Adolf Eichmann was a model of sparkling mental health, from a Nazi perspective. He did what any mature and sensible person would have done, to remove dangerous vermin that were destroying the health of the nation. Nigel Pocock Chemical therapies were applied to Soviet dissidents, who were self-evidently ill if […]
Tag: homosexuality
Changing sexualities
In a post-structuralist, post-modern, cultural world, sexual identity as an idea has itself become questionable. Instead of a ‘natural’ sexual identity, the notion has developed that sexual identity is socially constructed. Steve Latham Before the nineteenth century homosexuals did not exist. Perhaps I should explain. Michel Foucault famously made the […]
Homosexuality and religious intolerance
The social and political discourse against equality of rights between heterosexual and homosexual couples refers to homosexual practice as “unnatural”, if not quoting religious dogma. Has there been a reduction of homosexuality in the world driven by the lack of rights that homosexuals have? Do they “correct” the unnatural side […]
United Kingdom: Aids among Latin American immigrants
It is one of the most serious and dangerous diseases of the 21st Century. For the time being there is no cure, although there is a treatment that makes life easier for the victims. AIDS affects thousands of people every year, including the Latin American community resident in the United […]
María López: Homosexuality and literature in Cuba
In the last few years, the regime of Fidel Castro has introduced substantial changes with respect to sexual liberty, intending to eliminate the strain of institutional homophobia in the country, although discrimination is still present in certain areas. Benjamin Serra María E. López is an academic at London Metropolitan University […]