Posts tagged Germany
Periodical Political Post *125
Aug 30th
Queer News
- Saying “that’s so gay” has traumatic effect on students
- Marriage bills move forward in Australia & New Zealand
- Anti-gay activist charged with sexually assaulting boys
- German chancellor says no to equal taxes for gay couples
- Gay dating apps like Grindr linked to syphilis epidemic
Other News
- Law will throw out privacy, free speech for copyright enforcement
- U.S. government wants remote control over people’s routers
- 6 years of spying on Muslims led to zero leads or terror cases
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Even with extreme austerity measures UK faces £40 billion deficit
- School demands that boy named Hunter must change his name
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Periodical Political Post *121
Aug 11th
Queer News
- Rallies in support of marriage equality across Australia this weekend
- American parents use risky steroids to avoid getting lesbian babies
- Philippine president tries to get queer protections out of health-care bill
- Top German court demands tax benefit for same-sex couples from state
- Trans man denied cancer care because doctor was confused over gender
Other News
- Why the public reaction to attacks is different when the terrorist is white
- U.S. school forces pregnancy tests on girls, kicks out students who refuse
- Olympics spectator with Parkinson’s was arrested because he didn’t smile
- Mother strip-searched in public, tampon pulled out of her for missing stop sign
- Employers think not using Facebook makes you suspicious [Warring: Daily Mail]
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Periodical Political Post *113
Jul 1st
Queer News
- Scotland: Poll shows majority of population supports marriage equality
- Poland rejects proposed civil partnerships but will get hate speech laws
- French government announces same-sex marriage will come very soon
- German court tells lesbian asylum seeker to hide her identity in Iran
- Ugandan government says it discovered evidence of gay conspiracy
Other News
- U.S. Republican Senators introduce a rewrite of their “cyber security” bill
- 1,000,000 school-aged children were homeless during the last school year
- New school RFID scheme reminder of technology’s surveillance potential
- Tens of thousands protest against restarts of nuclear power plants in Japan
- CIA fake vaccine program will have wide-ranging effects on children’s health
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Jun 27th
Queer News
- Teenage lesbian couple shot in Texas, one dead, one survives
- Egyptian chief diplomat rep. suggests gays are not real people
- Seattle police celebrates pride by attacking crowd outside gay bar
- Trans pride march attacked by right-wing nationalists in Istanbul
- Extremists & church officials call for violence at pride in Bulgaria
- Malta: Gender identity, sexual orientation included in hate crime laws
Other News
- Circumcision for non-medical reasons a crime says German court
- The U.S. govt. doesn’t want to tell if it armed Mexican drug cartels
- Republican admits voter ID laws are meant to suppress minorities
- U.S. state of Tennessee’s ‘No Holding-Hands Bill’ blasted by critics
- Republicans oppose teaching critical thinking & support hitting kids
- Christian textbooks say Loch Ness Monster is proof of Creationism
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Shota!
Apr 18th
Some people just want to see the world burn. Even if it’s just to rebuild it on the ashes of its blatant injustice. One of these people who always seem to be out to make trouble, who just can’t stay away from controversy is indie publisher Karl Andersson. Not too long ago he pointed out the hypocrisy & utter hysteria within the modern queer culture when it comes to teenage boys with his infamous Destroyer Journal (and using Comic Sans in its blog’s header wasn’t the only controversy about it 
But now that Destroyer is (queer) history, Karl couldn’t keep his feet still. In-between several trips to Japan he found the time to not only bring something to Europe’s bookshops that was hardly ever seen there before, he’s also making a point in a political & cultural debate that is dividing (not only) Europe’s gay culture, art scene and literary circles. It’s the debate about not only a legal issue but a matter that will be a crucial part in forming our future; a matter of free speech & common sense.
He is publishing what is, as far as I can tell, the first commercially distributed shota manga in Europe: Entartete Shota 01 by Japanese manga artist Tsukumo Gou, translated to English by Karl and, unlike in Japan, uncensored. As he explains on his blog “Shotacon (shota) comics are drawings of young boys having sex. The genre is popular among male as well as female readers in Japan, and the artists too are of both sexes. The girl equivalent is called lolicon (loli).”
Even though no real boys are involved at any point in the the production of shota manga, they are illegal in many countries. The Supreme Court of Sweden, Karl’s homeland, is about to decide if these laws, which you could just as well use to ban thousands of years old depictions of boy sex in classical art, are constitutional. A decision that could become a precedent for the world.
If you want to become a part of this little piece of queer history you can order one of the 500 available issues at I <3 Mags or win one right here. Just leave a comment under this post and let us know if you think shota should be legal or not and explain why you think so. We’ll pick a random winner tomorrow!
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