This year we have been celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act (1967), which started the process of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales. But the act did not mean full decriminalisation. It only covered acts in private, between two men over the age of 21. It also not cover the Merchant Navy or the Armed Forces.
Roughly 1,500 people on Tuesday marched through the streets of Kathmandu to celebrate the city’s annual LGBT Pride parade. Many wore vibrant costumes and carried rainbow flags, the AFP reported. The parade coincides with the Hindu festival of Gai Jatra, which commemorates the death of people during the year and has also been used as a venue to criticize the government.
Ireland’s prime minister has predicted it is “only a matter of time” before same-sex marriage is introduced in Northern Ireland. Leo Varadkar spoke out in what he called a “support for equality” after he attended a Belfast Pride breakfast in the second day of his first official visit there.
“When’s the last time you dated a woman?” I get asked this all the time, and it’s probably my least favorite question regarding my (bi)sexuality. There are a couple of reasons why the question bothers me so much. First, it’s a loaded question, based on the false premise that you have to date men and women equally in order to be “truly” bisexual. With this question, people are implying that I’m gay because I’ve only dated men for the past few years.
Perhaps it’s not the summer holiday that I had in mind, but here I am waiting to board a delayed flight back to the UK. August marks an influx of younger passengers, who have hot-footed their way from the school gates to the boarding gate with their red-faced parents in tow.
When my partner was newly pregnant, we began interviewing midwives and took what has become for us a normal precaution: Before meeting with the one we liked best, we sent her an email introducing ourselves and our relationship. Still, one of the first things she said to us when we sat down was, “Just so you know, I’m very comfortable with lesbians.” The thing is: we’re not lesbians.
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