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THE BIGOT DISPOSAL MANUAL 2.0 (opens the original)
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So, after January’s Bigot Disposal Manual, it appears we need an update. Welcome to version 2.0. Same arguments, newer receipts and considerably less patience.1. Basic BiologyThe Argument: XX and XY. End of discussion.The Response: Those are the usual chromosome patterns, but chromosomes, hormone responses and anatomy do not always follow the usual combinations. The NHS describes several variations in sex development. Having an intersex variation is not the same thing as being trans, either.Quot
WES BAGGALEY: NOTHING SHORT OF A TOTAL WAR (opens the original)
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A conversation with Wes Baggaley: Wigan born, cornerstone of the UK's queer club scene, and proof that the best DJs are built, not brandedSome DJs curate an aesthetic. Wes Baggaley got handed a prisoner’s record collection at 13 and never looked back. If you’ve been anywhere near the UK’s queer underground in the last decade you’ll know the name: one half of Bottom Heavy with Dan Beaumont, a fixture of Dalston Superstore’s basement, NTS resident, and the owner of an Instagram profile so glorious
FOR HER, FOR BERLIN, FOR ALL OF US (opens the original)
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There is a city I have loved from a distance for years. I have been learning its language slowly, the way you learn anything you intend to keep. Berlin has been many things in its long life, but to queer people it has always been something particular: a lighthouse. A city that told us, before almost anywhere else on Earth, that we were not a disease or a scandal. That we were people.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1704929785757-37f4c3d068bb?cr
TASTE MY LOVE (opens the original)
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