Vada Magazine

Is the internet a tool for LGBT+ freedom?

5 August, 20145 August, 2014Rhys Harper

Adam Lowe discusses the importance of the web in LGBT+ life – and the risks it presents to our freedom (Read more)

What the X-Men can teach us about LGBT rights.

25 May, 201427 May, 2014Rhys Harper

Rhys Harper takes a look at the X-Men franchise and what it can teach us about the LGBT struggle for equality and liberation (Read more)

The trans* hypocrisy of LGBT inclusivity

14 April, 201422 February, 2015Rhys Harper

Rhys Harper writes on the disparities of trans* equality and the wider transphobia at play in the LGBT community. (Read more)

Scotland & LGBT – One Size Does Not Fit All

27 February, 201427 February, 2014Rhys Harper

Rhys Harper reacts to findings in a recent Stonewall Scotland report into homophobia in Scottish public services. (Read more)

Rage, Rage, and Rage Again

25 January, 201425 January, 2014Rhys Harper

Rhys Harper on how the internet functions through RAGE, as well as a look at a few things enraging him recently. (Read more)

The Daley Lama

3 December, 201321 December, 2013Rhys Harper

Yesterday marked an important day for the LGBT community, as Vada writer Rhys Harper came out to his parents. Here he talks Tom Daley & coming out to Time Team. (Read more)

Coming Out: A Relic of the Past?

5 November, 201319 November, 2013Rhys Harper 1

Rhys Harper shares his personal insight into coming out and his dislike for the concept. Why is it necessary? (Read more)

Lorde Del Rey

27 August, 201327 August, 2013Rhys Harper

Rhys Harper on Lorde, the New Zealand starlet taking America by storm, reflecting on her similarities with Lana Del Rey, and whether it actually matters. (Read more)

Please, Sir, Can I Give Some More? – Charity

16 July, 201316 July, 2013Rhys Harper

Rhys Harper talks charity and the bind many of us find ourselves in, shaking off Western guilt like moral dandruff. But which charity? (Read more)

Watching Other People Have Sex And Stuff – Porn

9 July, 201320 July, 2013Rhys Harper

Rhys Harper talks sex, and how as a post-broadband culture we are addicted to the unrealistic expectations of porn. Sex addicts the lot of us. (Read more)