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“I am Kenough”: How the Barbie character validated my trans masc experience

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Nat Fletcher, Just Like Us ambassador, reflects on how Ken’s arc in Barbie resonated with their trans-masc identity. Words by Nat Fletcher Header by Yosef Phelan If I am being honest, the only reason I went to see Barbie was because the LGBTQIA+ community at large seemed to view it as a major cultural phenomenon before it even premiered. I don’t go to the cinema often, and had I ignored the LGBTQIA+ community’s internet-wide obsession with Barbie, I would likely have skipped what I thought was a movie giving a…

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‘Changing our language takes some work, but trans and non-binary people are worth it’

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This Trans Awareness Week, Just Like Us ambassador Tallulah Guard urges people to “consider pronouns and misgendering in a different light”.  WORDS BY TALLULAH GUARD HEADER BY YOSEF PHELAN If I had a pound for every time I told someone that I use they/them pronouns, my coffee shop habit would be funded for life. If I got a bonus pound for every time someone got my pronouns wrong, I’d be well on my way to the purchase of an industrial espresso machine. Misgendering – others describing you with gendered language that…

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20 years on from Section 28, primary schools must focus on LGBTQ+ inclusion

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Laura Mackay, Just Like Us CEO, reflects on their time at primary school and the charity’s aim to “create safe, inclusive and supportive environments for LGBTQIA+ young people”. WORDS BY LAURA MACKAY, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF JUST LIKE US There was an area in the school playground that was ours. Before school, every break time and lunchtime we’d be there, kicking the football around, scuffing up our school shoes good and proper. It was magical; the concrete surface, no barrier to vigorous slide tackles and glorious goalkeeping. To be victorious was…

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‘Asexual relationships require radical honesty – that’s what makes them so beautiful’

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Just Like Us ambassador Iona Makepeace-Lott explores how asexual people don’t conform to romantic conventions. Words by Iona Makepeace-Lott   I’m asexual. I don’t experience sexual attraction, and that’s perfectly fine. Who cares, right? It would be reasonable to assume that asexuality only affects whether or not a person has sex. Reasonable, but sadly wrong. The problem is how interweaved sex is with our society’s way of viewing relationships and intimacy. Let me explain. Picture a romantic relationship. These imaginary partners are very much in love. They fall asleep in each…

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Dannii Minogue calls on LGBTQ+ young adults to volunteer with Just Like Us

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Pop icon Dannii Minogue is encouraging LGBTQIA+ young adults to sign up as ambassadors with Just Like Us.  The LGBTQIA+ young people’s charity, Just Like Us is known for School Diversity Week, their annual UK-wide celebration of LGBTQIA+ equality in schools and colleges. Additionally, their Ambassador Programme allows LGBTQIA+ youth to participate in career mentoring, skills workshops, media opportunities and training to speak in schools across the country.  Various ambassadors have written for GAY TIMES about their experiences, from coming out as trans to Muslim parents to the lack of support…

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‘Coming out at school sent me back into the closet for seven years’

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Just Like Us ambassador Tim Reilly reflects on his “challenging” coming out experience, and why it forced him back into the closet. WORDS BY TIM REILLY HEADER BY YOSEF PHELAN The first time I came out was weirdly the easiest. But that was because I didn’t really know what ‘coming out’ meant. I was 13-years-old and still did not really have a clue what being bisexual (as I identified then) or being LGBTQIA+ was. Ignorance, at least initially, was bliss. So, I just casually came out to my friends one day,…

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