In 2010 we might jsut see a sporting world where homosexuality is at least less of a taboo, and for this we must thank Alfie Thomas, writes Ben Lewis It is rare that you read or see something in the news that cheers you up. The far left press’s eternal Panglossianism - occasionally tantamount to ...
Robbie Folkard (Manchester CS and UMSU LGBT General Member) reports on the massive demonstration and opposition to homophobia. Around 2000 people took part in the March Against Homophobia in Liverpool last Sunday. This was an unexpectedly high turnout, and the biggest demonstration in Liverpool for years. The horror and revulsion at the recent wave of homophobic ...
Members of Manchester Communist Students joined thousands of people at Manchester Pride and participated in the 'Pride is a Protest' bloc and picnic. The 'Pride is a Protest' contingent brought together a diverse mixture of left and radical student organisations such as Education Not for Sale (ENS), Queer Youth Network (QYN), the Anarchist Federation (AF) ...
by Dave Isaacson, Communist Students It pleases us to announce that Mehdi Kazemi, a gay Iranian asylum seeker who faced the threat of deportation and almost certain death on his return to Iran, has now been granted 'leave' to stay in the UK after his appeal. It must be noted that this victory was only won ...
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Communists argue against sectional politics - but the attacks on the organisational structrues for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people within the NUS must be resisted. By Nigel Davis The formation of gay liberation movements during the 1970s reflected a rising level of radicalised anger among marginalised LGBT minorities, influenced most clearly by the 1969 ...
Communist Students member Ben Lewis has written a report of the 'save Mehdi' demo which can be read in this weeks Weekly Worker. Here are some photos from the protest last Saturday. Just click on the thumbnails to see full size pics. And some of the latest information on Mehdi's case can be read here in ...
First published in Communist Student no.3 Surely, the left fights unequivocally for the rights of all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals? Unfortunately, it’s not so straightforward, says Nicholas Jones At first glance, it seems that the issue of rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people has reached unparalleled prevalence on the far left. Every ...