Frigid contexts, LGBTQIA+
The title of this post comes from Joshua M. Paiz's insightful book, Queering the English Language Classroom: A Practical Guide for...
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Peter
- Jun 1
- 3 min
More than a month
It's the start of Pride month, and I've got something to say. The oppression of LGBTQIA+ rights by the UK government continues. Expect to...
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Peter
- Feb 13
- 3 min
Don’t look back in ELT or LGBTQ* lament
This blog post was originally published on Diverse Educators blog on 25th April 2022, but I thought it was worth sharing it here, too. I...
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Peter
- Nov 11, 2022
- 2 min
‘I called him, once; then listened: nothing moved...’
It's Remembrance Day today. I honour those who served, but especially today, I honour the LGBTQIA+ victims, veterans and those affected...
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Peter
- Sep 26, 2022
- 2 min
A is for...
I recently published my latest ELT resource, A is for... . Unfortunately, I published it on bisexual visibility day, so I felt a little...
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Peter
- Jul 25, 2022
- 2 min
Post no hate
TW: homophobia / queerphobia For those of you who don't know, I have a little page on Facebook where I post intermittently with...
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Peter
- Jun 26, 2022
- 3 min
Pride in Education conference
25th June 2022 will be a day I remember for a very long time. As a person with anxiety, meeting new people can be a tricky experience for...
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Peter
- Jun 15, 2022
- 2 min
Mid Pride Month
So, it's the middle of June and it's the middle of Pride month. I thought it was about time for a little blog post. This comes off the...
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Peter
- Jun 1, 2022
- 2 min
Pride month 2022
So, it's Pride month 2022. There doesn't seem to be much to celebrate - homophobia is on the increase, transphobia is rife thanks to the...
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Peter
- May 12, 2022
- 2 min
Comments on the ILGA annual review
The ILGA-Europe has published its review on the rating of 49 European countries and their laws, policies and situations for Lesbian, Gay,...
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Peter
- Feb 1, 2022
- 4 min
LGBTQ+ History month 2022
For LGBT+ History month 2022, I thought I would look back on progress in the ELT industry. Ten years ago, Tyson Seburn wrote a post...
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Peter
- Dec 28, 2021
- 2 min
Last post of 2021
So, it's the end of the year. I was all prepared to write something deep and meaningful. I thought about a specific topic as I was on my...
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Peter
- Jul 11, 2021
- 3 min
Hate is the new thing
I've recently become interested in the amount of hatred and vitriol aimed at people in the LGBTQ+ community. This has been partly spurred...
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Peter
- Jul 3, 2021
- 6 min
An unholy end to Pride month
Pride month is now finished and it just so happened that I celebrated it by being abused on social media. I'm not necessarily going to...
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Peter
- Dec 3, 2020
- 3 min
Reflections
First of all, I want to say, how awesome is the above image? There are so many ideas connected to it that I'm sure it could be used in a...
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Peter
- Nov 20, 2020
- 3 min
LGBTQIA+
It seems ironic, and absolutely infuriating, that in the same week as the anniversary of the repeal of Section 28, the British government...
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Peter
- Oct 29, 2020
- 3 min
Inclusion and diversity in ELT - continuation
I'm continuing this mini-series of blog posts by not specifying which aspect of inclusion and diversity in ELT I'm going to focus on. I...
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Peter
- Oct 23, 2020
- 2 min
#LGBTQIA2 in ELT resources, part 1
(Lack of) Representation of LGBTQIA2 in ELT materials has been written about, researched and discussed for many years - and I'm not going...
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