LGBT

The Media Could Help Fight Anti-LGBTI Speech in the UK

There is a close correlation between the increase in hate speech on social and mainstream media and the rise in hate crimes and violence against LGBTI people. The media can help break this narrative.

London Pride: 50 Years of LGBT Representation and Its Impact on the Me...

Not only did Pride lead to a stronger sense of identity for those attending the protest, Gay News existed as a subversive publication of counter-cultural discourse in a landscape of traditionally heteronormative forms of media.

Squash Online Hate Speech: Digital Spaces Exclude Vulnerable Groups

Debates about gender and sexual minorities are useless if they do not seek to destabilize manhood as a patriarchal construct or if they do not address cis-sexism and challenge heteronormativity.

Being Trans in Serbia (part 1): The media’s silence

Serbia seems to have built a wall of silence around the trans community. This approach is flawed in many aspects, especially as some from the trans community report it can have detrimental consequences.

Unethical, Biased and Complicit in Homophobia: Media Representations o...

In areas where being LGBTQ+ is considered a taboo or even criminalised, the media have a larger responsibility for ethical and unbiased reporting.

Italy’s Zan Law and the Media Debate around Homophobia

The mainstream narrative in the Italian media is currently promoting toxic and misleading views that might effectively contribute to allowing not just hate speech, but actual violence to continue.

LGBTQ+ History Month: Honoring Queer Communities of The Past and Prese...

While it’s great to explore creative ways of honoring the LGBTQ communities of the past, the media should do more to support queer communities in the present.

What Does It Take To Cover Diversity in Cuba?

Cuba's LGBTQ independent journalists & creators navigate censorship and homophobic abuse.

How Social Media Has Become An Essential Support Network for Trans and...

Without state support, social media networks fundraise ad-hoc support funds for trans women.

Missing The Story: How the Indonesian Media Covers the Student Protest...

14 October 2019 Country: Indonesia By: Yearry Panji Setianto Last month, thousands of students across Indonesia took to the streets …

Sarajevo’s First-Ever Pride Gets Dismissed as “Shame Parade” by ...

Threats, insults and rejection prior to the first-ever pride march in Bosnia and Herzegovina, topped with protests and ignorance, are mirrored not challenged in Bosnian media.

Hate Crime, “Mate” Crime and More: Social Media’s Ro...

8 February 2019 Country: UK Eighty-three percent of LGBT+ individuals and eight-six percent of Muslims have been targeted online, according …