Did I need the law to be my non-binary self at work?
To mark International Non-binary Day 2021, David Wilson reflects on their own experiences and where non-binary people find themselves in the UK…
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What Eddie Izzard means to me
Author: Stevie Ashurst These days you'll be hard pressed to find anyone who doesn't know who Eddie Izzard is. Even if you…
International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia
On the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, Dr Chris McLeod, University Teacher in Psychology in the School of Sport, Exercise…
Trans Visibility as an Act of Resistance
Author: David Wilson Every year the 31st of March marks Transgender Day of Visibility. Here we consider what it means to be…
LGBT+ civil rights since 1967
Author: Catherine Armstrong The previous three blog entries have explored the hidden histories of LGBT+ people in the past and argued that…
Drag on your Primetime TV
Author: Sam Chambers Paul O'Grady first started performing as Lily Savage in the late 1970s. O'Grady had moved to London and was…
Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900)
Author: Sam Chambers An Irish poet and playwright, Oscar Wilde is well remembered for his plays but also the details of his…
Martina Navratilova
Author: Sam Chambers Martina Navratilova was born in Prague in 1956, at the time part of Czechoslovakia. From a sporting family she…
Gender identity in indigenous cultures
Author: Catherine Armstrong It is important to understand that the lives of LGBT+ people in the past were experienced very differently in…
Cross dressing in the 18th and 19th century Europe and America
Author: Dr Catherine Armstrong Our understanding of being transgender has evolved considerably in the last few decades. We now appreciate that the gender to…
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