Voicebox: LGBTQ+
Join us as we celebrate the wonderful creativity and diversity of the LGBTQ+ community
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12 June 2021
A Spotify playlist to celebrate Pride Month
Get into the spirit of this year’s Pride Month with Voice’s LGBTQIA+ themed playlist!
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12 May 2021
It's about time Instagram added a pronoun section to user bios
Social media app Instagram has finally added a dedicated section on users’ profiles for their pronouns.
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10 April 2021
Transphobic backlash over Women's Prize for Fiction nomination for Detransition, Baby
Detransition, Baby, the debut novel by trans author Torrey Peters, is the focus of an anonymous letter that calls for its removal from the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2021 longlist.
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15 March 2021
Sam Smith excluded from gendered categories at 2021 BRITS
Sam Smith, the non-binary pop singer, has been excluded from the gendered categories at the 2021 Brit awards.
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4 February 2021
Thespie Thursdays with Courtney Stapleton and Eloise Davies
UK stage stars Courtney Stapleton (SIX and Dear Evan Hansen), and Elouise Davis (Be More Chill, Grease) will join Thespie Creative Producer and Olivier nominee Aimie Atkinson (SIX, Pretty Woman) for a Thespie Thursday artist talk.
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27 November 2020
I Am Norman
A uniquely disturbing take on the repercussions of conversion therapy.
Trigger warning: Themes of suicide are mentioned in this review.
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14 November 2020
School uniforms: smartly-dressed equaliser or an unnecessary burden?
School uniform is well meaning, put in place to promote equality and pride, but it can also be problematic. Let’s discuss the pros and the cons of school attire.
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30 September 2020
Interview with Sam Klegerman, photographer
Global fashion photographer Sam Klegerman talks about their career and their new publication Yes No Thank You Goodbye, an honest and vulnerable photographic narrative that documents their mother's early on-set Alzheimer’s.
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30 June 2020
Interview with 1990's Chris, New Creative
“I know a lot more gay Davids who speak like the Queen, than I do gay Daves who speak like Barbara Windsor”
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28 June 2020
The uprisings that preceded Stonewall
A list of lesser known LGBT uprisings that preceded the Stonewall riots
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23 June 2020
Interview with Jane Hearst, New Creative
"I know that all the amazing women I see around me are capable of everything I do, but often, they lack that confidence. They are overwhelmed and shaped by the negative associations made of us."
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23 June 2020
An Ode To Women Who Love Women
This New Creative audio piece explores the power of loving women
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11 June 2020
How to: Check your privilege (from someone who has a lot)
How to define and tackle privilege in an ever complicated world
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8 February 2020
Interview with Vicky Moran, writer and director
We speak to writer and director Vicky Moran, whose new theatre production No Sweat is a hard-hitting examination of the hidden LGBTQ+ homelessness.
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19 November 2019
Writing only from experience
Are straight, white, able-bodied male writers outdated?
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19 November 2019
The Missing: J. J. Macfield and the Island of Memories
A lesson in why a confused tone can make a story with the best intentions uncomfortable
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26 September 2019
Interview with Ben SantaMaria, writer and director
Flaming Theatre director Ben SantaMaria talks about his autobiographical show Really Want to Hurt Me, and reflects on the continued problem of homophobia in society.
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5 August 2019
John Pendal: Monster
Whether there was only six or 600 of us, John Pendal performed with everything he had.