by Elizabeth Hopwood | May 29, 2024 | Everyday Queeries
What does LGBTQIA+ stand for? Navigating different queer terms that have joined our language can seem intimidating. There is a lot of new terminology and you don’t want to mess it up. Pride & Joy have compiled a short definition for each letter of LGBTQIA+ so you...
by Bethia Wyborn | May 22, 2024 | Everyday Queeries
The gay club Stonewall Inn was an institution in Greenwich Village, New York, which was large, cheap, allowed dancing and welcomed drag queens and homeless youths. At the time the New York State Liquor Authority prohibited venues from serving gay people under the...
by Jade Bullen | May 22, 2024 | Everyday Queeries
The word “queer” is one of the most complicated words in our language. Not only does it have several meanings, but the term has been used to both attack and celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. In an article by Learning for Justice, Cory Collins writes “The...
by Elizabeth Hopwood | May 17, 2024 | Everyday Queeries
People can use these pronouns in very different ways, but all forms of gender expression are valid. Some use them to explore the fluidity in gender- it is a social construct which can be expressed in a multitude of ways- and some use them on the journey to accepting...
by Amelia Oates | Apr 26, 2024 | Everyday Queeries
In November 2022, Kit Connor, who plays Nick Nelson in the hit Netflix series ‘Heartstopper’, was forced to come out following accusations of him Queerbaiting in the show. After weeks of online abuse, he tweeted on X “I’m bi, congrats on forcing an 18-year-old to out...
