Q: Do you feel like your gender presentation makes people more prone to invalidate your identity? A: pardon my language but, of fucking course. Like, cis people and transphobes alike will find any reason they can to invalidate a trans person. But the second they find a trans woman who’s a lesbian, who isn’t presenting like a perfectly feminine stereotype, all bets are off my dude. Until I have like, B-cup tits and a soft face, I’m essentially a straight guy in most people’s faces. Which, eh, who cares at this point? Straight people have never understood butch womanhood. I don’t expect them to recognize a trans butch when they see one.

Q: Do you feel like your identity as a gay trans person makes it harder for you to receive proper medical care (hormones, sexual health, etc)? A: quite honestly, I don’t know yet. I’m still pre-HRT; I have yet to jump through the hoops and red tape necessary to get hormones and whatnot. I imagine it’ll be tough, though.

Q: How has your coming out process been different than if you were just trans or gay? A: the biggest difference, for me at least, is that it’s been a multi-step process. For a while I thought I was a bi cis man, then pansexual and agender, then a bi trans woman, and it wasn’t until ~June 2017 that I figured out I was a trans lesbian. Coming out to friends has always been easy; they pick up on new identities and pronouns fairly easy. Honestly, I don’t think my parents quite understand what being trans is right now, but we’re working on it.

Q: Have you ever found yourself feeling guilty over your attraction to women because of your gender identity? A: honestly? At least once a week, I have that dysphoric voice in my head telling me I’m just some creepy straight guy preying on lesbians. I know it isn’t true, it’s just self-doubt and internalized transphobia and TERF rhetoric echoing, but it’s hard to not think that, frankly. Especially when it’s repeated so often.

Q: Do you feel like your voice is heard/your identity is seen between media and the community? A: in media? Outside of a few niche places (and surprisingly, IDW’s Transformers comics), trans lesbians are largely pretty nonexistent. Of course, in the actual community we’re much more populous, but frankly we’re a little bit insular as we tend to mostly befriend and date one another. All in all, don’t think we’re entirely invisible, but I do think we could do with some more fictional representation, and to get more involved with the larger LGBT community.

Q: Is there anything else about your experience as a gay trans person you would like to add? A: admittedly, it hasn’t been until recently that I’ve felt truly comfortable around cis lesbians. Most of my relationships in the past few years have been with other trans girls. There’s a variety of reasons for this, and every woman’s experiences are her own, but for a long time I was afraid that cis lesbians just wouldn’t recognize me as a woman. Q: Would you like your instagram/tumblr to be linked in the episode description? A: sure! I’m @opossumghoul on tumblr and @opossumbutch on other social media

[ka43270]

Fertility Services Market 2021 future outlook of statistics on industry growth

Market Analysis and Insights: Fertility Services Market

Fertility Services Market, By Infertility (Male infertility, Female infertility), Procedure (Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART), In-Vitro Fertilization, Artificial Insemination, Surrogacy, Others), Services (Donor, Non-donor), End-User (Fertility Clinics, Hospitals, Clinical Research Institutes, Surgical Centers), Country (U.S., Canada, Mexico, Germany, Italy, U.K., France, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Turkey, Russia, Rest of Europe, Japan, China, India, South Korea, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Rest of Asia- Pacific, Brazil, Argentina, Rest of South America, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Israel, Rest of Middle East & Africa) Industry Trends and Forecast to 2028.

Fertility services market is expected to gain market growth in the forecast period of 2021 to 2028. Data Bridge Market Research analyses the market to grow at a CAGR of 9.20% in the above-mentioned forecast period. Rising continuous decline in fertility rates drives the fertility services market.

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Fertility services are the services taken by people who are not capable of conceiving naturally. These fertility services help single parents, LGBT community and infertile couples for procreating and to start a family. Fertility services involve several techniques which are used for treating genetic issues and infertility problems to help out in conception.

Rising delayed pregnancies in women is the vital factor escalating the market growth, also increasing technological advancements with respect to fertility treatment, increasing success rates associated with ICSI-IVF in case of poor sperm morphology, poor sperm motility and low sperm count in men and rise in accessibility and availability of healthcare facilities and increase in healthcare and research expenditure are the major factors among others driving the fertility services market. Moreover, rising technological advancements and modernization in the healthcare sector and rising research and development activities in the healthcare sector further create new opportunities for fertility services market in the forecasted period of 2021-2028.

However, increased treatment costs of ARTs in developed countries and rising inadequate reimbursement policies are the major factors among others which will obstruct the market growth, and will further challenge the growth of fertility services market in the forecast period mentioned above.

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Global Fertility Services Market Scope and Market Size

Fertility     services market is segmented on the basis of infertility, procedure,     services and end-user. The growth amongst these segments will help you     analyse meagre growth segments in the industries, and provide the users     with valuable market overview and market insights to help them in making     strategic decisions for identification of core market applications.

On     the basis of infertility, the fertility services market is segmented into     male infertility and female infertility.

Based     on procedure, the fertility services market is segmented into     assisted reproductive technology (ART) and in-vitro fertilization, artificial     insemination, surrogacy and others. In-vitro fertilization has been     further segmented into Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) and     pre-implantation genetic diagnostics (PGD). Artificial Insemination has     been further segmented into intrauterine insemination, intracervical     insemination and others.

Based     on services, the fertility services market is segmented into donor     and non-donor. Donor has been further segmented into fresh and frozen.     Non-donor has been further segmented into fresh and frozen.

The     fertility services market is also segmented on the basis of end-user into     fertility clinics, hospitals, clinical research institutes and surgical     centers.

Fertility Services Market Country Level Analysis

Fertility services market is analysed and market size insights and trends are provided by country, infertility, procedure, services and end-user as referenced above.

The countries covered in the fertility services market report are U.S., Canada and Mexico in North America, Germany, France, U.K., Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, Russia, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Rest of Europe in Europe, China, Japan, India, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Rest of Asia-Pacific (APAC) in the Asia-Pacific (APAC), Saudi Arabia, U.A.E, South Africa, Egypt, Israel, Rest of Middle East and Africa (MEA) as a part of Middle East and Africa (MEA), Brazil, Argentina and Rest of South America as part of South America.

