In The South
Social Media is taking a beating. Almost each week there is a television news report suggesting links between an over-reliance on social interactions through the medium of an app, and the failing mental health of our youth.
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When I came out very publicly as trans, I was flooded with love and respect and within the first month of ‘being out’ half a dozen people had contacted me and come out as trans. Some of them I knew from Brighton, some I didn’t, but they all had the same message for me: “Thank you for talking about t
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Over the past few years transgender visibility has improved greatly with a number of trans people becoming very public through the media and I was even featured on Match of the Day’s Premier League football show recently.
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I remember a time in the late 1980’s when I was in school and my hair was long and my mother said I needed it cut for the school photographs. Obviously, being a little trans girl I didn’t want my hair cut, so, in an act of defiance, whilst my father who took me to the barbers was outside having a ci
In The South
I feel incredibly privileged to live in a country where such action is both possible and spontaneous. I know there are many sensible arguments including some made by those close to me, that such action does little, perhaps it is even a waste of time. I disagree. When the democratic election protest
In The South
The dictionary tells us that love is ‘a strong feeling of affection’ and ‘a great interest and pleasure in something’. In our house, especially for our daughter, love is, at times, a shield, a barrier and also a weapon. Often when she allows herself to feel safe, loved and wanted, she will quickly d
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When it comes to writing this column, I’m usually awash with ideas until I actually put pen to paper, at which point all those brilliant soundbites and gems of wisdom that have been popping into my head for weeks suddenly seem to desert me! I’m becoming increasingly familiar with writers’ block, and
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Love is excitement. Love is exhaustion. Love is daily. Love by the hour. Love is always. Love is never. Love at your leisure. Love that’s a pleasure. Love is now. Love is then. Love is today. Love is tomorrow. Love is never again. Love is light. Love is dark. Love is air. Love is fire. Love is creat
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Dr Samuel Hall on why 2016 wasn’t all bad and where we need to be if we want to change the world.
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2017 begins inauspiciously for the international LGBT+ community. As the inauguration of the US President Elect looms, even those parts of the world whom in recent years have made significant parallel political and social progress, face an ominous future as rumours of rolled back legislation abound.
In The South
Homophobia is commonly accepted as an inevitable part of society, much like there is acceptance of continued racism. It is human nature to have hate as much as it is to love! Over the years I’ve suffered from verbal attacks; when I lived in Kemp Town an old man once told me I was a “queer bastard” a
Health
Gscene columnist Çraig Hanlon-Smith urges NHS England to prescribe PreEP now to save lives, then engage in debate about behaviour tomorrow.