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The Trailer for the New Version of The Sims 4 shows the Story of a Lesbian Couple

Published on March 7, 2022

On Valentine’s Day, a new version of the popular video game, The Sims 4, My Wedding Stories will be added

Video game company EA (Electronic Arts) has released a new trailer, which tells the story of a lesbian couple’s marriage.

The story takes place in the world of Sims and is featuring the Sims version of Etta James’s song, At Last. The trailer tells the story of two women who decide to get married and start a family.

Fans of the popular video game have not overlooked this fact and there have already been numerous comments on the internet.

In the new version of the video game, gamers will be able to create an unforgettable love story, meet each other, plan an ideal wedding and honeymoon.

As a representative of EA says, the company has consulted a lot with different groups and tried to make the new version of the game more tailored to the needs and requirements of a diverse community.

My Wedding Stories will be available for various electronic devices from February 17th. (PC, Mac, Xbox one, Xbox Series X, PS4, PS5)

Sims is a social, simulation video game that was first released in 2000 and has sold over 200 million CDs of the game. With the help of video game, the user can create a sim and control their life in the virtual world.

Euphoria will Return to Screens for a Third Season

Published on March 7, 2022

Queer Entertainment

The Emmy award winning, HBO hit series Euphoria will return to screens for a third season. The information was spread on HBO social networks.

The second season of the series is currently underway and as we know, compared to the first season (6.6 million), the number of viewers of the second season has increased by 100% (14 million).

“Sam, Zendaya and the whole creative team of Euphoria have taken the second season of the series to a whole new height,” said Francesca Ors, HBO Vice President.

The series tells the story of a 17-year-old Rue (Zendaya) drug addict who tries to cope with life’s challenges. The series is based on the Israeli TV series of the same name. The American version is directed and created by Sam Levison.

It is not yet known when the third season of the series will be released, however it is known that we will see the finale of the second season of the series on February 27th.

VICTORIA’S SECRET Collaborates with a Black Transgender Model for the First Time

Published on March 7, 2022

Queer Entertainment

Ticket star Emira D’Spain, known as XOXOEMIRA on social media, has become Victoria’s first black transgender model. The 25-year-old model appeared in a TikTok video of a lingerie company on Valentine’s Day and suggested ways to spend Valentine’s Day happily to single people.

“My platform is based on self-confidence and self-love. I want to empower young transgender girls and boys and show them that the beauty and fashion industry is changing, especially for people of color. I’m proud to work with Victoria’s Secret and I hope it creates opportunities for other people as well,” said Emira D’Spain.

In 2018, Victoria’s Secret had a scandal as the company’s head of marketing, Ed Razek, made transphobic comments as well as weight-based discriminatory comments. The company is still trying to restore the damaged image and has become more inclusive. In 2019, Brazilian model Valentina Sampaio became the first transgender woman the brand collaborated with, and D’Spain became the first black transgender woman to sign a contract with the brand.

5 Tips – How to Protect Your Body During the Holidays

Published on March 7, 2022

Queer Care

In the last two years our bodies have been through a lot… Everything from illness, grief and losses caused by the pandemic, to feeling of rejoicing and relief. There is a feeling as if we have all been through a great defeat and we have not yet come out of this state.

In this process, our bodies were our constant companions. Maybe they have changed form, with or without our control. It is natural and expected that our attitude towards our body may change. During the pandemic, some of us began to accept more of our body and concentrate on feeling better in our own skin. Having time away from the outside world allowed us to have a stronger connection with ourselves, but, on the other hand, we might get tired of being alone.

It can be that during the holidays, the emotions we experience about our body become more intense. For example, when you visit family and relatives, meet old friends, or just go to a service party, it will be difficult to avoid comments from others about your body size, as well as gender expression, comments about what you eat, how you dress and so on. Because of the above factors, getting back into an environment we are used to because of a pandemic can be especially difficult this year.

Developing some good and clever strategies will be a great help to avoid such unpleasant moments. Reflection, proper understanding of the situation and setting clear boundaries – these are the tools that play an important role. Offer expert opinions and advice that will help you increase your self-confidence, avoid unwanted tension and maintain a good mood during the holidays, no matter how it develops.