Europe dominates the fertility services market due to lower fertility rate and growth in the median age of motherhood, and increasing obesity cases and increasing IVF tourism in Spain. Asia-Pacific is the expected region in terms of growth in fertility services market due to declining fertility rates in the region.

The country section of the fertility services market report also provides individual market impacting factors and changes in regulation in the market domestically that impacts the current and future trends of the market. Data points such as consumption volumes, production sites and volumes, import export analysis, price trend analysis, cost of raw materials, down-stream and upstream value chain analysis are some of the major pointers used to forecast the market scenario for individual countries. Also, presence and availability of global brands and their challenges faced due to large or scarce competition from local and domestic brands, impact of domestic tariffs and trade routes are considered while providing forecast analysis of the country data.

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Competitive Landscape and Fertility Services Market Share Analysis

Fertility services market competitive landscape provides details by competitor. Details included are company overview, company financials, revenue generated, market potential, investment in research and development, new market initiatives, global presence, production sites and facilities, production capacities, company strengths and weaknesses, product launch, product width and breadth, application dominance. The above data points provided are only related to the companies’ focus related to fertility services market.

The major players covered in the fertility services market report are Olympus Corporation, Cook, The Cooper Companies Inc., Instituto Bernabeu, Virtus Health, CooperSurgical, Inc., Vitrolife, CARE Fertility, INVO Bioscience, Monash IVF, Fertility Focus, Carolinas Fertility Institute, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd., Merck KGaA, LABOTECT GMBH, Genea Limited, Medicover,  The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Progyny, Inc., CryoChoice, LLC., Millendo Therapeutics, Inc., FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific, A CooperSurgical Fertility Company and IVFtech ApS. among other domestic and global players. Market share data is available for Global, North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific (APAC), Middle East and Africa (MEA) and South America separately. DBMR analysts understand competitive strengths and provide competitive analysis for each competitor separately.

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[itsfinancethings]

Recalling the first years of Pride celebrations in the early 1970s, photographer Stanley Stellar remembers how all the energy was concentrated in a small area of Christopher Street in New York City’s West Village. At the time, it was the rare neighborhood where gay people could go and meet in public, and Pride parades operated at a neighborhood-level size too — a far cry from the estimated five million people who attended last July’s World Pride event in New York City, the largest LGBTQ celebration in history.

“It started as a small social thing,” Stellar, now 75, recalls. “There were marchers too — very brave souls with signs, like Marsha P. Johnson, who inspired all of us. When people would taunt us, cars would drive by and spit at us, yell at us constantly, Marsha would be there, looking outrageous and glorious in her own aesthetic, and she would say ‘pay them no mind.’ That’s what the ‘P’ is for, is ‘pay them no mind, don’t let them stop us.’”

That unstoppable spirit is now marking its 50th anniversary: the first Pride parades took place in the U.S. in 1970, a year after the uprising at the Stonewall Inn that many consider to be the catalyst for the modern LGBTQ liberation movement. In a year when large gatherings are prevented by the coronavirus and many Pride events have been cancelled or postponed, over 500 Pride and LGBTQIA+ community organizations from 91 countries will participate in Global Pride on June 27. But, over the decades, Pride parades have evolved in a way that goes beyond the number of participants — and, having photographed five decades worth of them, Stellar has seen that evolution firsthand. “That was the epicenter of the gay world,” he says of the early years of Pride.

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The Stonewall Uprising took place over a series of nights at the end of June 1969. Although the LGBTQ community had pushed back against police discrimination in several other smaller occasions in the late 1960s in cities like San Francisco and L.A., Stonewall cut through in an unprecedented way.

Courtesy of Stanley StellarChristopher Street, NYC, 1980s

“People were ready for an event like Stonewall, and they had the communication and the planning in place to start talking right away,” says Katherine McFarland Bruce, author of Pride Parades: How a Parade Changed the World. Activist groups in L.A. and Chicago, which also held Pride Parades in 1970, immediately made connections with counterparts in New York to plan actions around the anniversary. Where in L.A., the spirit was more about having fun and celebrating, Bruce says, New York was planned more as an action to connect activists. “We have to come out into the open and stop being ashamed, or else people will go on treating us as freaks,” one attendee at the parade in New York City told the New York Times in 1970. “ This march is an affirmation and declaration of our new pride.”

By 1980, Pride parades had taken place around the world in cities like Montreal, London, Mexico City and Sydney. But as that decade got underway, the tone of the events shifted, as the tragedies of the AIDS crisis became central to actions and demonstrations. By this time, Stellar had a large circle of queer friends and started making more photos of the community to document their every day lives. “I really felt like I owed it to us, as in the queer ‘us,’ to start just photographing who I knew and who I thought was worthy of being remembered,” says Stellar, who has an upcoming digital exhibition hosted by Kapp Kapp Gallery, with 10% of proceeds going to support the Marsha P. Johnson Institute.

To Bruce, Pride shows how the LGBTQ community has been able to consistently demand action and visibility around the issues of the day.

Where in the 1980s, groups organized around the AIDS crisis, the 1990s saw greater media visibility for LGBTQ people in public life, leading to more businesses starting to come on board for Pride participation. While the Stonewall anniversary had long provided the timing for annual Pride events, President Bill Clinton issued a proclamation in 1999 that every June would be Gay and Lesbian Pride Month in the U.S. (President Barack Obama broadened the definition in 2008, when he issued a proclamation that the month of June be commemorated as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month.)

The early 2000s then saw greater campaigning for same-sex marriage. During the summer of 2010, Bruce did contemporary research for her book, attending six different Pride parades across the U.S., including one in San Diego, home to the nation’s largest concentration of military personnel, where campaigning was concentrated on repealing the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. “I think Pride is a vehicle for LGBT groups to make the issues of the day heard both in their own community and in the wider civic community to which they belong,” Bruce reflects — adding that in recent years, campaigns for racial justice and transgender rights have become more prominent.

