An election, a jubilee marking remarkable continuity amidst massive change, the constitutional upheaval of Brexit, the potential collapse of power-sharing in Northern Ireland, rhetorical racial reckoning leading to negligible change despite yet another generation's leadership in demands for civil rights, and war in Europe

'Heating or eating' is the nightmare scenario facing many people in our society as costs. There have been a number of unhelpful interventions for saving money from MPs, keen to display the distance they have travelled away from the lives of the ordinary people whose votes they seek.

“Auntie Diaries,” a nearly five-minute ode to two of Lamar’s relatives, both of whom are trans. Sounds good in theory, but many have taken issue with the song’s execution.

For starters, the titular “auntie” is a trans man, and the first lyric is “My auntie is a man now.” The song’s narrative structure progresses chronologically, following the rapper’s progression in terms of coming to understand his uncle and cousin, and ultimately apologizing for his past missteps. But along the way, Lamar misgenders and deadnames both his uncle and transfeminine cousin, and — perhaps most controversially — repeatedly says the word “faggot” in order to demonstrate the errors of the homophobia and transphobia of his early years.

https://www.them.us/story/why-kendrick-lamars-auntie-diaries-has-polarized-the-lgbtq-community

Pride in London 2022 marks 50 years since the first London march for gay liberation. Much has changed since 1972 as a result of principled struggle. What does Pride now mean, and as the Mayor opens the festival up to tender, what is the future of Pride in London?