Thea Hillman is a 39 year old poet, performer, writer and social activist from California who identifies as a lesbian. Her book, Intersex (For Lack of a Better Word), published in 2008 chronicles one person’s search for self in a world obsessed with normal. “What is “intersex”? According to the Intersex Society of North America, [...]
National Coming Out Day is an internationally-observed civil awareness day for coming out and discussion about gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) issues. It is observed by members of the LGBT communities and friends on October 11 in the US or October 12 in the United Kingdom. Having had a few discussions with friends lately [...]
Porn is awful. Not just the way it looks; cheaply produced, unattractive ‘actors’, ugly decor and so much banging, but also in the way it treats the subject of sex and how it represents women and their sexuality. If we only understood sex through porn we’d grow to think that men penetrate woman however they [...]
JAG-Fiesta Feminista presents – The Sex Stakes: Positioning Sexuality on the Agenda of the Malaysian Women’s Movement* by Tan Beng Hui When – 29th April, 8pm Where – Sisters In Islam (SIS) No.7, Jalan 6/10, Petaling Jaya The talks are open to anyone who wants to debate/deliberate on sexuality and the women’s movement, or has [...]
With the weather the way it has been these past few days I’d say a picnic in the garden would be very optimistic. But radicals like these don’t let stupid things like rain get in the way of their fun. Food Not Bombs and Katagender are laying out the rugs this Saturday at the FNB [...]
Article 8 from Elaine Foster on Vimeo. A short film about the LGBTIQ community in KL which featured the likes of Shannon Shah, Juelie Koh and Lainie Yeoh and a few other activists and/or movers and shakers in the community here. The film was shot and edited in two weeks with the intention to submit [...]