Courtesy of Stanley StellarKnights Wrestling Team, Hudson Street, NYC, 1990

Yet as these intersectional injustices have risen to the forefront of public consciousness, several aspects of major, long-running Pride parades have come under greater scrutiny — returning Pride, in some ways, to its protest-driven origins.

Some LBGTQ activists and community organizers have criticized the corporatization of Pride, as parades look to businesses for sponsorship to help with the financial demands of rapidly growing crowds. Others question whether any deep-rooted action is behind the rainbow flags. “What happens on July 1 when our seniors can’t get housing, and kids are being thrown out of their homes, and both trans women and cis women are being murdered in the street? Have that rainbow mean something 365 days out of the year,” Ellen Broidy, a member of the Gay Liberation Front and co-founder of the first annual Gay Pride March in 1970, told TIME last year.

Activists in New York and San Francisco have started their own separate parades to protest police and corporate involvement at the more established parades, given both historic and contemporary levels of disproportionate policing of Black and queer communities. And, responding to the lack of diversity in the biggest pride events, organizers have started events to create a safe space for the more marginalized among the LGBTQ community. In the U.K., support has swelled for U.K. Black Pride, which started in 2005 as a small gathering organized by Black lesbians to come together and share experiences. The event is now Europe’s largest celebration for LGBTQ people of African, Asian, Caribbean, Middle Eastern and Latin American descent, and is not affiliated with Pride in London, which has been criticized in the past for its lack of diversity.

Courtesy of Stanley StellarPride Parade 2016

For others, living in environments where being gay risks state-sanctioned violence and even death, Pride events perform a function similar to that seen in places like New York in the 1970s, as a vital lifeline. Recent years have seen communities in eSwatini, Trinidad and Tobago, and Nepal organize to hold their first Pride parades. Activist Kasha Jacqueline Nabageser organized the first Pride celebration in Uganda in 2012, after realizing she had been to several Prides around the world but never in her own country, where long-running laws left over from the colonial era criminalize same-sex activity. “For me, it was a time to bring the community together, and for them to know they are not alone, wherever they are hiding,” says Nabageser, adding that people who might not have seen themselves as LGBTQ activists came to the event, and later joined in with advocating for gay rights in the country. At least 180 people showed up to the first event in the city of Entebbe, and while the Ugandan government has attempted to shut subsequent Pride celebrations down, Nabageser sees the retaliation as a sign of the community’s power in its visibility.

“The more [the government] stops us, the more they make the community more angry, and more eager for Pride. For us, that has been a win,” she says, adding that the community is planning ways to celebrate safely in small groups amid the coronavirus pandemic. “One way or another, we will have Pride, and we have to continue the fight.”

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Disney’s Bob Iger: ‘We’re All Sobered’ by Worldwide Coronavirus Crisis

Disney executive chairman Bob Iger opened Disney‘s yearly meeting in Raleigh, N.C., on Wednesday with an acknowledgement of the difficulties provided by the coronavirus crisis while likewise trying to assure investors that the company is strong enough to hold up against a recession in organisation.

” We’re all sobered by the concern that we feel for everybody impacted by this international crisis,” Iger said. He emphasized that Walt Disney Co. has made it through other crises over its almost 100- year history.

” What we have actually shown repeatedly is that we are incredibly durable,” Iger told the crowd at Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts. “Our future has actually constantly been intense and stays so for excellent factor. What we produce at the Walt Disney Business has never been more essential or more crucial.”

Iger also presented his successor as CEO, Bob Chapek, who is the 6th individual to function as president of Disney. Chapek, a 27- year Disney veteran who most recently headed its parks division, informed shareholders he has “been a Disney fan my entire life.” Disney amazed business world by handing the CEO reins to Chapek on Feb. 25, when Iger shifted to executive chairman, concentrating on the business’s imaginative operations.

Iger had some motion picture news for the audience, disclosing that Disney has actually cut an offer to manage theatrical circulation of Peter Jackson’s documentary on the making of the Beatles’ “Let It Be” album at a time of great chaos for the legendary band.

Meanwhile, Chapek announced that the long-planned “Avengers School” attraction at Disney’s California Experience is set to open July 18.

As normal, the conference was a breezy affair with little friction from investors. Shareholders as soon as again rejected a proposal to require Disney to use far more disclosure of its lobbying activity in Washington, and with state and city governments.

Iger informed the audience that the launch of Disney Plus has actually “greatly surpassed our greatest expectations” with subscribers of almost 30 million racked up in just a couple of months.

” The decision to pivot to a direct-to-consumer method was a vital one and it is a leading concern,” Iger said, including that he is “more positive than ever” in the “remarkable capacity” of Disney Plus, in addition to ESPN Plus and Hulu.

Iger talked up the pledge of three upcoming Marvel-produced original series for Disney Plus and he flaunted a clip from “The Falcon and the Winter Season Soldier,” a production that was shuttered in Prague on Tuesday amid coronavirus issues.

” The Falcon and the Winter Season Soldier” and “WandaVision” are set to bow later this year on Disney Plus.

On the function movie front, Iger showed off clips of 4 upcoming films: “Mulan,” “Black Widow,” “Jungle Cruise” and “West Side Story.” Of Steven Spielberg’s take on the precious musical, Iger guaranteed that the movie “definitely measures up to its hype.”

Iger and Chapek took a handful of questions from the audience.

Chapek also politely handled issues raised by a woman that Disney is now “promoting LGBT ideology in products for kids.” Disney’s goal is always to “reflect the diversity in our fan base and with our audience,” he responded.

Another shareholder informed Iger and Chapek that he was “concerned” about the level of creativity at Pixar and Lucasfilm, and about the level of maintenance at Disney’s amusement park. Iger wasn’t having it.

” We never inform our groups to develop something low-cost. We inquire to make it fantastic,” Iger stated. “There’s not a company on the planet that creates as much success as we do.”

