LGBT Politics

NickyDyke85 · NickyDyke85

Hey all, just posting this to let you all know/remind you that its the Union Council Elections on Monday & Tuesday. Please vote in them, especially for the LGBT Assembly Chair... I know ur all probably sick of flyers, election campaigns & those bluddy voting forms but, heres a few reasons y u shud v...

ChipsAndLube · ChipsAndLube

http://swiftreport.blogs.com/news/2005/02/parents_protest.html

ChipsAndLube · ChipsAndLube

http://www.outrage.org.uk/pressrelease.asp?ID=268 that's one step in the right direction. the next, i believe, is to remove current murder music from sale.

ChipsAndLube · ChipsAndLube

http://www.bnp.org.uk/articles/lgbt_month.htm *seething*

ChipsAndLube · ChipsAndLube

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/otherparties/story/0,9061,1405351,00.html

hmm, and does anyone sense an undercurrent of racism in this?: mcgrath: "You insulted my brother's religion. You insulted Islam" RKS (smearing the manure in mc...

JohnK · JohnK

hey all, Now that most of us know eachother, we though we could start getting our political campaigns off the ground. On my agenda for this term are three things: 1. A lift on the ban on gay and bisexual men giving blood to the National Blood Service 2, Reaction to right-wing fundament...

NickyDyke85 · Anonymous

Hello everyone! I feel like a troll this morning. I have a headache that isn't quite 'ache-ey' enough to justify embalming myself with Ibuprofen. Just the perfect mood to hit on something that gets me thinking, when all I wanna do is clear my mind completely, and zone out. So please excuse me if I’m...

JohnC · JohnC

Over the last few years there has been quite a lot of talk in the society around the issue of the membership fee, with most people arguing that there should be no membership fee, saying instead that there should be no charge to join the LGBT as no-one should have to pay to be gay. Now, I've given this a f...

JohnK · JohnK

....that you SHOULDN'T vote for a Tory government: www.thegayvote.co.uk/article

shymike · shymike

i want everyone to raise their glasses and say three cheers, cos the leader of the BNP has been arrested today for being a twat.

JohnK · JohnK

The debate on Civil Partnerships began today in the House of Commons. Here is the BBC report on it: HERE So what do you think of the current situation? What can we, as a society, do? John K x

ChipsAndLube · ChipsAndLube

more hate-fuelled claptrap from the best selling bog paper in the country: BOGUS asylum seekers are avoiding being kicked out by claiming to have headaches, depression — and bad dreams. Others drag out appeals by saying they risk persecution in their homelands for being gay. The sc...

JohnK · JohnK

The Christian Institute placed this advertisement in the Times Newspaper, at the cost of £20,000. What is most suprising is not that this homophobic inistitution are bestowed charity status, but that The Times newspaper actually printed it. http://www.christian.org.uk/civilpartnersh...

Clare · Clare

Just a point tapped on in the sad day for America post... Progression of gay rights in this country has been down to the EU, not Tony Blair. Please consider your EU voting seriously, as I'm sure you do. Turnout for the European Parliament election was so so poor. The best way to continue the progress...

JohnK · JohnK

I am really disturbed by this, but I thought I would post this here because it is important for us to see what we are fighting against! Belfast Pride is happening this coming weekend and a group claiming to be the 'Christian Coalition' has set up a website and is going to be staging protests against t...

Phil · Anonymous

hey guys... im a stupid little first year and i really want to come to some socials and stuff.... i know that there are coffee mornings and stuff but im really scared... god i sound pathetic! but its just i missed the cocktail party and stuff.... sorry to sound like a complete loser... but im feeli...

JohnK · JohnK

NUS Conference Elections You may remember from the last LGBT email sent round that there is a conference coming up in late November – and YOU have got the chance of representing the LGBT people in this union and deciding on the policies of the campaign. It is also a great chance to make links with and...

JohnK · JohnK

Basically when you apply to the police, in that 'confidential' 'equal opps' bit on forms, you will be asked to tick a box to define your sexuality. You don't have to and can put 'rather not say' if you want. So what does everyone think? here are the media reports of it: [URL=http://news.bb...

