Vada Magazine

Teaching Tolerance

As the UK becomes more and more tolerant, we examine what it’s like to be a gay teacher in the classroom.

We look at Benjamin Alire Sáenz’s latest book and winner of numerous LGBT awards, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe.

We look at Netflix prison-drama sensation, Orange is the New Black, and why the TV show is much better than the book it is based on.

Charlie Sarson on the recent moves towards an online porn ban. We don’t need a ban on porn, we need better porn, a space of queer liberation.

We look at the lack of representation of credible bisexuality in fiction, and the need to get beyond the gay/straight binary.

Charlie Sarson on Straight Pride, asking just how much of a privilege denier do you have to be to not see that Straight Pride happens every damn day?

Charlie Sarson makes the case for the word queer – with all of its glorious connotations.

Afshan Lodhi presents The Lesborrist Tapes, a play about a Muslim lesbian terrorist bridging the gap between religion and sexuality.