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Untold but not unimportant: the stories of closeted teens with supportive parents

Untold but not unimportant: the stories of closeted teens with supportive parents

by Elizabeth Hopwood | May 31, 2024 | Health & Wellbeing

When children come out as LGBTQ+ to their parents at a later age, or never, a common question parents have is ‘why didn’t they tell me?’. Another is ‘am I a failure?’  Homophobia and transphobia are still pretty common. It’s important to note that you need to, as a...
Exposing queer conversion therapies and shining a light on the multi-million-pound industry

Exposing queer conversion therapies and shining a light on the multi-million-pound industry

by Tia Inger | May 30, 2024 | Health & Wellbeing

Following the story of a mistreated conversion therapy survivor, Journalist Tia Inger exposes the psychologically damaging and physically violent nature of reparative therapies – which are still legal, and commonly misunderstood, to this day.  Conversion therapy: the...
Your child has just come out as transgender. What do you do? 

Your child has just come out as transgender. What do you do? 

by Talia Keane | May 20, 2024 | Health & Wellbeing

If you’re reading Pride & Joy, the chances are that you have already accepted your child’s identity and are looking for ways to help them, which is amazing. It can be a difficult and confusing time for them. However with your support, the process can become much...
“Oh, but they would”: Teaching consent to your lesbian child with director, Phinn Sallin-Mason

“Oh, but they would”: Teaching consent to your lesbian child with director, Phinn Sallin-Mason

by Hannah Auld | Apr 25, 2024 | Health & Wellbeing

In this short interview, Director Phinn Sallin-Mason (they/them) takes us through the importance of teaching young women what consent looks like, in the context of queer relationships, and why Sallin-Mason chose to centre their up-and-coming film around this...
LGBTQ+ nightlife: a queer person’s experience going to their first gay club

LGBTQ+ nightlife: a queer person’s experience going to their first gay club

by Elizabeth Hopwood | Apr 25, 2024 | Health & Wellbeing

Is your child wanting to go to their first gay club? Queer nightlife has a reputation of being quite, well, rowdy… Dark, smoke-filled rooms with blinding strobe lighting and half-naked ravers. This was what I expected when going on my first big ‘gay’ night out, but...
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