Yet ever since A Writer's Diary (1953), Leonard Woolf's highly selective edition of his wife's diaries, edited "to protect the feelings or reputations of the living" (AWD vii), there is a history of earnestly protective (comedic and/or damaging) cultural and critical attempts to prevent or diminish common understanding of Bloomsbury as a byword for queer, as well as a history of homophobic Bloomsbury bashing (alarmingly consonant with
queer bashing), by mainstream media and academic specialists alike.
Queer Bloomsbury
There is no shortcut to ending sanctioned bigotry (like racism, misogyny, and
queer bashing), even though technology inspires us to think of our actions in terms of shortcuts.
One and the other: fighting online misogyny, fighting a corporatised internet
Homosexuality is illegal and
queer bashing is so prevalent and overt that a 2006 Time magazine article declared Jamaica "The Most Homophobic Place on Earth." LGBT activists have been beaten, raped and murdered in Jamaica.
Travel is a feminist issue: vacationing can be dangerous and ethically complex for lesbians
It's a very safe place for LGBTs, as
queer bashing is unheard of.
Cuba, then and now
OPENLY gay ECHO columnist Pete Price described the attack on James Parkes as "
queer bashing" - something he claimed he has endured for years.
PETE PRICE: THIS IS QUEER-BASHING, WE HAVE ENDURED IT FOR YEARS
Of course '
queer bashing', whether physical or mental, and any kind of persecution of individuals, including mockery, is plainly evil and no less so if it is promoted as Bible-based.
Letter: Mailbag - It's a changed world, so please get on with life like the rest of us
'However, this change in the law to provide anonymity is a necessary step if we are to seriously stamp out
queer bashing and other forms of hate crime, which affects two out of three gay men and is a major cause of suicide.
Call to protect victims of gay hate offences; Police push for law change to encourage more reports of homophobic crimes
During the three-week hearing the jury had heard the "brutal killing" appeared to have stemmed from "a robbery and a bit of
queer bashing".
'GAY BASH' KILLERS JAILED; Two teens murdered man, 30, in park
Andy Chaffer, of the Coalition of Gay and Lesbian Rights, said: "We are used to
queer bashing - but not people laying bombs.
Birmingham targeted by nail bombers
All victims of
queer bashing are unfortunate cases of mistaken identity" (n.p.).
Queercore: the distinct identities of subculture
They patrol gay areas in New York where "
queer bashing" is suddenly, and frighteningly, back in vogue.
Panthers go on prowl in Dublin
I first became curious about what it means to be a gay in smalltown America after a man in Piqua, Ohio, told me, "I can't say whether there are gays here, but definitely there's a lot of
queer bashing." I know--I was gay-bashed in Piqua.
Land of the free. (my perspective)
"
Queer bashing flourishes in environments where the perpetrators feel safe," Vachss says.
Evil choices, hard choices
There are
queer bashings of young kids in nontraditional Swedish communities; a lot of immigrants bring their conservative attitudes, like from Iraq."
Out on the street