Another seasonal question– when will Disney re-release the 1946 animated movie “Tune of the South”– got the same response that it did throughout Iger’s 15- year period as CEO. Even with a disclaimer to alert audiences about “out-of-date” depictions of African Americans, “Tune of the South” is too inflammatory for showcasing in the present day.

” It’s just hard, provided the representations in some of those films, to bring them out today in some form or another without angering individuals, so we’ve decided not to do that,” Iger said.

Iger closed the 75- minute conference by asking shareholders to provide Chapek a round of applause. “These are really tough times,” Iger told the crowd. “Stay healthy please.”

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It’s late and I’m tired and frustrated and I may end up regretting this, but that’s a problem for future me, not present me.

Underneath the read more, I’m going to post a research paper, complete with scholarly, peer-reviewed secondary sources as well as primary sources, I wrote a few months ago for my rhetoric class. It’ll be posted as a regular text post since I can’t figure out how to attach a PDF to a post like this, but if I figure it out, I’ll change it to the PDF instead. I researched, originally, the broad issue of asexuality, but I found during my research that I could write something else much easier: why straight and gay people seem so distrustful of ace people.

If you’re already angry, my anon is on. Fight me. I’m not sorry I did this research, and I’m not sorry I shared this with a predominantly straight class. I can only hope it helps open dialogues and help ace kids coming to this site know it’s not their fault people are nasty to them.

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Rhetoric 105

29 November 2016

Discrimination Against the Asexual Community

When most people hear the word “asexual,” they probably usually think of plants or cells that reproduce asexually, or without a partner. What many people are not aware of, by no fault of their own, is that asexuality can also apply to human beings. According to the Asexual Visibility and Education Network, an asexual is a person who does not experience sexual attraction. It is, unlike celibacy, not a choice, and one percent of the U.S. and U.K. population identify as asexual (MacNeela et al. 799; Cerankowski and Milks 653). Why, then, do so few people know that asexuality exists? The most likely cause seems to be discrimination by the monosexual community, gay and straight alike, and especially online, where the asexual community is the most visible.

To truly understand discrimination against a group of people, one must first know what makes this group of people distinct from the rest of the world. Sex is a huge part of our day to day lives; it is inescapable. Companies use sex to sell everything from cars to hamburgers. In a society constantly bombarded by images of sex, where does a person who is not excited by it fit? Due to the lack of representation, many people spend years of their life not realizing asexuality is a valid sexuality. Many self-identifying asexuals report feeling like they were broken or strange before finding there was a name for what they felt. Asexuality has also been found in various other species of animals in the wilderness, as shown by Bogaert’s Asexuality: What It Is and Why It Matters: “Within sexually reproducing species, such as mammals, there is often evidence that a percentage of animals have no interest in, or attraction to, potential sexual partners and are thus construable as asexual” (363). This shows that asexuality is perfectly normal. If it can be found in several different species, it becomes harder to refute as a hormone imbalance or as a disease, as some common arguments against asexuality suggest. To back this argument up is Hinderliter’s article How is asexuality different from hypoactive sexual desire disorder? Hypoactive sexual desire disorder, or HSDD, is defined as persistently or recurrently deficient (or absent) sexual fantasies and desire for sexual activity. Hinderliter says, “One of the most important differences between asexuality and HSDD is their valuation of lack of sexual interest/attraction. HSDD regards lack of sexual interest as negative, whereas asexualty value’s lack of sexual attraction as neutral or positive” (173).

Another aspect of attraction, asexual or otherwise, that many people tend to overlook, is that there are several different kinds of attraction. The most common type of attraction is sexual attraction, which describes what genders an individual is attracted to on a sexual level. Romantic attraction describes what genders an individual is attracted to in regards to romance (dating, holding hands, kissing, partnership, etc.). Sensual attraction describes wanting to be touched (not necessarily in a sexual way) by a person. Aesthetic attraction describes thinking a person is attractive without any desire for a relationship. Most people’s sexual and romantic attractions are the same (eg. a heterosexual man is usually heteroromantic as well), but with asexuals, the line gets a little blurred. Asexuals and aromantics are very adamant about distinguishing themselves from each other, suggesting that many asexuals have romantic attractions and aromantics have sexual attractions. This does not, by any means, mean the two are mutually exclusive; there are several aromantic asexuals that are proud of their orientations.

Yet another misconception about axexuals is that they do not have sex. Asexuality is defined as the lack of sexual attraction; it does not, anywhere, mention a lack of sex drive or desire to have sex. There are many asexual individuals that enjoy having sex or have high libidos. Others are very much disenchanted with the idea and want no sort of sexual contact. Asexuality is also on a spectrum: some individuals experience sexual attraction very rarely (“gray aces”), some do not develop sexual attraction until they form a close emotional bond (demisexual), and some experience no sexual attraction at all. This paper does not differentiate between the different parts of the asexual spectrum because these concerns apply to all of them and, therefore, does not need to be broken up.

A monosexual is only attracted to one gender (eg. homosexuals and heterosexuals). They are the most prominent sexualities, as they are the ones most often portrayed in media. As such, one would think they are secure enough in their validity to be unthreatened. Not so: in her article in the Stanford Law Review, Elizabeth Emens describes why the monosexual community is uncomfortable with the idea of asexuality:

In some ways, though, a closer analogy [for asexuality] than homosexuality is bisexuality. [....] [B]oth bisexuality and asexuality lie outside the cultural norm of “monosexuality” (desiring one sex). Many of the common assumptions about asexuals [...] echo those made about bisexuals. [....] Kenji Yoshino has argued that both gays and straights (that is, monosexuals) have an interest in erasing bisexuality, because of their shared interests in “the stability of sexual orientation categories,” “the primacy of sex as a diacritical axis,” and “the preservation of monogamy” (330-331).

