Lokifan

IDK, guys. dora_the_nymph has totally got me into this fandom: she negotiated me into starting watching it, I caught up on Glee series 5 hanging out with her, and her Tumblr is where I have done the entirety of my poking about the fandom. I do love me some meta, always :) And I rewatched the start of season 5 and caught up, and yeah. Now ( Glee 515 )

Am pausing in my mass consumption of Josh Groban on Youtube (so funny! with such terrible hair!) to link to something actually important.

Being LGB(T) is illegal in over 80 countries and punishable by death in 10. The majority of those countries are Commonwealth nations: the British Empire, in one of its many epic fails, imported anti-homosexuality laws to its colonies and many of them have never been repealed.

This week is a chance: the Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Kamalesh Sharma, has made a speech calling for an end to these laws. On Friday the Commonwealth nations meet in Perth, Australia. The petition calls on the Secretary General and the Commonwealth heads of government to address this. You can sign it here.

I assume most of you have seen this song. If you haven’t, watch it immediately! It’s a fantastic song made up entirely of made-up Daily Mail headlines, and one of the funniest things I’ve seen ages.

Bureaucratic red tape,
Facebook gang rape,
Gordon out Dave in before the country caves in.
Ian Huntley gets his own Jacuzzi and a gym in jail,
It’s absolutely true because I read it in the Daily Mail.

Speaking of politics...well, I’m a student away from my idealistic fellows and it’s the general election in under a month. So I am going to talk about politics! And be very judgemental!

( The part about the Chancellors' debate and the general election )

( The part about the gay vote )

( Explanations for curious Americans/Canadians )

( The part about European politics )

And now I am done! Feel free to tell me your thoughts, even if you entirely disagree.

Today’s the last day of LGBT History Month here in the UK. I’m kind of in the mood to do something cheery and soppy to say goodbye to it (and to the Pride committee here at my uni having to take on the full load of LGBT events again). Am also in the mood to learn and to hear about cool things.

So I’m going to tell you guys about some cool queer people – fictional and otherwise – and hopefully you guys will do the same for me. And we can all learn and roll around in the general fantastic that is ( these people )

Let’s get down to some fictional people. ( Look at all this awesome! )

NOW GIVE ME MORE, FLIST. MOAR.

I went to the NUS LGBT conference this weekend! I shall post about it soon. It was good, and mostly impressively progressive, and I am all excited about Righting Social Wrongs. Also I met an incredibly beautiful girl who writes, and lives in London, and likes the Electric Ballroom and lesbian Gothic vampire paintings.

Unfortunately, I immediately got a stomach bug on my return. I HAVE MY FIRST EXAM ON TUESDAY, I DO NOT HAVE TIME FOR ILLNESS!

Speaking of time and the lack of it, I am rather urgently in need of a beta. Seamus/Draco, in-Hogwarts, everybody’s sixteen so of-age in my brain but possibly not in yours. Any offers? Plz?

And now I must sleep some more, and finish rereading Ghostwalk. Which I heartily recommend, incidentally. It’s helped save my revision period, although Rebecca Stott’s beautiful, intricate sentences, like clockwork jewellery, are not at all suited for speed-reading.

I just got an email telling me that California voted yes on Prop 8.

Well. I'm going out to a gay bar tonight, as it happens. Tonight may involve a lot of drinking for all involved.

WE DID IT!

$50 250 for marriage equality!

Oh, and guys?

( Find out a very cool thing! See my teal deer of squee! )

You guys might know that it’s the Lambeth Conference this week. The Lambeth Conference is the biggest meeting of the Anglican church there ever is: every bishop from the Church of England can attend.

This one is big news. The General Synod voted today to ordain female bishops. Can I get an Amen? :d

They’re also talking about ordaining gay men as bishops. Unsurprisingly, I absolutely support both these measures! I’m an atheist but I grew up in the Church of England, and I’m worried about what’s going to happen. I am, after all, a bisexual woman and I want others like me to able to advance.

( Cut for those less interested )

The conservative Anglican bishops held their own conference a few weekends ago in Jerusalem, boycotting the Lambeth Conference. They did their own thing, and declared their sexist, homophobic, arguably-not-backed-by-Gospel beliefs. Unfortunately, they had perhaps not checked the dates for the conference well enough. You see, that weekend had another big event happening in Jerusalem...

The Gay Pride parade.

Who says God doesn’t have a sense of humour?

EUROPRIDE ROCKS!!!

First I have to say "who the HELL came up with the name?"
But the march really rocked. I was there (I'm bisexual) with my best friend (who's straight -- more's the pity) for support. It was great fun, and I even saw Ian McKellen in the flesh; he is my favourite actor. (Please note -- if you can get me tickets to see him as Widow Twanky this Christmas, I will give you sexual favours.)
I just had SUCH a blast. I'm now completely exhausted, but I just had to get on here and say "go Europride!" GLBT people everywhere, be proud, because you're in fucking FANTASTIC company!
I'm lucky my mate was with me really, or I would have ignored my parents and just go on to some clubs with everybody else. Which would have resulted in grounding. *hates being 16*
This was just amazing. It was so fun, and I think these marches really do help.
It wasn't really a problem for me; my family is sane about this, and liberal. My friends include a few homophobic conservatives. However, I look past their ideas because I enjoy spending time with them; they've accepted my sexuality. It helped that two friends of mine had come out a bit before me. (Please note -- there was a fairly small gap between me thinking I was DEFINITELY bi and telling my best friend. I'm not a closet sort of girl.)
Anyway, as I was saying, these marches really help. They show that whatever your sexuality, you are not alone, and you have nothing to be ashamed of.
Considering the fantastic new laws in this country, some people may question the need for the march. But there were Europeans of all stripes rather than just British people there. (And omigod the Italians -- YUM. Shame about the men.) And after the disgraceful reactions in Moscow to gay pride, it's crucial that the cause of global civil rights and equality for GLBT people be pushed. We will not be intimidated.

One final message:
"WE'RE HERE, WE'RE QUEER, GET OVER IT!"