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The necessity of Oakley’s Blue Jean

The necessity of Oakley’s Blue Jean

The Mancunion went to the preview and premiere of Blue Jean followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers behind the project
Live Review: O2 Ritz fell in love with girl in red

Live Review: O2 Ritz fell in love with girl in red

Mixing emotional honesty with empowering anthems, girl in red played a sold-out show at Manchester’s O2 Ritz
Mothers of all kinds

Mothers of all kinds

With Mother’s Day nearly upon us, Audre Lorde’s essay discussing her experience of lesbian parenthood from her collection ‘Sister Outsider’ is the perfect text to reflect on non-conventional parent dynamics
Lesbian period dramas: Have we seen enough?

Lesbian period dramas: Have we seen enough?

Is it time to create more modern love stories for the LGBTQ+ community?
LGBTQIA+ history month spotlight: All Men Want to Know

LGBTQIA+ history month spotlight: All Men Want to Know

Maisie Scott spotlights All Men Want to Know by Nina Bouraoui for LGBTQIA+ history month.
The Funeral Director

The Funeral Director

Alexia Pieretti reviews The Funeral Director on its visit to HOME

LGBT History Month: body issues

In the last of this four-part series, Michael Petch looks at how unattainable beauty standards harm LGBT people

LGBT History Month: Blood Donation

Part three of four in the LGBT History Month series: this time, Michael Petch takes to task the barriers that make donating blood a problematic experience for LGBT people

LGBT History Month: coming out

In the second of this four-part series, Michael Petch discusses the dilemma of coming out, and the societal problems that stem from it

LGBT History Month: Street Harassment

In the first of a four-part series on the continuing relevance of LGBT History Month, Michael Petch discusses the progress that the needs to be made on the street

Stonewall event to be held at North Campus

An LGBT+ panel discussion hosted as a collaboration between charity Stonewall, the Albert Kennedy Trust, and Sparkle, will be hosted by the University of Manchester this Sunday

De Montfort University’s decision to honour PM for gay marriage comes under fire

The De Montfort University Vice-Chancellor has been criticised for not consulting students and ignoring the PM’s voting record before making him a Companion of the university

Sluts, bitches, and the LGBT+ community

Have slurs become degendered in the LGBT+ community? Is it still marginalising women? Can we even answer these questions at all?

Size is never an issue: the pros and cons of being with a girl, by a girl

Claudia gives us her personal take on being in a same-sex relationship