This explains why the monosexual community is, at the very least, slightly uncomfortable with the asexual community. In comparing asexuality and bisexuality, Emers shows how similar the distrust bisexuals and asexuals face are. What strikes some as strange is how bisexuals have an undisputed letter in the acronym LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer), while asexuals have to metaphorically fight allies for the A that comes later. The difference between a secure letter and a disputed one may not seem like much, but for some can be seen as a step towards representation. The reason asexuals do not get that A right off the bat may very well be because of our society’s preoccupation with sex.

Discrimination, though, is another matter altogether. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, discrimination is the practice of unfairly treating a person or group of people different from other people or groups of people. As of now, academics have not investigated anti-asexual discrimination thoroughly, but research has been done. For example, in Chasin’s Making Sense in and Of the Asexual Community, he calls on the 2012 research of MacInnis and Hodson, who found that people were more likely to discriminate against members of “Group X,” who were not interested in sexual contact, than they were to discriminate against other members of the LGBTQ+ community (170). This is probably because they can relate to someone who wants to have sex better than they can to someone who does not want to have sex. Chasin goes on to discuss the root of sexuality-centered discrimination, stating “Furthermore, homophobia, heterosexism, and sexual orientation-focused discrimination are largely based on the social policing of gender (170).” This means that the people who practice discrimination against the LGBT community are less mad about the fact that same sex couples exist than they are about a man acting feminine or a woman acting masculine. He also says that asexual/ace people are most affected by this kind of discrimination because they are less likely to participate in conventional activities based on heterosexual desire, putting emphasis on the sexual part. This means that society links femininity and masculinity to the act or desire for sex, which only further helps in the erasure of and discrimination against asexuals.

Another route discrimination against asexuality takes is in the erasure of the sexuality entirely. Instead of being seen for what they identify as and are comfortable as, many asexuals are read as lesbian, gay, or bisexual by simply not acting like a heterosexual person, regardless of what they are romantically attracted to. This results in not only asexuals being erased, but being discriminated against for something the person does not identify as. Chasin attributes this to being asexual in a heteronormative context in which there is simply no space for asexuality, which is extremely problematic.

As it was previously stated, the most discrimination towards asexuals as asexuals comes from online communities where asexuality is most visible, especially on sites like Tumblr. Tumblr is rather infamous for being very open about sex, and, as such, there are many users who are more open about their sexualities than they would be in their day to day lives. With this openness, however, comes discrimination, because the more vocal a group is, it seems, the more vocal their oppressors. Asexuals who are romantically attracted to members of the opposite sex, or heteroromantic aces, are most commonly attacked by some members of the LGBTQ+ community on Tumblr. The following are word-for-word text posts, aside from the censoring of offensive language and the removal of urls to preserve the original posters’ identities, written by members of the LGBTQ+ community that were found in the “ace” (a shortened form of the word asexual) tag on Tumblr.

tumblr user 1: do NOT come out as ace or aro or any  mogai identity on coming out day. don’t come out as straight don’t come out as an ally don’t f**king taking this away from lgbt+ people. coming out isn’t for you, it’s for lgbt+ people, not straights, not aces and not aros,

obviously this doesn’t f**king include lgbt aces or aros but even then don’t f**king come out as ace or aro it’s not what the day is for

#ace discourse

tumblr user 2: you’re right, heteroromantic aces don’t have straight passing privilege-they have straight privilege. because they’re straight.

#ace discourse

This isn’t to say that the entirety of the Tumblr community is hostile towards asexuals, heteroromantic or otherwise. For every anti-aseuxal post, there are two pro-asexual posts. Many asexual individuals use Tumblr as a platform to meet and talk to other asexuals when they are unable to find a community in person, which is hard to do with the low percentage of self-identifying asexuals in the world today. However, because of the way Tumblr’s tagging and search systems work, asexuals and those who are trying to find out if they identify with the label often find these mean, degrading, and invalidating comments, making them become distressed or confused. Most of the anti-asexual posts are similar to the above, claiming that those who identify as heteroromantic asexuals (and, to an extent, non-heteroromantic asexuals) have no place in the LGBTQ+ community because, ironically enough, they are not discriminated against or oppressed.

Jumping back to Emens’s article about asexuality and law, we can find a few examples of how some asexuals could feel discriminated against in the context of the law. She writes, “[...] [N]otable is the fact that many states make impotence a ground for annulment, whereas infertility is not an independent ground for annulment in any state [...], perhaps suggesting that sex per se matters more to marriage than reproduction” (350-351). This could be concerning for any romantically-inclined asexual who is not comfortable with sex, as Emens goes on to discuss how spouses can take advantage of this annulment law out of spite or to save money in a divorce, even if the asexual partner was open with their sexuality. Possibly because of this, there are many accounts of asexuals who have been pressured into having sex with a partner to keep them happy. The law also falls against asexuals in same sex domestic partnerships, as they have stricter requirements in order to be seen as valid. “By contrast, domestic partnership regimes often impose requirements such as cohabitation, shared finances, and monogamy. Some even require sexual consummation” (353). In her post Politics of Asexuality: Issues Faced by the Asexual Community, Stormy O’Brink from the website Matthew’s Place expands on this, saying:

People seeking to sponsor their immigrating spouse are sometimes asked personal questions about their sex life. These questions assume that sex makes a relationship legitimate, and this could potentially lead to issues if an asexual couple is at the center of an immigration fraud investigation. Asexuals aren’t just considered less human--their relationships and expressions of love are also viewed as illegitimate.

In some cases, asexuals can even be discriminated against by religious leaders. According to O’Brink, “Some spiritual leaders claim asexuality is against certain religious texts. For example, Genesis 9:7 is interpreted as a command to procreate. Religious leaders believe asexuals are actively defying this aspect of the bible.” They includes a link to a forum sponsored by a Baptist church, in which Pim Penderson, a man with a PhD in Theophysics, an area that attempts to reconcile physical and religious cosmology, likens asexuals to homosexuals and says “Asexuality is unnatural, for even the unsaved have the decency and the desire to marry and have children.” There are several more upsetting posts in this forum thread, each more discriminatory than the last, and many are also sexist, racist, and xenophobic. Even so, this is a religious forum, and many asexuals are also religious. If the distaste represented in this forum represents even a fraction of what a young asexual might have to face in church, it paints a frightening picture.

