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The ‘Swedish model’

Hailed by politicians and feminists in the UK and beyond as the best approach to prostitution, but those in the sex industry claim it does more harm than good.

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Fashion Victims

Fashion :: Deviance :: Film :: Comedy :: Review :: DVD Review 22 Aug 2008

Lindsay West: Despite its vague billing as a risque German 'gay interest' comedy, Fashion Victims is in truth a far straighter affair than the rainbow titles and sartorial subtext might first imply. Looking more like a mortgage advisor than a fashion rep, Wolfgang (...

Can't buy me love?

Deviance :: Feature 07 Aug 2008

Debbie Martin: The first time I went into a sex shop, it was with a former boyfriend. He persuaded me by degrees. First it was, "Let’s just look in the window." Then, "Let’s buy you some seamed stockings," then, "let’s have a peek at the accessor...

The Healing Hooker

Deviance :: Feature 23 Jul 2008

Slutty McWhore: From John Cleland's Fanny Hill to Jack Kerouac's Tristessa, prostitutes - or sex workers in modern parlance - have often made an appearance in works of fiction. It is, however, Scotland's very own Luke Sutherland who has most impressed me with his depi...

QueerMutiny: Queer-A-Go-Go, Aug 2008

Deviance :: Film :: Preview 14 Jul 2008

Jess Travis: QueerMutiny has been radicalizing Edinburgh's gay scene with its 'Do-It-Yourself, Doing-Each-Other, Diversity and Perversity' attitude since January of this year. This 'non-hierarchical kollective' offers an autonomous space free from sexual and gender...

Very Young Girls

Deviance :: Film :: Review 27 Jun 2008

Nine: A harrowing look at child prostitution, the documentary Very Young Girls follows Rachel Lloyd and her staff at GEMS in New York, assisting girls who were introduced to 'the life' at an average age of thirteen. The film gives plenty of insight into the ...

LGBT Youth 'National Gathering', Dundee, 5-6 Jul

Deviance :: Preview 23 Jun 2008

Laura Barbour: As a city normally renowned for its "jute, jam and journalism", Dundee is soon to be livened up by LGBT Youth Scotland's 'National Gathering' event. Spanning two days, the event promises to provide support and advice to young people in the form of wor...

Safety Before Ideology: Comments on the Swedish Model

Deviance :: Feature 19 Jun 2008

Paul Mitchell: Dynamite, gender equality and flat pack furniture! For a country of just over nine million people, Sweden has punched well above its weight in exporting various ideas around the world. Now we have another one coming our way. Britain, among other count...

Tuppy Owens: Interview with a Love Doctor

Deviance :: Feature 17 Jun 2008

Paul Mitchell: Having brazenly signed off on her emails as 'Dr Tuppy Owens, at the Centre of the Erotic Universe', the lady in question smirks when it is suggested that her home in the Highlands, near Inverness, is an odd location for such an accolade. "Don't be so s...

Tick Tock Lullaby

Deviance :: Film :: DVD Review 16 Jun 2008

Djuna Bee: There’s a scene in Will and Grace where Jack says the "great unspoken gay secret" is that most gay movies are dreadful. Sadly, Tick Tock Lullaby doesn’t do much to disprove this. Sasha (writer and director Gornick) and girlfriend Maya (C...

Head On

Deviance :: Film :: DVD Review 09 Jun 2008

Djuna Bee : There’s an aching sadness about Head On that you can’t fully fathom until the very end. Over the space of 24 hours, director Ana Kokkinos paints a fantastic picture of 19 year old Ari (Dimitriades): unemployed and living at home in a shab...

Top 5 Deviance Events in June

Deviance :: Heads Up :: Preview 22 May 2008

Nine: Perspectives on sex work and prostitution from Sweden and India 3 Jun, European Room, City Chambers, High St, Edinburgh With speakers Pye Jakobsson on the Swedish model of criminalising sex workers’ clients, and Meena Seshu of SANGRAM, a thousa...

Welcome to Deviance

Deviance :: Feature 21 Apr 2008

Nine: Hello and welcome to the Deviance section. It used to be the LGBT section, but now it’ll be covering a broader range of topics along the gender & sexuality spectrum. And, having conducted numerous behind-the-scenes focus groups, I’m all...

Reclaiming Trans Sexuality

Deviance :: Feature 21 Apr 2008

Alma Cork: It’s partly due to the sexualisation of transsexuality through porn that many transwomen go to great lengths to point out that their gender has nothing to do with their sexuality; that they’re not transitioning for a thrill. Which is not t...

Ladyfest

Deviance :: Heads Up :: Preview 17 Apr 2008

Nine: Celebrating women in the arts, culture, and society, Edinburgh’s first ever Ladyfest takes place throughout May. Highlights include Get Racy!!, an event on race, culture and subcultures; a workshop on faith and feminism; a wide range of film scre...

Lock Up Your Daughters Launch

Deviance :: Review 17 Apr 2008

Gareth K Vile: Even before its first issue, Lock Up Your Daughters came armed for bear: check out the breathless and antagonistic introduction on their web pages. Picking up on the queer anger that drove forward the political process that eventually transformed Scott...

Exasperated Tranny Hits Out at Media Cliches

Deviance :: Feature 01 Apr 2008

Ioana Poprowka: This morning I woke up with a hangover. I took some painkillers. I bought eggs, but couldn't face food. Eventually I had a coffee; I read the paper and listened to the radio, and I wondered what I would have for dinner. For the record, I'm leaning towa...

Namoli Brennet

Deviance :: Feature 01 Apr 2008

Alma Cork: Namoli Brennet, a transgendered artist hailing from Tucson, Arizona, has played hundreds of performances and independently produced and released five CDs on her own label since 2002. Her smooth soulful voice, conjuring images of Tracy Chapman, pairs wi...

Club Wotever

Deviance :: Preview 06 Mar 2008

Lizzie Maran: Gay? Bi? Trans-something? Not sure what you are this month? Well you're in luck, my friend, as London's fabulous Club Wotever is heading north!In fact, Wotever is more than a club. It describes itself as 'a club that is an idea that is a party that is ...

Four Minutes

Deviance :: Film :: Review 06 Mar 2008

Jessica Gregson: Despite the dubious marketing which seems to suggest Four Minutes is some sort of sexy murder flick, it turns out the film is a subtle but powerful exploration of the growing relationship between Traude, an elderly and intolerant piano teacher in a wom...

The Gay Scientologist: Quentin Hubbard, 1954-1976

Deviance :: Feature 06 Mar 2008

Jack Parson: You might have seen free personality tests. They're offered by the organisation that calls itself a church in almost every country but this one (where this is not legally allowed) - Scientology. These are recruitment points for the organisation. They p...

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