Changing Gender launch with Susan Stryker at Bookhaus

From the award-winning scholar and filmmaker, an essential, enlightening exploration of gender and the self Gender is one of the most contested topics of our age, as ideologies are weaponised by the ...

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Things We Want Trans People To Know (Against the EHRC)

By Marco None of this is your fault. You are not a problem, no matter what any transphobe or politician says. You are loved by so many people, more than you could ever know. You are not alone and never will be; there will always be someone out there who will stand by your side. You have the same right to life as any cis person: don’t let the transphobes stop you from going out and living it. You are a unique and wonderfully made human being: you are a gift to this world. Look for others who are struggling: think, how can you help them? Be aware of your privileges, unlearn your biases, and use your voice to uplift the most marginalised. Love, uplift and protect trans people of global majority, disabled trans people, and everyone with intersecting identities. Be there for trans kids. Show them that they will live a happy life as themselves, and help them through a hostile school system. You are not powerless and your voice will always matter. Speak out for our rights, and for the rights of all other oppressed communities and peoples. We are not the first to go through this darkness, and we will not be the last. Look to our history and dream of potential futures. In every way you can and that is safe for you to do so, live your life and resist this ‘guidance’. We will survive and thrive through this, as long as we are there for each other. This is not the end of our story. Our bodies are change incarnate, and we have always carved beauty out of oppression. Remember those before us who have made life out of death, and joy out of destruction. Learn to be like them. Someday, the fascists ruining this world will die. We will live on, and we will still be here on that day. We want you there for those days. You will always have the power to fight for a better future with your actions, no matter what the government may try to do. Is there someone you can spend time with, a group you can take action with, or a cause you can share today? No matter what anyone else says, you deserve a happy life as yourself. You make the world better just by being yourself. We need you, trans person. Keep on living. Do what you can to fight each day, even if that is just existing, and it will always be enough. - By Marco None of this is your fault. You are not a problem, no matter what any transphobe or politician says. You are loved by so many people, more than

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August Solar Eclipse Prep!

On August 12, 2026, Iceland and Spain will experience a total eclipse of the Sun. I have been asked by a few people for advice and suggestions about glasses and locations for the eclipse, so here are ...

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The Wolfson Foundation commits £600,000 to the UK’s ‘Missing Museum’

The Migration Museum is delighted to announce that The Wolfson Foundation has become a Founding Partner of the UK’s first permanent museum dedicated to exploring how the movement of people to and from...

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Exploring Darwin’s ideas through a queer lens

Podcast Episode · Instant Genius · 2 August · 32min

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‘The Housewife's Greatest Standby’: Dried Eggs, Gender and Domesticity During the Second World War

This article examines the previously underexplored connections between dried eggs, women and domesticity in Britain during the Second World War. It argues that newsprint and advertisements framed the....

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Charles Darwin’s Sexual Revolution

The potential implications of Charles Darwin’s theory of sexual selection did not sit well with Victorian gender mores – or with Darwin himself.

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Queering the Medieval Past

What can we learn by turning a queer lens onto the study of medieval art? Three art historians discuss Spectrum of Desire, an exhibition at New York's Cloisters.

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Study Reveals How Avocados Reverse Sexes Throughout the Day

Some avocados are female in the morning and male in the afternoon, while others are on the opposite schedule. How avocados do this has been unclear — until now, thanks to a UC Davis study.

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Brighton Pride 2026 performance times: Here's the full weekend lineup and timings

The full timings for Pride on the Park 2026 have now been confirmed, revealing exactly when every act will be taking to the stage.

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Book Fringe: Invisible Rainbows: our diverse universe w/ Alfredo Carpineti

What better way to wrap up a gloriously queer Book Fringe than with an hour dedicated to science through a queer lens?

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Unintentional Arson

The fires in southwestern France are an appalling demonstration of the reality of climate change in 2026. But this is not the first ecological devastation in the region, and the role of human actio…

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Updating Darwin: biologists are returning to an older theory to explain anomalies in evolution

To make sense of some characteristics that species exhibit from birth, you have to turn to an old discredited theory known as Lamarckism.

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Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life - Yale University Press London

A revelatory history of sex, gender, and science from Linnaeus to DarwinWhat did Darwin and Linnaeus really think about sex? In print, their descriptions of ...

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Balanced polymorphism in a floral transcription factor underlies the ancient rhythm of daily sex alternation in avocado | PNAS

In avocado and certain wild relatives in Lauraceae, a highly synchronized daily rhythm of floral sex timing promotes cross-pollination between two ...

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New Birmingham exhibition tells remarkable story of gay photographer who fled the Nazis

A new exhibition in Birmingham will spotlight the remarkable story of gay, German-Jewish photographer, Lisel Haas, who fled Nazi Germany in the 1930s, and rebuilt her life and career in the city

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