Self care is all the rage, but what does it actually mean?
Stressing over a looming deadline, I wonder if the “self-care” website I just visited really gave the best advice.
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Is bisexual style a thing? Let’s find out.
Bi people often find a safe place on the alternative scene because you can more or less be who you want to be.
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Smooth, au naturel or something in between? It’s the great body hair debate!
Apart from a brief craze for green armpit hair a few years ago, it seems smooth is back in the groove.
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Polyamory. How does it actually work? We explain all.
Alongside recent gender-spectrum and bi/pansexuality discussions in the media, talking about polyamory has been taken along for the ride.
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The Snowflake Generation: lazy stereotype or actually a thing?
“Snowflake” is a term often bandied about these days, coined to describe a generation of young people who are over-sensitive, easily shocked and quick to call out the rest of the world for even the most seemingly innocent word or act. The snowflake asks everyone else to wrap them in cotton […]
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Sex, Gender and the Gender Recognition Act. Confused? We dig deeper.
What makes a man? What makes a woman? Is it possible to be somewhere in between? The government closed its consultation on changes to the UK’s Gender Recognition Act (GRA) on October 19ththis year. Naturally, the consultation opened a fresh can of worms relating to the question of gender identity. One […]
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Acronym wars! We report direct from the battlefield
LG, LGB, LGBT, LGBTQ, LGBTQI, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIAP, LGBTQIAPK, LGBTQIAPK2s, LGBTQIAPK2s+… The list of letters (and numbers) being added to that first simple acronym just keeps on growing. But where do we stop when it comes to including new groups? And how do we decide who qualifies? Is a straight “kinky” person […]
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Talking point: why Pride needs corporate funding
Debate continues on how Pride should be funded. Almost all over the world, Pride has come a long way from its original (grass)roots, and the UK is no exception. Where once we just assembled with homemade cardboard placards and whistles (and perhaps a few cheeky cans), we now enjoy star-studded concert […]
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