The death of a Ugandan homosexual rights activist who was targeted by a gay-hate newspaper, then murdered in his home is just one reason why gay men and straight men should join forces to end Violence Against Men and Boys. Gay rights and men’s rights campaigners have never been comfortable bedfellows (and yes I’m playing with [...]
Archive for January 2011
Is it time for gay men and straight men to kiss and make up (or at least shake hands in a firm, manly and entirely non-sexual way)? 1 comment
Phworr, look at the sexism on that! 1 comment
It’s a great shame that football commentator Andy Gray being sacked for making a sexually suggestive comment to a woman whose career highlights include making sexually suggestive poses for “the lads” got more people talking about sexism and equality than say, Coalition plans to reform New Labour’s outrageously sexist parental leave laws – then the [...]
Dads Group 2011 Starts Tuesday Leave a comment
How do you become the great dad you know you can be more of the time? Great sportsmen have the world’s best coaches. Great businessmen have the world’s best business advisors. AND GREAT DADS GO TO DADS’ GROUP! (click here to read more) Dads Group 2011 opens its doors again on Tuesday 1 November, 7pm [...]
International Men’s Day confirms support for ALL men and boys 2 comments
The UK’s co-ordinator for International Men’s Day has welcomed the publication of a Diversity & Equality statement which confirms that the day invites all men, women, girls and boys to take part in celebrating men and boys on International Men’s Day of Saturday 19th November 2011. The theme of this year’s day of international observance [...]
Gay Men’s Rights In Africa 2 comments
The funeral has been held for David Kato, a Ugandan gay rights campaigner murdered after he sued a local paper which outed him as homosexual. Uganda’s Rolling Stone newspaper published the photographs of several people it said were gay, including Mr Kato, with the headline “Hang Them”. According to the Daily Mail’s report on the murder of [...]
Grieving Dad Launches Male Mentoring Campaign 1 comment
The father of a teenage boy gunned down in a pub in Manchester, England, is launching a campaign called Fathers Against Violence to promote male role models and turn around young men’s lives. James Gregory, whose son Giuseppe was killed in 2009, is launching the ‘Fathers Against Violence‘ campaign in the Moss Side area of [...]
Bereavement charity excludes dead dads and loving brothers 3 comments
The UK’s leading bereavement charity has taken the bizarre decision to exclude dead dads and loving brothers from a winter campaign to support children who have lost a parent or a sibling. Cruse Bereavement Care’s Big Hug campaign aims to support the 1 in 29 kids in the UK to deal with the death of [...]
Free Confidence Course For Men (Brighton) 1 comment
Could do with a bit more confidence to help you be the great man you know you can be? Well there’s a FREE course for you in Brighton (UK) that’s being delivered by local dad’s champ and ambassador for men, Alistair Mayor. It’s for men who want to be more motivated, better at managing stress [...]
Men into childcare – Channel 4 wants dads! Leave a comment
Channel 4 is producing a three-part documentary series about dads’ important role in bringing up children – and the producers are looking for men who could potentially benefit from building new skills and confidence. The documentaries will follow four men as they undertake work experience in a busy London nursery for three weeks. Under the [...]
MP takes a stand for men against “feminist bigotry” 6 comments
OPEN LETTER TO DOMINIC RAAB MP WHO HAS CALLED ON MEN TO ‘BURN THEIR BRIEFS’ IN PROTEST AT ‘OBNOXIOUS FEMINIST BIGOTS’ Dear Mr Raab I want to personally congratulate you for speaking out about sexism against men and share with you the findings of The Men’s Network who have developed the world’s first Citywide Strategy [...]
