Category: Just Like Us

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‘A Bollyqueer dance class allowed me to embrace my South Asian heritage’ 

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Just Like Us ambassador Anuli Chanaga reveals how a Bollyqueer dance class changed her relationship with the term ‘South Asian’. WORDS BY ANULI CHANAGA, A JUST LIKE US AMBASSADOR Sometimes my home smells of freshly baked bread, sometimes I can taste sweet plantain, hot from a pan. I see beautiful African figures, batiks, and Pride flags. It all feels like home, a part of me. But, when I step outside, I don’t always feel connected to the different facets of my heritage (and rarely all at once). I have grown…

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As a lesbian Muslim, I know the far right violence didn’t just begin last week

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Just Like Us ambassador Maryam Khan reflects on the Islamophobia and anti-South Asian racism which have culminated in far right violence across the UK. WORDS BY MARYAM KHAN The televised scenes of destruction and burning mosques, alongside the distraught families and communities in their wake, are leaving me feeling devastated. The Muslim communities targeted in small Northern towns mirror those in my home of East London, and imagining their destruction is filling me with profound dismay. I can’t help but think that my community could be next. The images of…

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Here all the winners from the Just Like Us 2024 Awards

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Jonathan Bailey, Charley Marlowe and T’Nia Miller were among the stars who made special guest appearances at the Just Like Us 2024 charity awards. On Thursday 11 July in Central London, the annual event celebrated the “exceptional efforts in promoting LGBTQIA+ inclusivity in schools and workplaces”, as well as the teachers and ambassadors who are helping “pave the way for a more inclusive society”. Founded in 2016, Just Like Us has collaborated with thousands of primary schools, secondary schools and colleges across the UK to improve the lives of queer…

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‘I’m a proud lesbian mum, but I’m worried about my child being bullied at school’

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After publishing the new report ‘LGBT Parents’ for Just Like Us, Amy Ashenden reflects on life as a lesbian mum and the obstacles that children of LGBTQIA+ parents face in schools. Words by Amy Ashenden, Director of Comms and Engagement at Just Like Us Growing up, I really struggled with internalised homophobia and being in a family that didn’t accept me. But I always knew I wanted children. Now, as well as being a proud dyke, I am also a very proud mum to my 10-month-old baby who brings my…

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Jonathan Bailey completes half-marathon for LGBTQ+ youth charity Just Like Us

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Jonathan Bailey is in celebration mode after completing a fundraiser for Just Like Us.  On 18 May, the Bridgerton star announced that he was running the 2024 Wizz Air Hackney half-marathon in support of the UK-based LGBTQIA+ youth charity.  Ahead of the marathon, he told his Instagram followers that Just Like Us are “leading the fight to make them feel understood, accepted and celebrated. A fight we shouldn’t need to have. “But until we win it, and for the sake of my knees, please throw your love their way, donate to…

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‘Dialogue and visibility was key to transforming my mental health’

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Just Like Us ambassador Rich Bartlett on how speaking in schools about his sexuality has impacted his mental health. WORDS BY RICH BARTLETT HEADER BY LIV LAWRENCE Many of the years I spent in secondary school were also spent hiding my true self. I grew up in Australia where navigating the path to accepting my sexuality was not only rocky, but desperately lonely. The lack of representation both at school and in society more broadly made me think that it would be very difficult to ever come out, let alone…

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I Kissed a Girl’s powerful discussion about struggling to say ‘lesbian’ is so relatable

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Just Like Us ambassador Lily Kirkby reflects on the cast of I Kissed a Girl’s “bold and raw conversation” about their use of the word ‘lesbian’. WORDS BY LILY KIRKBY HEADER BY YOSEF PHELAN As a twenty-something lesbian with a (guilty) penchant for reality TV, who keenly followed BBC Three’s groundbreaking I Kissed a Boy when it premiered last year, it is safe to say that the announcement that Dannii Minogue would be returning to our screens this summer to host the original’s sapphic ‘sister-series’, I Kissed a Girl, had me very…

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‘What does masculinity mean to me as a transmasc person?’

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This Trans+ History Week, Just Like Us ambassador Maha Borbon is reflecting on how socially constructed binaries have impacted them as a transmasc person.  Words by Maha Borbon Header by Yosef Phelan In our society, everything is divided into binaries. Masculine and feminine. I’m a very flamboyant person, you’ll see me in the brightest of colours all the time. And if you want your nails to be done, seriously, just hit me up! I’m a transmasc person, but I still love some things that are considered stereotypically feminine. Now, I…

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‘The queer female artists who make me feel seen, from Reneé Rapp to Chappell Roan’

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Just Like Us ambassador Ione Gildroy reveals how queer female artists made it easier for her to come out as a lesbian. Words by Ione Gildroy Header by Anisa Cleaver I don’t remember the first time I listened to YouTube singer/songwriter Dodie’s song ‘she‘, but what I do remember is the hundreds of times I listened to the song throughout my teenage years. As I’m writing this, I’m listening to ‘she’ for the first time in years. Almost immediately, the familiar chords and voice make me tear up. Thinking about…

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‘It’s time to stop speculating about the sexualities of celebrities’

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Just Like Us ambassador Phoebe Scholefield reflects on social media’s “dangerous” fixation of questioning celebrities’ sexual orientations.  Words by Phoebe Scholefield Header by Yosef Phelan The media places a lot of emphasis on celebrities coming out, whether that’s Kit Connor being forced to out himself due to relentless online criticism, or Billie Eilish being put on the spot on the red carpet, or “Gaylor Swift” fan theories. There seems to be a new trend of speculation about celebrities’ sexualities or identities, as if it is information we’re owed. This fascination…

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