Category: Just Like Us

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‘I’m the proudest bisexual you’ve ever met, so why do I still doubt that I’m queer enough?’

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Just Like Us ambassador Alice Pillin reflects on her journey with her bisexuality, internalised biphobia and why there is not “one way to be bisexual”. WORDS BY ALICE PILLIN I’ve known I was bisexual since I was 14. There have been times when I have expressed my identity with such confidence that it might have seemed like I’d developed some sort of queer superiority complex; dancing along with drag queens as if I could ever compete with their lip syncing abilities, screaming to Lady Gaga until my vocal chords were…

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‘Thanks to Chappell Roan, hyper-feminine queer women can finally take up space’

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For Just Like Us ambassador Deia Penn, Chappell Roan’s success is a reminder that queer women “deserve to take up space in our own community”. WORDS BY DEIA PENN At 14-years-old I knew who I was. I had been raised near Manchester on a diet of old Hollywood films and Project Runway re-runs, and surrounded by women who do femininity in the loudest, brightest way possible. I wanted to grow up to be one of these women, wielding hyper-femininity like a flick-knife. I also knew that I only wanted to be…

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LGBTQ+ book ban attempts are increasing in UK schools, study finds

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School librarians in the UK have opened up about the increased censorship regarding LGBTQIA+ books. Over the last year, queer literature in the UK has been targeted by conservative individuals. In April 2023, a study from the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (Cilip) revealed that a third of librarians were asked to censor or remove LGBTQIA+ content by members of the public, with some even being threatened.  “We want to get past this period of culture war and politics and really focus on the job in hand,” Nick…

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‘A Bollyqueer dance class allowed me to embrace my South Asian heritage’ 

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Just Like Us ambassador Anuli Chanaga reveals how a Bollyqueer dance class changed her relationship with the term ‘South Asian’. WORDS BY ANULI CHANAGA, A JUST LIKE US AMBASSADOR Sometimes my home smells of freshly baked bread, sometimes I can taste sweet plantain, hot from a pan. I see beautiful African figures, batiks, and Pride flags. It all feels like home, a part of me. But, when I step outside, I don’t always feel connected to the different facets of my heritage (and rarely all at once). I have grown…

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As a lesbian Muslim, I know the far right violence didn’t just begin last week

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Just Like Us ambassador Maryam Khan reflects on the Islamophobia and anti-South Asian racism which have culminated in far right violence across the UK. WORDS BY MARYAM KHAN The televised scenes of destruction and burning mosques, alongside the distraught families and communities in their wake, are leaving me feeling devastated. The Muslim communities targeted in small Northern towns mirror those in my home of East London, and imagining their destruction is filling me with profound dismay. I can’t help but think that my community could be next. The images of…

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Here all the winners from the Just Like Us 2024 Awards

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Jonathan Bailey, Charley Marlowe and T’Nia Miller were among the stars who made special guest appearances at the Just Like Us 2024 charity awards. On Thursday 11 July in Central London, the annual event celebrated the “exceptional efforts in promoting LGBTQIA+ inclusivity in schools and workplaces”, as well as the teachers and ambassadors who are helping “pave the way for a more inclusive society”. Founded in 2016, Just Like Us has collaborated with thousands of primary schools, secondary schools and colleges across the UK to improve the lives of queer…

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‘I’m a proud lesbian mum, but I’m worried about my child being bullied at school’

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After publishing the new report ‘LGBT Parents’ for Just Like Us, Amy Ashenden reflects on life as a lesbian mum and the obstacles that children of LGBTQIA+ parents face in schools. Words by Amy Ashenden, Director of Comms and Engagement at Just Like Us Growing up, I really struggled with internalised homophobia and being in a family that didn’t accept me. But I always knew I wanted children. Now, as well as being a proud dyke, I am also a very proud mum to my 10-month-old baby who brings my…

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Jonathan Bailey completes half-marathon for LGBTQ+ youth charity Just Like Us

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Jonathan Bailey is in celebration mode after completing a fundraiser for Just Like Us.  On 18 May, the Bridgerton star announced that he was running the 2024 Wizz Air Hackney half-marathon in support of the UK-based LGBTQIA+ youth charity.  Ahead of the marathon, he told his Instagram followers that Just Like Us are “leading the fight to make them feel understood, accepted and celebrated. A fight we shouldn’t need to have. “But until we win it, and for the sake of my knees, please throw your love their way, donate to…

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‘Dialogue and visibility was key to transforming my mental health’

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Just Like Us ambassador Rich Bartlett on how speaking in schools about his sexuality has impacted his mental health. WORDS BY RICH BARTLETT HEADER BY LIV LAWRENCE Many of the years I spent in secondary school were also spent hiding my true self. I grew up in Australia where navigating the path to accepting my sexuality was not only rocky, but desperately lonely. The lack of representation both at school and in society more broadly made me think that it would be very difficult to ever come out, let alone…

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I Kissed a Girl’s powerful discussion about struggling to say ‘lesbian’ is so relatable

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Just Like Us ambassador Lily Kirkby reflects on the cast of I Kissed a Girl’s “bold and raw conversation” about their use of the word ‘lesbian’. WORDS BY LILY KIRKBY HEADER BY YOSEF PHELAN As a twenty-something lesbian with a (guilty) penchant for reality TV, who keenly followed BBC Three’s groundbreaking I Kissed a Boy when it premiered last year, it is safe to say that the announcement that Dannii Minogue would be returning to our screens this summer to host the original’s sapphic ‘sister-series’, I Kissed a Girl, had me very…

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