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Please Share on social media. This survey is part of research being conducted on inclusion and democracy in Scotland. The research is being supported by Electoral Reform Society Scotland, Common Weal, Women for Independence, SANE, Ungagged among others. The survey will take around 10-15 minutes to complete and will ask you a series of questions […]
There’s still a bit of a stooshie going on, trans rights has become the hot topic for many folk to have huge big flaming Twitter spats and lengthy rage threads. I’m just gonna add to that. I’m not trans, but I am a woman, female, cis woman, biofem, menstruator whatever label you like to plaster […]
The small city I am currently in is 320 miles from Christchurch. This feels more like a small town than a city to me, with a population of just over half a million; even though I only know one other person here, I am not short of friends as people here greet me on the […]
This week I signed a letter supporting trans rights which led, inevitably, to a couple of fairly lively days on twitter. Twitter is very much the wrong forum on which to discuss such a polarised issue, so I was pleased when Ungagged asked me to write about this subject as it allows me to expand […]
…lots and lots for you to do… Lots and lots for you to see… lots and lots for you to hear… You and Me , Me and You… Doo Doo, Doo Doo, Doo Doo, DOO DOOOOO” Oh the subliminal message of decency in the seventies… Available FREE on iTunes and Podbean Anyway on this third instalment, for […]
Our main picture (above): “Her name was Quelly da Silva.” Renata Peron and the struggle of trans visibility in Brazil. Renata Peron It’s no surprise that the LGBTI+ community has a hard time in Brazil, but after the election of Jair Bolsonaro an openly homophobic and transphobic individual things took a turn for the worse. […]
The theme for this episode of the left political podcast Ungagged, introduced by Neil Anderson, is a quote: In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act George Orwell. Um. Possibly. And of course, this being Ungagged, our contributors have interpreted that in lots of different ways. Debra Torrance’s piece, Infectious Intolerance, […]
The Ungagged collective interpret the theme “Barricades on the Bridge of Hope” from a variety of left political perspectives.
“All men are trash”She tweets, in her rageAs yet more news showsLife for women’s a cage. “Not all men,” you object,Because you’re a nice guyAnd anyway 99%of rape accusations are lies. “We don’t hate women!Don’t we have mothers?”They yell at the victims,Instead of checking their brothers. I don’t need you telling meI shouldn’t be madDouble […]
I remember being in high school and having to wear a skirt. You could wear colottes or a pinafore, but not trousers. No matter how smart. It was infuriating. Fast forward twenty years and still, society wants to enforce fashion ideals on women. Women in the media, in sport and in general. Stop it, really […]