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24Apr
Get Over It
At the moment, London buses are going around sporting an advert with the words ‘Some people are gay. Get Over It.’ The people behind this campaign are lobbying for gay marriage and more equal rights, but as liberating as
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19Apr
Gay Kiss Causes Outrage
One Million Moms – they’re nothing if not persistent. The same group of ‘moms’ who had kittens over Ellen DeGeneres becoming the face of JCPenney are yet again outraged…this time at Urban Outfitters! Urban Outfitters is a retail fashion
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28Mar
Wearing The Pants
What’s it like to be married to a public figure, a TV personality, a female politician, a women’s rights campaigner, a prominent businesswoman, someone known for her strong character? What are the husband-wife dynamics in these relationships? This feature was first published
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13Mar
What Just Happened ?
Has it just dawned on us that women are still almost invisible in top posts? Why suddenly all this pomp and circumstance about women’s quotas? And more importantly, why are we still resisting them? Whilst quotas might not be
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01Mar
Preference IS discrimination
I tried to resist, honestly I tried, but then Fr. Joe Borg wrote another blog about single adoptions, and here I am fuming. For those not in the loop of this saga please refer to this link for a summary,
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19Feb
Legal But Not Possible
I have to say that the interest generated by my previous blog (about single adoptions from Ethiopia), and the feedback to the subsequent news report by Claudia Calleja on the same subject, left me pleasantly surprised. Honestly, I didn’t think
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29Jan
Why don’t we…..
Photo credit - www.invisiblechildren.com Condemning violence is just lip service whilst changing the law is a long shot…. but not recognising the existence of homosexuals in a 2012 health campaign is despicable!!!! This is the Ministry of Health’s latest campaign
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26Jan
A Spade is a Spade is a Spade
The story of the 16 year old lesbian, who earlier this month was attacked by two boys in a Hamrun square, caused public uproar… and rightly so. When the story broke, it was reported that the attack happened on a
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15Jan
Even A Woman Can Open It
This article was first published in Pink Magazine – December 2011 When it comes to sexism and discrimination the past fifty years have seen us through a lot of changes. Women’s rights have certainly come a long way, but
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11Dec
Cards Vs Crutches
In a story of sorts that appeared in today’s paper, a 20 year old woman, who by her own admission looks entirely healthy and fit, felt compelled to complain about people who do not realise that she has a hidden
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