LGBT Archives - The F-Word

“I like working with text and poetry to inspire my work”: an interview with Julie Cunningham

Lissy Lovett2 October 2018

Lissy Lovett interviews the LGBT feminist contemporary dance-maker ahead of their upcoming piece at Sadler’s Wells...

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The F-Word stage blog: September 2018

Lissy Lovett11 September 2018

The F-Word's round-up of what's happening in the world of comedy and theatre this month...

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The F-Word stage blog: May 2018

Lissy Lovett31 May 2018

The F-Word's round-up of what's happening in the world of comedy and theatre in May (just!)...

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“I will never, ever stop asking for trans people to be treated with basic dignity”

Joanna Whitehead12 April 2018

Joanna Whitehead speaks to the inimitable activist Paris Lees about feminism, class and how trans rights are human rights...

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The F-Word stage blog: November 2017

Lissy Lovett12 November 2017

The F-Word's round-up of what's happening in the world of comedy and theatre in November...

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The F-Word stage blog: October 2017

Lissy Lovett7 October 2017

The F-Word's round-up of what's happening in the world of comedy and theatre in October...

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In defence of Strictly

D H Kelly28 September 2017

D H Kelly considers the heteronormativity of Strictly Come Dancing and explores how to overhaul the gender norms it promotes...

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Celebrating LGBT+ film with the Iris Prize Festival

Guest Blogger27 September 2017

Earlier this year, Suryatapa Mukherjee joined the team behind the Iris Prize Festival to help produce its programme catalogue. She gives us a run-down of what to expect from this year’s festival ...

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The F-Word stage blog: September 2017

Lissy Lovett22 September 2017

The F-Word's round-up of what's happening in the world of comedy and theatre in September...

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Gal pals: when queer women are ‘just friends’

Sophie Jackson5 August 2017

Sophie Jackson chats to queer women about friendship, boundaries and the hypersexualisation of queerness...

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What does it mean to be gay in 2017?

Jennifer Richards28 July 2017

Jennifer Richards considers how attitudes to the LGBT+ community have changed and what that means to young queer people today...

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The problem with ‘manning up’

Joanna Whitehead4 May 2017

Jo Whitehead enjoys the YA novel Girl Mans Up, but is somewhat disappointed at the lack of critical examination of sexist language and internalised misogyny...

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The challenges of non-partisan politics

Helen Raymond9 January 2017

Helen Raymond reports from the first ever Women’s Equality Party conference...

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What’s gay got to do with it?

Jennifer Evans12 November 2016

Jennifer Evans is tired of being treated differently because she is in a relationship with a woman...

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How to have a conversation about Keith Vaz

Shoshana Devora7 September 2016

Shoshana Devora considers why the language we use when discussing Keith Vaz is important within the broader context of LGBT+ MPs...

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Theatre and Dance at the Edinburgh Fringe – part one

Various Authors10 August 2016

Hot on the heels of our first set of Edinburgh Festival Fringe reviews comes our second. This post covers shows from the Theatre and Dance, Physical Theatre & Circus sections of the programme...

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Setting off the Home Office’s gaydar

Megan Stodel10 August 2016

The Home Office has updated its guidance on asylum claims relating to sexual orientation; Megan Stodel considers its poor track record...

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Sexual orientation on the syllabus

KS5 PolSoc24 June 2016

Although feminism has been retained on the politics A Level syllabus, this writer thinks more needs to be done to educate students about LGBT rights...

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