Zagreb vol. 2

It's been a while that I have not updated or posted anything new about the training I applied for. You remember, the LGBTQ seminar, organized in Zagreb that will be held between April 11 and 16. If you wish, click on the link and you can read back my first post about this (link here).  According to their latest e-mail it is not at all sure that I am going to participate :(( Let's see: my application was accepted. Later, the prep-team sent another e-mail that since I am not that exciting from the gender point of view I was put on a waiting list. OMG. I mean I understand that they want to create a gender balance but on the other...

Labels are for clothes

Labels are for clothes. Exactly my point...

Flashlove flashmob in Budapest

It's spring and it's sunday. The weather is just perfect in Budapest for a stroll, moreover, for some love! What else? :) Exactly from 4 p.m. in front of the church at Deák tér, there a flashmob organized by members of a certain facebook group took place (link here). As an anniversary, it was time to celebrate that a year has passed since the first same-sex kissing flashmob. Now the event was for EVERYONE who independently from sexual...

Advertise under the ground!

Here is a genius ad from London! :) Here are two men. One of them is gay. Think you can tell which? Stereotypes are the views of the small-minded...

NOM Declares War on Starbucks

Daily bullshit is out -- NOM declares war on Starbucks for being a LGBTQ-friendly place... NOM, the National Organization for Marriage is of course an antigay association that has just decided to fight against the company. It is boycotting Starbucks because they believe the coffee chain took sides in a culture war by supporting same-sex marriage in Washington.  How they plan to do this? The organization launched a website called DumpStarbucks.com...

Celebrities for gender equality

After a post about George Clooney I am going to write one about Annie Lennox and a recently appeared singer. I like making comments on how famous starts deal with human rights issues -- you already know that I deeply care. So... who is Emeli Sandé? A simple pop singer or a rebellious celebrity? She has jumped onto the path which Jessie J or Ellie Goulding also follow... but, sometimes I just like forgetting all the hype, awards (Brits Critics Choice award), let the music speak and let them speak. We celebrated the international women's day exactly two weeks ago. London - not surprisingly - beats Budapest in the celebration, except for...

Women's parts as urinals and sinks

I've always been in trouble with borders -- what is acceptable and what is not. What is the point when I say enough? I try to find a "balanced" boundary when talking about discrimination, homophobia, sexism and I do think I am more than tolerant about these issues. But, this project actually makes me sick. Using women's parts as urinals and sinks is not acceptable, can not be acceptable. Deeply disappointing... what is wrong with you people?! Check...

George Clooney under arrest?!

So, there is a site that I regularly check: mashable.com. They are giving helpful advices from a special point of view, that is social media. The first post I saw yesterday was entitled "Twitter Users Show Support for George Clooney After Arrest" (link here) and it was pretty shocking. Not just because mashable is not famous for celebrity news but also because I had no idea what happened... Let's see the most important questions: who? what? when?...

March 15 - The National Protest Day

Since 2006, we know that whenever comes a national holiday in Hungary, demonstrations are to be held by then. Historia est magistra vitae... or, comes the Hungarian absurd: remembrance or re-experience?! -- rhetorical question since we never learn from our mistakes. One single post is definitely not enough to explain the chaos, but let's see what happened yesterday. Same deficiencies, same demands for more than 150 years, isn't it grotesque?   Here...

...to lawmakers in St. Petersburg

Just to continue the previous post... so, what is the point in protesting against this horrible bill? Ok, I mean what can be the result? Actually, the bill won't become law until it's signed by the Governor.    So, here is a list of facts, based on the article on All Out (link here):  No. 1: St. Petersburg is one of Russia's number one tourist destinations. True. That's why an international storm of bad publicity will force the Governor to think twice about the cost of signing this bill. Worth the risk?  No. 2: Conservatives in St. Petersburg passed this "gay gag rule" despite condemnation from world leaders -...

Against the Russian "propaganda law"

Let's start with clarification: this is not an action organized by me, I did not even join but I show my support.  I do think it is important to say some words -- what is going on with this issue? It already became known that the governor of St. Petersburg (Georgiy Poltavchenko) signed the homophobic law (gay gag law) imposing administrative fines on the so-called "propaganda of sodomy, lesbianism, bisexuality, transgenderism" and paedophilia...

sexual preference

Oh yes, this picture tells exactly what I think :...

Cookie action on Women's Day

So, happy international women's day for yesterday! I think I already told you something about our plans for this "holiday". If yes, I'm going to repeat myself -- sorry about that. If you remember, some days ago we "celebrated" the pay gap day, and based on the inequalities we had a compensational idea. "We" in this case means the Women's Group at the Amnesty International Hungary -- our team gets more and more excited when thinking about actions...

Our lecture during the United Nations Conference

WOOOOOOTTT! We rock. That is the conclusion of today. I already told you about the presentation our Women's group at the Amnesty International was supposed to do. The conference was held in Piliscsaba, at Pázmány Péter University -- the whole event started at 10. We arrived just in time so we could even hear the previous lecturer.   The topic - maternal death - was quite hard, we did a lot of research in the past week and when we put...

Close The Gender Pay Gap!

So what is this about? What's this gap? The gender pay gap is the average difference between men's and women's hourly earnings. This gap reflects ongoing discrimination and inequalities in the labor market which, in practice, mainly affect women. Getting 17% less than you deserve? Women in Europe experience this everyday... so this day, the "pay gap day" is another opportunity to highlight the problem. In addition, our Women's Group at the Amnesty International organizes an event for women's day (March 8) that will also emphasize the inequalities. According to our plan, we will sell cookies and their prices will be in...

Amnesty International - 50 years

This commercial or let's just say video was made last years for the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Amnesty International. 50 years passed but "we still have a long way to go"...  There is no concept why I post it now, perhaps just because I like the visual aspect of it.   ...