Soft Power, CSR, Pride and Global Sports Events
Episode One: Soft Power, CSR, Pride and Global Sports Events by The_Kit_And_Sam_Podcast on Mixcloud This podcast from Kit (@KitCaless) and Sam (@AngrySamPoet) is on a series of related subjects close...
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View ArticleThe ‘Respectable’ Queer
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View ArticleStonewall: Only 25 Years Late
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View ArticleSame-sex Marriage Supporters Can Be Dickheads Too
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View ArticleSolidarity Betrayed: UKIP and Pride
This is Ruth Hunt, Chief Executive of Stonewall, commenting on the UKIP at Pride debacle which has unfolded over the past few days. You will search in vain for an actual position on this from the UK’s...
View ArticlePride is Political: Jennicet Gutiérrez and UKIP
I said yesterday that had Jennicet Gutiérrez‘s protest at President Obama’s Pride Month address been a work of fiction, it would have been widely viewed as being too on-the-nose in its symbolism....
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