JohnK · JohnK

Australia, home to the Sydney Mardi Gras - one of the biggest LGBT Pride events in the world - has banned same-sex marriage through the senate with a majority vote of 38 to 7. Read the story here It follows the attempted ban on same-se...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Union Stuff (Preview) Hey all, just posting this to let you all know/remind you that its the Union Council Elections on Monday & Tuesday. Please vote in them, especially for the LGBT Assembly Chair... I know ur all probably sick of flyers, election campaigns & those bluddy voting forms but, heres a few reasons y u shud v...	NickyDyke85	7	404	Wed Mar 9 19:06 2005 by NickyDyke85
	ban on same-sex valentine cards (Preview) http://swiftreport.blogs.com/news/2005/02/parents_protest.html	ChipsAndLube	7	300	Thu Mar 3 12:54 2005 by xray dave
	Reggae deal to halt gay-bash lyrics (Preview) http://www.outrage.org.uk/pressrelease.asp?ID=268 that's one step in the right direction. the next, i believe, is to remove current murder music from sale.	ChipsAndLube	36	595	Fri Feb 18 23:12 2005 by ChipsAndLube
	I'm fúcking angry (Preview) http://www.bnp.org.uk/articles/lgbt_month.htm seething	ChipsAndLube	25	584	Tue Feb 15 20:47 2005 by ChipsAndLube
	RKS and a bucket of shít (Preview) http://politics.guardian.co.uk/otherparties/story/0,9061,1405351,00.html hmm, and does anyone sense an undercurrent of racism in this?: mcgrath: "You insulted my brother's religion. You insulted Islam" RKS (smearing the manure in mc...	ChipsAndLube	8	369	Mon Feb 7 20:33 2005 by NickyDyke85
	CaMpAiGnS! (Preview) hey all, Now that most of us know eachother, we though we could start getting our political campaigns off the ground. On my agenda for this term are three things: 1. A lift on the ban on gay and bisexual men giving blood to the National Blood Service 2, Reaction to right-wing fundament...	JohnK	14	532	Thu Jan 20 20:31 2005 by Adam
	Post feminism (Preview) Hello everyone! I feel like a troll this morning. I have a headache that isn't quite 'ache-ey' enough to justify embalming myself with Ibuprofen. Just the perfect mood to hit on something that gets me thinking, when all I wanna do is clear my mind completely, and zone out. So please excuse me if I’m...	Anonymous	3	295	Wed Jan 19 07:11 2005 by NickyDyke85
	Should we have to Pay to be Gay? (Preview) Over the last few years there has been quite a lot of talk in the society around the issue of the membership fee, with most people arguing that there should be no membership fee, saying instead that there should be no charge to join the LGBT as no-one should have to pay to be gay. Now, I've given this a f...	JohnC	13	727	Sat Jan 15 04:23 2005 by NickyDyke85
	Proof, Not that you needed any..... (Preview) ....that you SHOULDN'T vote for a Tory government: www.thegayvote.co.uk/article	JohnK	4	338	Mon Jan 10 03:17 2005 by PeterJ
	down with the BNP (Preview) i want everyone to raise their glasses and say three cheers, cos the leader of the BNP has been arrested today for being a twat.	shymike	10	358	Tue Dec 28 20:07 2004 by ChipsAndLube
	Civil Partnerships (Preview) The debate on Civil Partnerships began today in the House of Commons. Here is the BBC report on it: HERE So what do you think of the current situation? What can we, as a society, do? John K x	JohnK	24	653	Tue Nov 30 01:28 2004 by NickyDyke85
	The Sun "news" paper does it again (Preview) more hate-fuelled claptrap from the best selling bog paper in the country: BOGUS asylum seekers are avoiding being kicked out by claiming to have headaches, depression — and bad dreams. Others drag out appeals by saying they risk persecution in their homelands for being gay. The sc...	ChipsAndLube	2	331	Thu Nov 18 15:32 2004 by JohnC
	The Christian Institute (Preview) The Christian Institute placed this advertisement in the Times Newspaper, at the cost of £20,000. What is most suprising is not that this homophobic inistitution are bestowed charity status, but that The Times newspaper actually printed it. http://www.christian.org.uk/civilpartnersh...	JohnK	2	321	Thu Nov 11 17:10 2004 by ChipsAndLube
	Gay rights (Preview) Just a point tapped on in the sad day for America post... Progression of gay rights in this country has been down to the EU, not Tony Blair. Please consider your EU voting seriously, as I'm sure you do. Turnout for the European Parliament election was so so poor. The best way to continue the progress...	Clare	2	282	Sun Nov 7 10:20 2004 by Anonymous
	Shocking Homophobia (Preview) I am really disturbed by this, but I thought I would post this here because it is important for us to see what we are fighting against! Belfast Pride is happening this coming weekend and a group claiming to be the 'Christian Coalition' has set up a website and is going to be staging protests against t...	JohnK	8	681	Fri Nov 5 13:36 2004 by Clare
	just need a little bit of help... (Preview) hey guys... im a stupid little first year and i really want to come to some socials and stuff.... i know that there are coffee mornings and stuff but im really scared... god i sound pathetic! but its just i missed the cocktail party and stuff.... sorry to sound like a complete loser... but im feeli...	Anonymous	11	374	Thu Nov 4 21:14 2004 by Phil
	NUS LGB Conference Elections (Preview) NUS Conference Elections You may remember from the last LGBT email sent round that there is a conference coming up in late November – and YOU have got the chance of representing the LGBT people in this union and deciding on the policies of the campaign. It is also a great chance to make links with and...	JohnK	2	350	Tue Nov 2 11:31 2004 by Anonymous
	Coming Out in the Police (Preview) Basically when you apply to the police, in that 'confidential' 'equal opps' bit on forms, you will be asked to tick a box to define your sexuality. You don't have to and can put 'rather not say' if you want. So what does everyone think? here are the media reports of it: [URL=http://news.bb...	JohnK	20	691	Fri Oct 29 15:53 2004 by Clare
	Australia bans same-sex marriage (Preview) Australia, home to the Sydney Mardi Gras - one of the biggest LGBT Pride events in the world - has banned same-sex marriage through the senate with a majority vote of 38 to 7. Read the story here It follows the attempted ban on same-se...	JohnK	1	305	Sat Aug 14 19:44 2004 by JohnC
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