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Connie Kurtz (of the legendary Ruthie & Connie) dies in Palm Beach

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  We are just one of very many this morning who are deeply saddened by the death of Connie Kurtz (on the right) yesterday.  A wonderfully uplifting passionate LGBT activist who was one half of a legendary couple Ruthie and Connie.  Friends for almost sixty years and life-partners for most of that time, they were a … Continue reading



Reclaiming the Pink Triangle

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  To mark this year’s International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, Vangardist Magazine has teamed up with Mauthausen Memorial and Serviceplan Group to pay attention to the little-known history of what went on in this Nazi concentration camp in Austria. Mauthausen was specifically built to imprison and murder anyone the Nazis deemed undesirable, including homosexual men, … Continue reading



Alone In The Game : a new look at homophobia in Sports

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  Sport is still one of the last bastions of homophobia.  For every brave gay man or woman who dares to stick their head over the parapet and publicly ‘come out,’  there are thousands of professional athletes and sportsmen and women who are scared rigid about all the negative consequences that come with revealing their sexuality.   There have … Continue reading




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