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First Coffee
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Mirror Monday *68
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Periodical Political Post *146
Queer News
- Same-sex marriage has finally been legalised in Costa Rica
- Homophobic crimes rise by more than a third in France
- Anti-gay backlash feared in South Korea over Coronavirus
- Canada to erect monument to remember anti-queer purge
- Queer Americans twice as likely to experience homelessness
Other News
- The hot, humid future climate scientists warned of is already here
study says; the planet will soon be too hot for humans to survive - Three different countries, one result: Stay-at-home orders work
- Report: Hungary is no longer a democracy, Poland could follow
- Good riddance: Coal industry will never recover after Coronavirus
- Finnish universal basic income pilot was a success says study
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One more?
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Teasing Tuesday *41
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Straight people guess queer slang
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Unpacking Garrett
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Wonderwear Wednesday *84
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Map of queer protections
Thirty years after the World Health Organization declassified homosexuality as an illness, homosexuality is still illegal in 70 countries around the world.
The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex Association (ILGA) released a map of LGBTQ protections and criminal laws to highlight the precarity of LGBTQ equality, even as much progress has been made in some countries.
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Toshiya
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Tattoo Thursday *45
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Mirror Fruit
I can’t dance 
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milessdespair
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Face Friday *57
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The real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months
For centuries western culture has been permeated by the idea that humans are selfish creatures. That cynical image of humanity has been proclaimed in films and novels, history books and scientific research.
But in the last 20 years, something extraordinary has happened. Scientists from all over the world have switched to a more hopeful view of mankind. This development is still so young that researchers in different fields often don’t even know about each other.
When I started writing a book about this more hopeful view, I knew there was one story I would have to address. It takes place on a deserted island somewhere in the Pacific. A plane has just gone down. The only survivors are some British schoolboys, who can’t believe their good fortune. Nothing but beach, shells and water for miles. And better yet: no grownups.
On the very first day, the boys institute a democracy of sorts. One boy, Ralph, is elected to be the group’s leader. Athletic, charismatic and handsome, his game plan is simple: 1) Have fun. 2) Survive. 3) Make smoke signals for passing ships. Number one is a success. The others? Not so much. The boys are more interested in feasting and frolicking than in tending the fire. Before long, they have begun painting their faces. Casting off their clothes. And they develop overpowering urges – to pinch, to kick, to bite.
By the time a British naval officer comes ashore, the island is a smouldering wasteland. Three of the children are dead. “I should have thought,” the officer says, “that a pack of British boys would have been able to put up a better show than that.” At this, Ralph bursts into tears. “Ralph wept for the end of innocence,” we read, and for “the darkness of man’s heart”.
PS: Rutger Bregman, the author of this article, recently appeared on the History Extra podcast to talk about why he thinks humans are not inherently bad and it’s well worth a listen. On a different note, this article is not uncontroversial. If you’d like to hear an actual Tongan’s side of the story you can do so over here.
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Hyeongjun
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Skyclad Saturday *58
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Do I have your attention?
Do I have your attention? pic.twitter.com/Eva0Qiqav1
— milkboys
(@milkboys) May 23, 2020
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Sporty Sunday *83
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Red
In rural Pennsylvania, a teenage couple’s — James and Lizzy — relationship is interrupted by Aaron, the guy James almost hooked up with four months ago. Red explores being queer in conservative towns during hard times with empathy rather than disdain.
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