Sexuality
The Skinny brings you all things sexuality. Read our features on human rights, LGBTQIA, family planning and gender.
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Human Rights
Transgender Day of Remembrance
Each year people hold vigils on or near the anniversary of Rita Hester's murder, to remember transgender people who have died at the hands of prejudice and hate. Read more »| 12 Nov 2006 -
Lgbt
Violence in LGBT Relations - Where is the Support?
A study by the social policy group SIGMA estimates that 1 in 3 LGBT relationships are abusive in nature. Read more »| 12 Nov 2006 -
Festivals
Glasgay! 2006 Preview
The annual festival of queer culture promises a diverse range of exciting events. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Deviance
Taste returns to Cabaret Voltaire
The long-running club's homecoming is sure to be an epic night. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Lgbt
The Wide Angle
I wish that there were other ways of talking about fat in public: a media that embraced truthfully the complexity of what it is to be fat in a culture that would rather fat people didn't exist Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
Lgbt
Insert Clichéd 'Dude Looks Like A Lady' Headline Here
Now that the Ladyboys of Bangkok have been and gone again, we look at their show from a transgender perspective. Read more »| 13 Sep 2006
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Human Rights
Back to Brutality
'Elizabeth Must Stay' was the message, but Ugandan lesbian is forced home to face torture Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Deviance
Scream Club - Nibble Please, Don't Bite
Scream Club's new LP has a real Bite to it... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Human Rights
Moscow Pride Protest at Russian Consulate
To ban a parade for fear of disturbance by counter-demonstrators allows prejudice to stifle free expression simply because its voice is louder and threatens greater violence Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Deviance
Slope
If Rimbaud were alive today, he'd be throwing televisions out of hotel windows. Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Lgbt
BiCon
The 24th National Bisexual Gathering returns to Scotland this month - an event much-loved by its regular participants, it offers the opportunity to be completely out in a setting where all identities are accepted as equally valid. Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Lgbt
Big Gay Read
The results of the Big Gay Read, a "campaign to discover the nation's favourite lesbian/gay [sic] novel" were announced this May, with thousands of titles having received votes. Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Lgbt
Brave New World Conference, The Arches, Glasgow, May 20
Only 15 years since male homosexuality was decriminalised in Scotland, LGBT rights have clearly come a long way. But the Equality Network's eighth annual conference identified the work that still needs to be done. Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Deviance
Chav Tackno @ Ego, April 30
Ego was packed with Burberry-clad people dancing the night away to classic cheesy tunes Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Deviance
Billie Ray Martin
I'm the ultimate uberdiva Read more »| 15 Jun 2006