Posts Tagged ‘homophobia’
Emotional education and society..
Posted by: mimanifesto on: March 1, 2011
Judging by what we read in the papers at the moment, Scotland is not a great place to be growing up in at the moment. Drinking, drugs, and dangerous sexual activity are endemic in our society. Knife and gun crime is the norm amongst many children who roam the streets in feral gangs without a [...]
Pride Glasgow 2010
Posted by: mimanifesto on: July 17, 2010
- In: homophobia | Inclusion | LGBT
- Leave a Comment
Today was the bi-annual pride march through Glasgow city centre. Following a route from Kelvingrove park, about 3000 folk marched along Kelvin way, Argyll street, and through Finniston into the city centre, culminating in a rally and festival in George square. Occasional rain showers did nothing to dampen the usual Pride atmosphere of celebration, fun [...]
Political integrity ? – it’s not all bad news if we look back…
Posted by: mimanifesto on: June 7, 2009
- In: Equality | homophobia
- 2 Comments
All the recent negative publicity about the dubious integrity of our politicians has really got me thinking, as I guess it has everybody else, about our political system and the type of people it attracts, as well as the type of behaviour it appears to encourage in our elected members. And I’ve had a lot [...]
How education really can make a difference….
Posted by: mimanifesto on: May 30, 2008
A couple of years ago,the case of the 11-year-old girl getting pregnant after a drunken night out on the town hit the headlines. I thought at the time that that was a shocking indictment of the state of sex education in schools. Predictably, the media attached the blame not only to her mother, but also to her [...]
Recent Comments