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Em Buckman
Jun 4, 20247 min read
The Great British U-Turn
With the general election nearly upon us in the UK, many are ruminating about this government’s track record, whilst also anticipating...
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Em Buckman
May 6, 202415 min read
A brief history of trans representation in culture
May 6th 2024 sees the start of the first Trans History Week. In this article, I take a look at how trans, non-binary and gender fluid...
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Em Buckman
Apr 2, 202412 min read
Sexuality, sex and gender
Some people seem very sure of their sexual preferences from an early age, some are confused for many years, and some change their minds...
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Em Buckman
Mar 17, 20248 min read
We need to talk about phobia and hatred
It's not an easy subject, but with hate speech against LGBT+ people on the rise, it's something that has to be addressed. Just exactly...
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Em Buckman
Mar 8, 20248 min read
Always an ally
And why I will never stop speaking out LGBT+ people in the UK have gained, for the first time in modern history, the same rights and...
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Em Buckman
Feb 27, 20247 min read
Sex Education - a brief history
And why I am worried about the rights of our LGBT+ young people “Children require no set instruction in the physiology of sex as a...
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Em Buckman
Feb 21, 20249 min read
LGBT+ and the law - a brief history
From prosecution to protection When I was born in the early 1960s, it was illegal for two men to have sex with each other in this country....
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Em Buckman
Feb 14, 20245 min read
LGBT+ history - a unique perspective
I was a teenage "fag hag." That was the original working title of my book before it was published, but nowadays the term "fag hag" is...
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Em Buckman
Feb 8, 20247 min read
The impact of being outed
This picture used to haunt me. It was taken in 1970 and published in the county-wide Kent Messenger newspaper. I am the child caught in a...
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Em Buckman
Feb 3, 20245 min read
The demonising of being LGBT+
And why it has to stop Last night, I started watching the docu-drama series Alexander on Netflix. The opening scenes explained the...
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Em Buckman
Jan 27, 20246 min read
A terrible time for gay men
What it felt like during the rise of the AIDS crisis As we mark LGBT+ History month 2024, with its focus on medicine, this article looks...
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Em Buckman
Jan 18, 20246 min read
The de-pathologising of being LGBT+
To put it mildly, healthcare professionals and professional bodies have not historically looked favourably towards the health and...
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Em Buckman
Jan 15, 20244 min read
A brief history of LGBT+ representation on our screens
As we mark LGBT+ History Month, I'm looking back at how the film and tv industries in the UK and America have represented LGBT+ people....
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