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89]. Alongside the radical statement
about how we can choose our own
identity, comes the understanding
that these sorts of life choices are
ground breaking for the black ed’s letter
community. I took great delight in
showing my straight family the ‘tis the season
picture of Lenna Cumberbatch, just
to see their reaction. Can we maybe We arrived at this year’s Stonewall Awards to fi nd an anti-Julie Bindel protest in full
have a full- length interview with swing. The Guardian journalist and human rights campaigner was up for an award, and
her soon? owing to an article written in January 2004 to which the trans community took
RHIANNA, EMAIL exception, hordes turned out to express their opinion. I must admit, I was quite
Ed: Hopefully, she will shocked by the effort made, and wondered how so many people can hold such
reappear in our pages vehement hatred for something this lone lesbian did so long ago. However, I thought
in 2009 back to when we did our ‘Campaign against the Daily Mail’; Melanie Phillips wrote a
story in November 2007, during the time when IVF laws were being reviewed, which
no entry would allow two women using IVF to be registered as legal parents. She wrote:
Dear g3, In response to your ed’s “Having two mothers – or two fathers, for that matter – is grotesque and wrong.”
letter, Give Peace a Chance [Nov/ While I don’t hold any contempt for this deluded woman, it’s amazing how much
issue 90], I wanted to voice my damage such articles can do and how much power the media really has. Since writing
opinion about the existing the article, Julie Bindel has apologised, which is more than we can say for Melanie
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discrimination within the lesbian Phillips. Although, despite Melanie’s attempts, the IVF laws have recently been passed,
community. Being an un- it would seem there are many bigger battles for trans people to win rather than
stereotypical feminine gay woman, protest about an article that was published nearly a half decade ago. This month Julie
I have time and time again been Bindel is having her say and is featured in our Last Word. On a lighter note, Christmas
questioned or turned away by door has crept up on us once again. Love it or hate it, it ain’t going anywhere, so we’ve
staff of gay/lesbian bars and clubs. It snuck in a few features and suggestions to get you through this ‘merry’ period.
is very sad that a community who Have a good one.
has worked, and are still working,
ah
tirelessly against the ignorance and
Sar
prejudice that we face are in fact the
ones discriminating against its own
people. We are the ones who moan g3 liveU![OUQ]cY
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change, but if we are the ones on your computer by visiting our website. Includes
reiterating the discrimination upon instant access, page turning graphics, music and fi lm
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everyone else to change? and advertisers.
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