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Tower Blockage
If you're new here: This is a blog series giving LGBTQIA+ people's perspectives on the Tarot cards. Tarot is a set of symbols added on to a deck of playing cards, depicting a spiritual journey, to be used for meditation or fortune telling. Catch up with the characters we've met on the journey so far by clicking on these links for the Fool, the Magician, the High Priestess, the Empress, the Emperor, the Hierophant, the Lovers, the Chariot, Strength, the Hermit, the Wheel of Fortune, Justice, The Hanged Man, Death, Temperance, and the Devil. The particular version that's thought of today as the basic traditional Tarot, from which the myriad of decks are influenced and inspired, was drawn by mixed race bisexual lady Pamela "Pixie" Colman Smith, whose insights I'm sure made it into this art commission given her by straight white men, whatever their expectations of her might have been. So I've asked LGBTQIA+ Tarot users in online groups to give me their viewpoints on the cards, and the result is this series of blogs.
By Steph Cole4 years ago in Pride
Pronoun Badges: Supporting Gender Identity in the Workplace
However, according to Totaljobs, 60% of transgender employees have suffered workplace discrimination. The same study revealed over half of trans workers felt they had to hide the fact they are trans from their co-workers.
By Adam Johnson4 years ago in Pride
We Shouldn't Care If Someone's "Faking" Being Queer For Attention
There is this odd narrative that gay, bi, and trans people are just being queer for attention. For the past couple of years, there has been a lot of discourse around the concept of "transtrenders" (i.e., people who allegedly aren't "real" trans individuals and are just identifying as such for attention). Before this, countless straight people claimed this same thing for gay and bi people. We were "just being dramatic" or "going through a phase."
By Alex Mell-Taylor4 years ago in Pride
Love Me Not
Love Me Not Sebastian is in love with his best friend Leo. It’s obvious, really, from the very beginning of their friendship. They both have a tendency to be stubborn and always try to prove each other wrong, but deep down Sebastian knows that he doesn’t have to prove anything.
By Vex Luther Lionheart4 years ago in Pride
Is Everything Alright? Predicting What Happens After The Series Finale Of 'Love, Victor'
**This article contains spoilers for season 3 of the Hulu series, 'Love, Victor'** Love, Victor debuted on Hulu back in 2020 and serves as a follow-up to the 2018 LGBTQ+ film, Love, Simon. The show exists in the same world and follows Victor, a Latino teen who comes to terms with his sexuality after moving to Georgia from Texas. In the show's three seasons, we've had a lot of comedy and teen drama packed into the series and have now had to say goodbye as the series finale just dropped on Hulu last week.
By Jenika Enoch4 years ago in Pride
