I know it's the big overall fault of the systems and authorities but people have power too. It's the last power left to most people. To refuse to cross a line. Just following orders isn't an excuse.
The glee at having parties with journalists and the wealthy, accepting 'gifts', condemning the concept of protest, pledging to 'reduce net migration', targeting disabled and poor people while reassuring the super-rich that they're not going to be affected at all. I *despise* these people. 2/
I mean, an app can't monitor my heart rate and sleep cycles without something to connect to?
There's some qualitative data about bi people not being welcome in services tending to gay or lesbian communities, but that's a thorny subject. Overall, there just isn't good, detailed research into LGBTQ homelessness. This is a good summary of what's missing: 2/
This article explores existing evidence concerning the causes and experience of homelessness among lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) people. A total of 88 sources, published after 2000, were ...
Ok so I separated homelessness and discrimination out from SA (which is the bit that said 'significantly higher') because of this - there isn't good information at the moment to explain or define differing experiences between the letters because research tends not to disaggregate data well. 1/
But sure, let's have another article about how bi women are just doing it to titillate men, that certainly won't add to the social construction which makes them targets of predators. 3/
In the medical field, being bisexual is frequently considered a diagnostic criteria in itself, linked because of discriminatory beliefs to conditions which, when diagnosed, put a person's autonomy and freedom at risk. 2/
I am pretty sure I did doze off (or at least dissociated heavily) after a while, but then my hip started hurting cause my body does NOT like being in one position for more than 5 minutes.
Definitely - I had to stop myself grinning when Romeo And Juliet came on and tried not to wiggle.
Oh that's pretty cool! Yeah they had a music list in the waiting room that I didn't see until I left so I'd just said 'rock or Taylor 😂' they chose DS, which was a good call.