Tag: Human rights
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If I was gay I would think hip-hop hates me
Love this song and video by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. Yes hip-hop has a problem, inability to face up with the false-machismo and being gay with “No Homo” and “faggot” and all that shit – as a gay hip-hop fan I do find it hard sometimes. But as Mac says: If I was gay I…
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First Ugandan Pride
Great to hear that about 100 brave LGBTQ activists in Uganda held their very first Pride on Saturday! According to this blog post and the New Yorker article it was in Entebbe and mostly went off without hitch, apart from police arrests later on in the day because someone complained there was either two men…
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Shame in the East
Well for the next couple of months it’s Pride season, traditionally June because of Stonewall but London Pride is in July and Brighton is in August. Prides in this country are fun mostly apolitical affairs (I’ve commented on that in the podcast before now). But spare a thought for those in countries where it’s still…