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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OpinionDisney Lied to You
Valentine's Day: the one day in the year dedicated to making all the people with partners feel grateful, and everyone else feel isolated, unwanted and miserable Read more »| 04 Feb 2014 -
InterviewsBurlesque and Campaigning
Burlesque star Sukki Singapora considers how the performance art is perceived in her home country of Singapore and in Britain Read more »| 03 Feb 2014 -
FeaturesThe Economics of Spanish Sex
Deviance’s foreign correspondent considers the legislative and financial forces behind Barcelona’s sexual permissiveness Read more »| 13 Jan 2014 -
Opinion
The Lesbian Look?
One writer examines the relationship between clothing and feminine identity Read more »| 06 Jan 2014 -
OpinionOpinion: Trans Equality & Gay Marriage
There's still time to make minor adjustments to the Same-Sex Marriage (Scotland) Act 2014 and ensure greater equality for the trans and intersex communities in Scotland Read more »| 06 Dec 2013 -
Opinion
Sarah J Stanley: Thou Shalt Not Make Art
When Sarah J Stanley made some artwork about the sexual politics of her childhood church she was told her work was ‘too explicit’ - here she explains some of the background behind the art Read more »| 03 Dec 2013
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Opinion
Bisexuality and Fertility
One writer poses a pertinent question Read more »| 06 Nov 2013 -
Opinion
Opinion: Last chance for a lap-dance in Scotland?
Regular Deviance scribe Twinkle discusses a recent government consultation which could have serious consequences for Scotland's lap-dancing industry Read more »| 30 Oct 2013 -
FeaturesTruly celebrating the ‘T’ in LGBT: Homotopia Turns Ten
Queer culture in the Northwest is being celebrated this month with work from John Waters, Boy George and many others appearing at the Homotopia arts festival. Read more »| 29 Oct 2013 -
Opinion
Coming Out of the Mental Health Closet
A mental health project assistant at LGBT Health and Wellbeing in Edinburgh, discusses a new exhibition looking at LGBT mental ill health Read more »| 02 Oct 2013 -
Interviews
Rosie Garland: The Palace of Curiosities
With her first published novel, The Palace of Curiosities, Manchester veteran Rosie Garland turns her hand to yet another medium with sparkling results. Our Deviance editor, Ana, catches up with her Read more »| 01 Oct 2013 -
Opinion
My Flatmate The Fetishist
Applying online to live with strangers is like playing Flat Roulette. They could be anyone. They could be sociopaths, dirty-knicker-hoarding kleptomaniacs or... Read more »| 30 Sep 2013 -
Features
Embrace The Rainbow: Your Guide To Uni LGBT Societies
It's the time of year where you walk past the rainbow flags at the societies fair and think about joining. But, why would you want to join your LGBT university society in the first place? Read more »| 03 Sep 2013 -
Opinion
Stuck At The Intersection
Confronting the online furore among feminist thinkers over the issue of intersectionality, Claire Askew has feminist road rage Read more »| 02 Sep 2013 -
Opinion
Fat: Just As Sexy
I sometimes write erotica. It usually comes in the form of poems, but recently I've been writing more short stories. In poetry, I don't usually do much descr... Read more »| 07 Aug 2013