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
Christianity and Homosexuality: A Picture of Colombia
Gustavo Sandoval is the pastor of Casa Abba Padre, an LGBTI inclusive Evangelical church in Bogota. During Bogota’s ‘Pink Week’ (‘Semana A Rosa Vivo’), an annual Gay Pride event in the district of Chapinero, he agreed to speak to us about his church and what it can mean to be a gay Christian Read more »| 04 Aug 2011 -
Lgbt
How Clean is your Blood?
Gay men have a lifetime ban on giving blood in the United Kingdom. The Deviance section returns with a closer look at the issues behind the Blood Ban Read more »| 08 Jul 2011 -
Deviance
Heather Peace: The Only Gay in the City
Following the run of the UK’s first lesbian TV drama Lip Service, we chat to Heather Peace, who plays DS Sam Murray Read more »| 16 Nov 2010 -
Lgbt
No Sex Please, We're American
The land of the free is notoriously conflicted when it comes to sexuality. And given the extent of its influence, it's hard for the rest of us to ignore it Read more »| 08 Sep 2010 -
Lgbt
Pride and Progress
Following in the recent tradition of Pride marches in Kraków, Moscow and Belgrade, the Lithuanian LGBT community met with opposition in May 2010 when ... Read more »| 07 Sep 2010 -
Lgbt
Queering the Corset
A subculture within a subculture: Lashings of Ginger Beer bring queer, radical burlesque to the Fringe Read more »| 20 Jul 2010
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Family Planning
A Diary Of Artificial Insemination: The Hollyoaks Years
Aurelia and Rebecca face up to it: trying to conceive isn't romantic Read more »| 02 Jul 2010 -
Human Rights
Doubly Deviant, Doubly Damned
This is a man's world, or so they say, and no part of it is more filled with machismo than the legal system Read more »| 01 Jul 2010 -
Deviance
Writing Sex
In these enlightened times, is writing about sex still more risky than writing about other topics? Two Deviance writers discuss their perspectives Read more »| 01 Jun 2010 -
Family Planning
Lesbian Husbandry: Disappointment and how to survive it
As Bec and Aurelia continue trying to get pregnant, they must also struggle with the inevitable pitfalls Read more »| 27 May 2010 -
Family Planning
Lesbian Husbandry: Testing Times
Aurelia Paterson's partner takes over this month to report on their quest to conceive. Read more »| 04 May 2010 -
Lgbt
Hot in a Gay Way
Girls like girls and boys like girls, but these are rarely the same girls. Read more »| 11 Mar 2010 -
Deviance
Picture Perfect
Phoebe takes the plunge and does a nude photo shoot. Read more »| 09 Mar 2010 -
Deviance
Speed Dating
It's the last tune at the disco, and Gareth K Vile is plucking up the courage to ask for a dance Read more »| 22 Feb 2010 -
Lgbt
Get hitched or get ditched!
While dramas over gay marriage continue to play out in the States, some members of the queer community have different goals Read more »| 08 Feb 2010