Sexual harassment is also a fear of asexual individuals. Many asexuals have received threats of “corrective rape” intended to make them straight. Going back to the Baptist forum, Lukas Ekman, who has proposed a Christian Commission on Human Rights (or CCHR) claims that asexuality is linked to devil worship, and “[The] CCHR suggests corrective rape to remedy the [devil’s] possession.” This is a disturbing reality for many asexuals; Eric Morales explores this in his article ‘I don’t need to be raped’ an Asexual activist speaks out by bringing up asexual activist Julie Decker, who uploads videos about her experience with asexuality on YouTube and has seen several comments saying she just “needs a good raping”:

“When people hear you’re asexual, some take that as a challenge,” she told the Huffington Post. “We are perceived as not being fully human because sexual attraction and sexual relationships are seen as something alive, healthy people do. They think that you really want sex but just don’t know it yet. For people who perform corrective rape, they believe that they’re just waking us up and that we’ll thank them later. [....] I’m not damaged, lonely, or in need of conversion because I’m not interested in sex. I want people who feel similarly to know they’re not alone,” Decker says.

Sadly, this is a reality for many asexuals. In a poll on the AVEN website, twenty-six individuals spanning different genders admit to having been sexually assaulted because of their asexuality. While this is a vast minority, this is simply one poll on one website where you have to be registered to participate. A quick Google search is all it takes to find a plethora of survivor stories about the horrors of corrective rape. I won’t go into them here because of the triggering nature of such stories, but they exist, and they shed an awful light

Now that it seems evident that there is at least some discrimination against the asexual community, the question now becomes, how do we combat discrimination against the asexual community? One step has already been taken: New York’s Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act has included asexuality as a sexual orientation, which is, objectively, huge. This means asexuals cannot be discriminated against in terms of the law. Whether that does much good is up for debate, but the fact that asexuality is explicitly included opens up some discussions. Another step that would be good would be more exposure. By creating asexual characters in popular media like television, movies, and books, creators can open new dialogues about asexuality as well as help individuals who are questioning by providing more options readily available to compare themselves to. Rarely is representation a bad thing, after all. In short, while those who identify as asexual do not face the same kind of discrimination as other parts of the LGBTQ+ community, they face their own kind of discrimination, and this can be alleviated through proper representation and open dialogue about sexuality.

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Cerankowski, Karli June, Megan Milks. “New Orientations: Asexuality and Its Implications for Theory and Practice.” Feminist Studies. 30.0. Academic Search Complete. (2010): 650-664. Web. 19 October 2016.

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LONDON — Designers taking part in London’s first all-digital showcase, which began Friday and runs through Sunday, have been delving deeper into their respective cultural backgrounds as they navigate the challenges of telling their stories online and in film formats.

Indeed, Saturday was a festival of fashion films – some better than others – with designers showing old, new and re-worked archive pieces in what is a new medium for many.

Tíscar Espadas, a Royal College of Art graduate and recipient of a Burberry scholarship, presented her collection with a video reflecting her Spanish heritage, from music and tap dancing to the wrap-around ties on blouses and the curve on the shoulders of jackets.

Espadas’s video, “Capitulo: II, First Act,” showed a man getting dressed and piling on layers of clothes against a simple white backdrop. It worked much better than some of the other film presentations, which have been playing with busy graphics, green screens and obscure narratives — highlighting that fashion still has a long way to go in familiarizing itself with film.

    Bianca Saunders was another highlight in Saturday’s lineup: Instead of trying to experiment with film or present new products during this uncertain time, she chose to turn the spotlight on an online ‘zine she produced alongside the photographer Joshua Woods and the writer Jess Cole.

She presented the project during an online panel discussion, hosted with Showstudio, and voiced her views on diversity and inclusion in the fashion industry.

“I’ve always wanted my brand to exist not just as clothing, but to make people think and create conversations,” said Saunders.

The ‘zine, “We Are One of the Same,” looks at gender and connection by photographing twin sisters and brothers, looking to highlight their similarities.

The film was a year in the making, and was not made in direct response to current affairs. Yet, it felt extremely relevant as it highlighted Saunders’ commitment to collaboration and the creative connections between herself, Woods and Cole.

An image from “We Are One of the Same”  Courtesy of Joshua Woods

Woods said that when she became part of the British Fashion Council’s New Wave Creatives program, “I got to be among other creators of color. We saw each other in the room of the fashion elite and we wanted to collaborate because, obviously, you could see how many of us were in that room. We all hold a close bond when it comes to pushing our narratives and ideas.”

“Seeing that community of black creators is important, because working alone and not seeing anyone who looks like you makes it difficult to push forward. It helped me to continue to want to pursue fashion and fashion imagery.”

Saunders added that working with fellow creatives of color made the experience “freeing,” because when there’s a level of mutual understanding, you don’t need to constantly explain yourself.

Addressing the killing of George Floyd by police and the anti-racism activism that followed, Saunders pointed to the importance of speaking up and broadening that conversation to all races.

“We can’t change what’s happening if other races aren’t aligned,” she said. “No one is exempt from speaking about this, and for the past few weeks I found it really traumatic being interviewed about what’s happening. Every black person is forced into activism because you are always trying to explain the black experience. I’m trying to explain my experience being this body in fashion – which isn’t very diverse at all.”

Charles Jeffrey Loverboy hosted a short, sweet fundraiser on Instagram Live for U.K. Black Pride. Separately, he also launched a new collection, an exuberant unisex outing featuring knitwear, jersey, T-shirts, hoodies and accessories with splashes of color, and lots of placement prints, including sensual mouths, images of the designer with long lashes and kiss curls.

Five percent of the proceeds from sales will be donated to Kaleidoscope Trust, an organization supporting the rights of LGBT+ people in countries where they are discriminated against or marginalized because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.

