Last week the New York Times highlighted that the word homosexual is falling out of favour with, well… homosexuals. In the article Professor George Chauncey, an academic from Yale University, argues that the word homosexual now sounds like your grandmother describing someone as a ‘coloured person’. In the article it’s highlighted that the New York […]
Finnish Olympian Ari-Pekka Liukkonen has become the first Finnish Olympian to come out while still active in his career. The swimmer, who competed in the London 2012 Olympics and won a bronze medal in the European championships of the same year, has reportedly said he decided to come out to raise awareness of Russia’s anti-gay […]
Pope Francis has offered a softer approach towards the discussion of homosexuality, a significant change in position from his predecessors. Returning from his recent trip to World Youth Day in Brazil the pontiff took questions from reporters in an unusual 80 minute discussion with reporters on his plane. His predecessor Pope Benedict XVI only ever […]