Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe Scottish Government are currently debating a potentially groundbreaking piece of legislation that will reform the Gender Recognition Act (GRA), and allow transgender people to self-declare their gender. As usual the reforms have come under fire from the reactionary Far Right digging up the cliched and totally unproven argument claiming predators could use them … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterSean Hayes who has just wrapped up the final final series of Will & Grace is about to become a lady. Well, on the silver screen that is. Hayes has co-written and stars as Susan O’Connell (a cis-gender middle-aged woman) who has never ever really liked working. Kind of like a suburban take on … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatter‘ The Human Rights Campaign believes that 2020 is likely to become the deadliest year for violence against trans and gender non-conforming people since HRC began collecting data in 2013. Already at least 27 trans and gender non-conforming people were violently killed so far this year. So they have have teamed up with WarnerMedia for … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterLast week live on Irish TV two men danced together, and surprise surprise much to the disappointment of all the homophobic haters, the world did not end. From where we are sitting its still inconceivable that we as an LGBT community can marry each other, become parents, create our own legally binding families in … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterIn the 1980’s in Los Angeles there was a mysterious icon that no-one knew anything about even they saw her everywhere. It all started when this blond, pink-obsessed figure appeared on a billboard to advertise nothing but herself. In this day and age when self-promotion is not only a norm but a full time … Continue reading