Tag: transphobia

By a vote of 118-60, the National Council of Switzerland has amended its penal code to make homophobia and transphobia as illegal as racism. Under the new ordinance, anyone who is found guilty of discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity will face up to three years in prison. The move to change the penal code was led by National Councillor Mathias Reynard. Upon passage of the new law, Reynard tweeted his celebration writing, “Victory! By 118 against 60 and 5...

Friends is one of those shows that is almost always on TV, a familiar 90’s sitcom is just like a comfort food that you can always turn to. It is probably one of the most known series, and that is the reasons that millions of fans were thrilled when it was announced that it would be coming to Netflix. However, excitement quickly died down when people began to binge watch the show and found that it was more problematic than they...

'I don't mind gay people, I just don't like it shoved in my face' Yesterday, on the 17th of May, was the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, or IDAHOT. It’s a day when I feel especially grateful I didn’t grow up gay in places like Iraq, where ISIS is throwing gay men to their deaths, or Chechnya, where gay concentration camps have cropped up, or Bangladesh, where this refugee fled from after Muslim extremists threatened his life. Indeed, it’s a...