The fundraiser featured dance and vocal performances by young Black artists, and brief video presentations by University of Westminster graduates and former students of Charles Jeffrey. Catherine Hudson referenced her British-Jamaican heritage in her collection, while Helena Edwards, a men’s wear designer, showed clothing inspired by her Afro-Caribbean heritage. Rachel Chinouriri, a 19-year old singer/songwriter from Croydon performed three songs.

Images from Charles Jeffrey Loverboy’s capsule collection, which will launch in December.  Photo courtesy of Alex Petch

Christopher Raeburn took on sustainability. In an Instagram Live conversation with GQ editor Dylan Jones, Raeburn talked about his new project Raefound, a curated collection of old, unworn military garments, and the importance of reducing waste in fashion.

“Raefound is my provocation for the industry,” said Raeburn, who was speaking from his London studio. “Let’s work with what we’ve got. We have an opportunity now to clean up our industry, and the idea of going back to ‘normal’ scares the hell out of me. We need to see real, systemic change in this industry, which operates with a very old-fashioned, formulaic model.”

  Bianca Saunders  Courtesy of Ryan O’Toole

  Other designers worked past collections into new contexts and mediums.

Xander Zhou repackaged his fall 2020 collection as a science documentary, showcase his futuristic designs with factual narratives. The film was produced in Shanghai last week, with Zhou monitoring the process from the Netherlands.

“I have not been able to travel to China and physically work together with my team since January. Although modern technology enabled us to work together virtually, including on an actual spring-summer collection, I do feel it is too early to go back to business as usual. For now, I just want to share something humbler. One day, this may be an endearing reminder of the things we did back in those days.”

  Still image from Xander Zhou’s fashion film “AW20 Critical Update / SS21 Public Beta Version.”  Courtesy Photo

  Xu Zhi presented an impressive, computer-generated film showcasing his fall 2020 men’s and women’s collections, which were inspired by his trip to New York last September.

The designer curated the set and designed movements for each model before shooting everything in front of a green screen. Later, everything was compiled and manipulated to give them impression that models were walking from the subway station to SoHo, taking an elevator to an apartment, and later to the rooftop in one continuous shot. Highlights from the collection include his signature fringe design, seen on dresses and jackets, as well as a beige patchwork coat.

  Still image from Xu Zhi’s computer-generated fall 2020 film Prelude  Courtesy Photo

Hill and Friends brought back the pink-clad luggage porters who took part in the brand’s first show at at Claridge’s in London. The accessories brand debuted a fun, short film, titled “Happy Factory from Home.”

The color pink ran throughout the film, starting with an alarm waking up a man who appears to be a porter in the company. He cleaned his teeth with a pink toothbrush, had strawberry smoothies and similarly-colored cereal for breakfast, before driving his pink Mini to work.

The film featured new styles in vibrant colors. A deer, a rabbit, and a bird also made an appearance in the film, before Emma Hill, the founder, pushed a catering trolley to the factory and shared a cup of tea with the porter.

Still image from Hill and Friends’ short film “happy factory from home.”  Courtesy Photo

The Syrian-born British designer Nabil Nayal chose the color blue for his film. He presented his tenth collection “Chapter X: The Archives in Blue” with unseen footage. The film was new, and featured a re-worked mix of archive pieces.

Known for dramatic silhouettes and shirting techniques, he showcased hand-smocked dresses, crisp shirts with pleated necklines and light jackets, and skirts made from organza and organdy.

“During the Reformation, blue was highly regarded as a moral shade, separate from the ‘true’ colors of red, green yellow and purple, which were deemed extravagant and grotesque. The use of black and white, in practice, privileges shape and form over decoration. Blue allows me to see the archives in a new light, without detracting from the essence of the garments,” said Nayal.

Visual of Nabil Nayal’s tenth collection “Chapter X: The Archives in Blue.”  Courtesy Photo

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A massive study confirms there is no 'gay gene'

Researchers at the Broad Institute analyzed genomes from nearly half of a million people to better understand if and how genetics play a role in sexual orientation. (Pixabay/)

Genetics can’t predict whether a person will engage in same-sex sexual behavior, according to new research published in the journal Science. The study, which tested nearly half a million people, found that while there are some genes that contribute to sexual behavior, they each only play a tiny role—social and environmental factors make up the rest.

“This is is the largest and most thorough investigation into the genetics of same-sex sexual behavior to date,” says study author Ben Neale, geneticist at the Broad Institute and associate professor in the Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital, in a press conference. The study notes the small role genetics plays—but also the complexity of the biological factors involved.

“This study puts to rest the notion that there is a ‘gay gene,’ ” says Darren Whitfield, an assistant professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Pittsburgh studying LGBTQ health, who was not involved in the research.

The authors said that they worked with LGBT advocacy groups to discuss the best way to communicate their work to the public, and that those conversations affected the way they wrote the paper. Whitfield noted that the study avoided some of the problems of past research on sexual behavior and genetics, and was conscientious of the fact that this kind of work does not happen in a vacuum. “It seemed that the scientists were mindful of the message it might send,” Whitfield says. “In the past, researchers working in genetics in this area really did not think about the consequences work like that might have.”

However, Whitfield continues, that doesn’t entirely counteract the risk that this type of work can pose, and there are concerns that this data could be weaponized against the LGBTQ community. “These things do have the potential to reinforce homophobia,” he says. “It can reinforce the idea of any abnormality [connected] to same-sex attraction.”

The study analyzed the genes of nearly 500,000 people who’d contributed DNA in a handful of different ways, including to UK Biobank, which collected data from volunteers in the United Kingdom, and the direct-to-consumer genetics company 23andMe, which asks customers if they want their data to be used in research (and included an additional consent form to participate in this particular study). The dataset only covered people of European ancestry. The team then looked for associations between the genes of the participants and their reports of same-sex behavior—which, for the purposes of this study, was defined as ever having had sex with someone of the same sex. Those behaviors, they noted, are not equivalent to sexual orientation or identity: a person who reported having same-sex sex may be bisexual, gay, pansexual, or any number of other identities, and that was not reflected in the research. The study also did not include people who were transgender, intersex, or otherwise did not identify with the gender they were assigned at birth.

