Intersections
The home of our Intersections coverage, looking at the cultural world through the intersecting lenses of gender, race, economics, class and sexuality. Check out our feature writing, opinion pieces, interviews, and our regular Love Bites column on the things, people and places our writers love the most.
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FilmWhat Fifty Shades can learn from Secretary
Inspired by GFF’s screening of Steven Shainberg’s Secretary and this month’s release of the Fifty Shades sequel, we look at the lessons the modern spankbuster could learn from the 2002 cult classic. Read more »| 09 Feb 2017 -
Things To DoLGBT History Month Events in Glasgow and Edinburgh
It's LGBT History Month and there's never been a better time to celebrate, investigate and mourn for the history of LGBTQ+ people. We've picked out the best clubs, films, plays and workshops across Edinburgh and Glasgow to help you do exactly that... Read more »| 02 Feb 2017 -
TheatreNTS announce trans artists digital symposium
The National Theatre of Scotland present Beyond the Binary, a free digital symposium exploring trans artists in the digital world Read more »| 01 Feb 2017 -
Opinion
In Praise of Forgetting Your Sexual Tally
I’m Kate, I'm almost 24, and right now I don’t know the exact number of people I’ve slept with Read more »| 31 Jan 2017 -
Things To Do
Top 5: Queer Contact Festival 2017
Contact Theatre's Queer Contact Festival celebrates the 60th anniversary of the publication of the Wolfenden Report with Nigerian singer Le Gateau Chocolat, drag king Lucy Jane Parkinson, 201 Dance Company and others Read more »| 31 Jan 2017 -
Opinion
Dating by Numbers: Finding love with maths
Can a mathematical formula solve the problem of finding the perfect date? As Valentine's Day approaches, one writer finds out... Read more »| 18 Jan 2017
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Opinion
Love in the Time of Homelessness
Beyond the commercialisation of Valentine's Day, human connection is far from a luxury. Our writer speaks to two couples for whom love, support and partnership are vital Read more »| 17 Jan 2017 -
Features
Diary of a Financial Dominatrix: Race & Reparation
Deviance's findom correspondent tells us what it's like to be a black goddess, from objecting to the word 'slave' to making money from black stereotypes Read more »| 13 Jan 2017 -
Opinion
A guide to fixing the world in 2017
Toby Sharpe shares a step by step guide to healing the world after the shitstorm that was 2016... Read more »| 10 Jan 2017 -
Features
Diary of a Financial Dominatrix, part one
On an ordinary day, on an ordinary dating site, one woman received a request to rinse a man's finances for his own erotic gratification. She agreed, of course... Read more »| 09 Dec 2016 -
Opinion
Surviving Christmas When Your Family is The Worst
'Tis the season to be problematic, it seems. We asked two experts how to cope with Christmas time when your family is less than woke... Read more »| 05 Dec 2016 -
Travel
Travelling as a gay couple
Travelling to different cultures can present a wide array of challenges, particularly if your basic rights change in your destination of choice. One writer considers the difficulties of travel as part of a gay couple Read more »| 28 Nov 2016 -
Opinion
A Feminist Christmas Wishlist
2016 was an abomination. Feminist presents won't fix it, but they'll sure ease the pain... Read more »| 23 Nov 2016 -
ArtSharon Hayes @ The Common Guild
Sharon Hayes makes a touching and complicated exhibition from extended engagement with different lesbian archives, including those at the Glasgow Women's Library. Read more »| 09 Nov 2016 -
Opinion
Top Trumps: A Guide to Locker Room Talk
Sick and tired of the men around you bringing their locker room talk into the outside world? Find yourself wishing these chaps came with a handy pamphlet to help you decode their slurs? Get up to speed with Deviance’s handy phrasebook... Read more »| 07 Nov 2016