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Thursday, June 19, 2025

Berlin's Memorial to the Homosexual Victims of National Socialism

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In Nazi Germany, homosexuality was persecuted to a degree unprecedented in history. In 1935, the National Socialists issued an order making ...
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Friday, June 06, 2025

Living Alone Does Not Mean Living Lonely

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By ERIC KLINENBERG The New York Times , February 4, 2012 MORE people live alone now than at any other time in history. In prosperous...

FCKH8 on Gay Pride Day

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HAPPY PRIDE All pics + texts form FCKH8.com Facebook wall
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Hallelujah, a Queer Dance

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Historic Montreal Church Is Backdrop for Queer Love Story Dance Video June 3, 2019 / by  Francis DeBernardo, Editor The dancers soa...
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Tuesday, April 29, 2025

What is an Internet Troll?

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By Timothy Campbell July 13, 2001  Here are a few excerpts from Timothy Campbell's article on Internet trolls: An Internet "trol...
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Hate Speech Online and Off

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Rumi Chunara, an assistant professor of biostatistics at the School of Global Public Health (GPH) and computer science and engineering at...

B2 Advertising Techniques

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Different ways to advertise a product: Avant garde : the suggestion that using this product puts the user ahead of the times,   e.g. a t...
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Studio 54: 'The Best Party of Your Life'

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By Vincent Dowd BBC World Service 26 April 2012 It's 35 years since Studio 54 opened in New York. It quickly became the best k...

The Death of Conversation

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By Damon Beres ,  The Huffington Post   2 August, 2015 It looks like smartphones really have killed the concept of "idle time."...

Sense8_series

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Sense8 tells the story of eight strangers played by an impressive cast of international actors and actresses: Will (Smith), Riley (Middle...
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Quoting Groucho Marx :)

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"I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book." "I never...
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A Letter Home

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Aisling Brennan , a 12-year-old Irish primary school girl, is the winner of the Young Travel Writers Competition at this year's Lismore...
Sunday, April 27, 2025

Español en inglés, inglés en español

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Por  CARLOS MARTÍN GAEBLER Instituto de Idiomas, Universidad de Sevilla He desarrollado mi carrera profesional enseñando inglés y españo...
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