In that analysis, the study found that between 8 percent and 25 percent of same-sex sexual behavior in the study population could be explained by genetics. Environmental and social factors contribute the rest. “I think it underscores that there is an element of biology and it underscores that there’s an element of the environment,” Neale says. “And it underscores that this is a natural part of our species.”

The genes associated with same-sex sexual behavior overlap with those involved in mental health disorders like schizophrenia and depression, which the authors write could be due to discrimination faced by people who have sex with others of the same sex. “For the U.K. Biobank data, for example, the participants came of age at a time and place where same-sex sexual behavior was criminalized,” Neale says. “And other studies have clearly shown the impact on mental health that . . . kind of othering or exclusion or even criminalization of behavior [can have].”

The findings also called into question the Kinsey scale, a common metric that describes a person’s sexual orientation on a measure from zero (entirely homosexual) to six (entirely heterosexual): The study reflected more diversity in individuals’ sexual behaviors than that. “[The Kinsey scale] is really an oversimplification of the diversity of sexual behavior in humans,” Neale says.

As well as contributing data to the project, the 23andMe research team worked actively on the study itself. The company has expressed interest in studying the genetics of sexual behavior and orientation since 2012. “As a company we are committed to representing the full diversity of human populations, and sexual behavior is just one component of that,” says Fah Sathirapongsasuti, senior scientist at 23andMe, during a press conference. “We hope that this new study marks a starting point for additional research on this important aspect of human behavior.” He added that customers have contacted the company asking for them to do this type of research.

“I think we’ve learned some really important things, and I think those things that we’ve learned include the idea that there is more diversity out there in the world,” Neale says.

As the new study went live, the Broad Institute posted a series of essays from other scientists on the social and ethical issues involved in pursuing research of this kind, which could potentially be harmful to LGBT communities and be used in arguments for discrimination against them. “I am not satisfied with the authors’ justification for performing this study; they are ultimately jeopardizing the perception and safety of the LGBTQIA+ community,” wrote Meagan Olive, a research associate at the Broad Institute.

It’s important to critically think about what can be gained from these sorts of studies, Whitfield says. “At the end of the day, we’re still looking for a genetic component for sexual behavior. The question I would have is—why? What is the purpose?”

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Iris JUNE Newsletter 🏳️‍🌈

Iris’ Newsletter focuses on pride and inclusion for this month of June. As New York City was one of the premier areas for LGBTQ rights and activism, we felt it was important to explore the events and news surrounding this crucial topic in honor of Pride month. The theme of inclusion has not only echoed in NYC, but across the globe as shown through the various articles below.

THINGS TO DO  🚕

Pride events in NYC beyond the parade

While the main event of Pride Month is the parade and gathering at the end of June, there are many events throughout the city that highlight other sectors of the Pride movement not shown in the parade and festival. These events vary on a wide spectrum. They provide pride events with racial intersectionality, food, art, entertainment, and other cool activities throughout the city during June.

NYC NEWS 🗽

Google celebrates NYC Pride with digital monument on Christopher Street

In honor of the Stonewall Riots’ 50th anniversary, Google has installed an interactive monument to commemorate the occasion. The installation is set up in Christopher Park and hopes to give a more holistic overview of the LGBTQ community in America. Many are excited about Google giving rise to once silenced voices. The monument has attracted many New Yorkers to stop by and hear stories from the LGBTQ people directly. The installation will continue for the month of June to coincide with the Pride Celebration.  

WORLD NEWS 🌎 

What will Taiwan’s same-sex marriages mean in the rest of Asia?

On May 17, 2019, same sex marriage became legal in Taiwan. This Washington Post article examines the road Taiwan to reach this historic moment, the difference between public and legal opinions, as well as what this decision may mean for other Asian countries where sam sex marriage is still largely outlawed.

INDUSTRY NEWS  📰 

Budweiser UK faces backlash for advertising beer with Pride flags

Budweizer launched a controversial campaign this month to celebrate LGBT members. The campaign, “Fly the Flag,” features multiple flags on beer cans to represent the diversity that exists within the LGBT community. Criticism has stemmed from some believing this marketing tactic is not genuine and is based on profit, while others do not like the campaign because they simply oppose the values represented.

SOMETHING NEW 💡

OPINION: BRANDS, HERE’S HOW TO DO LGBTQ+ PRIDE RIGHT

The history that celebrating pride represents is a history of struggle and triumph for LGBTQ+ people. Brands have to be careful when endeavoring to work in conjunction with Pride. Outside of the more Human reasons for supporting Pride it can be tempting for brands to just view it as a channel to the younger audience. The history behind Pride makes it simple to see what brands genuinely support LGBTQ+ people, and what brands merely preform support. Performance for the sake of profit exploits LGBTQ+ identities and symbols supposedly meant to represent Pride. 

The article stresses Brands establishing relationships with non profits, and ditching the Idea of direct profit from Pride themed products. For Brands “the rainbow stuff” fails to be supportive and represented with out a clear “Larger Purpose”.  Being Human as a brand when engaging with Pride is essential. Look deeper than the surface of Pride, into the Intersectional Identities and their struggles. The large range of intersectional identity’s offers many opportunities to genuinely make and impact and engage on a very Human level with a brands audience. Donations are great but they are a very one-dimensional form of action. Brands have to act in order to engrave activism into the institutional structure of the brand. If a Brand is trying hard to make a difference the audience will know and respond accordingly.

EAT AND DRINK 🍽️

OpenTable showcases LGBTQ+ restaurants for Pride Month

OpenTable, during the month of June, is highlighting LGBTQ owned restaurants throughout the world. OpenTable gave the top 100 LGBTQ-owned and operated restaurants in the United States on its website. The site also mentions multiple in the U.K., Canada and Australia.

These are the ones for NYC:

Aunt Jake's - Greenwich Village

Tzarevna - Lower East Side

Ortzi - Theater District/Times Square

The Australian - Midtown West