Work on accepting yourself

How we connect with our bodies can be very similar to any other relationship – sometimes pleasant, sometimes frustrating, or imperfect – in any case, it’s all perfectly normal. Accepting your body requires a lot of effort, one of the first steps is creating a space for yourself.

“It’s important to let friends and family know when we feel insecure about our bodies so they can support us. Of course, there are people who are not empathetic and will try to dismiss this. We may have emotions that go against our values, for example, if you are happy with your body, naturally comments about it will affect you more. We can learn to control our emotions.” said Sonale Rashatwari, co-founder of the Radical Therapy Center and a licensed social worker.

Be prepared to respond and set boundaries

There are circumstances when our body gets more attention than usual. Holidays with family can be one of such circumstances. Queer blogger, Alice Dalesandro Santiago writes that people will definitely try to comment, so be prepared to respond. There are a number of potential strategies for it, it comes down to what is comfortable for you, as well as what the context is and who the people involved are.

When communicating with family, humor is especially helpful. “It will make people laugh and help them remember that there are better ways to say something. Also, we can tell them directly that we do not like it when people talk about our body and gender, but we love it when people tell us that they miss us. We need to have a supply of answers that we can use in the right situations,” Rashatvari said. It may also be helpful to make it clear that we are not going to engage in a conversation in which we may be insulted.

Don’t take it personally

Sometimes when we are frightened by our own vulnerability, it can help to remember we are not alone. No one thinks more about you than about themselves. ” – says Santiago.

People are programmed to comment on appearance. It has absolutely nothing to do with us as individuals. Why do we think people tell us things that do not concern our bodies? This is a kind of stereotype in society – people make unnecessary comments about others’ appearance. When someone comments on your body, nutrition and gender expression, it often reflects on how they relate it to themselves.

Listen to your body, understand what it wants

The most important thing is to keep in touch with our bodies and not what others say about it. During the holidays, food can be moralized, which is definitely a big challenge, especially for those who are struggling with eating disorders.

Food can be associated with love. Dining with family, especially during the holidays, can bring us a lot of associations. Food has no moral value – we should not force ourselves to eat what we do not want, just because we do not want to offend any of our family members, and we should not give up food because they might make uncomfortable comments about it. Finally, communication on this topic should take place only with yourself, the participation of family members in it is not mandatory.

Do not cut off communication with your supporters

It is easy to feel isolated when it comes to criticizing our body. If you don’t have someone around to support you, try to find a supportive family member. Also, it is possible to send a short text message to a friend about what is happening to you in a particular situation, so that you do not feel excluded and alone.

It is necessary for friends to know what you need, when you feel good, or vice versa. You should not hide when they hurt your feelings nor say what they said or did was okay.

While we try to get used to the old way of life, at the end of the day we still have to return home with ourselves. Finally, making peace with our bodies, caring for them and devoting time to them – this is the best gift we can give ourselves.

Queer People Rate Their Experience on Dating Sites

Published on March 7, 2022

Queer Care

Often, dating apps are the only dating tool for queer people. There are queer friendly spaces where social relationships can be established, however for people who do not even talk about their sexual orientation with friends, those social spaces are also less available.

According to a 2019 study by the PEW RESEARCH CENTER, more than half of queer people have used the dating app at least once, which is just 28% of the case of heterosexuals. .Predominantly, pandemic reality has changed the statistics of dating app usage because the real spaces available before aren’t not available anymore.

Illustration: Javier Zarracina / Vox

Another important detail that is different from heterosexual relationships is the problem of coming out. You will often find incognito accounts in queer dating apps, and you will often find out via texting about a person’s appearance or aspirations, which is mostly a waste of time, as evidenced even by a small survey conducted by Queer.

A total of 37 queer people took part in the survey, with 24% reporting that people stopped texting because of their appearance, and 30% reporting that app users were often looking for someone who was not dating, with the same number saying that newcomers were looking for a more masculine person.

“I, several times, posted my profile photo, I noticed that the number of matches was reduced. When a photo of a “headless horseman” is on there, many more new people are texting me, and when I show my face, they text, but sometimes they follow it up with – “Wow, everyone already knows what you are about, bro” and block me. I have noticed and if a photo of me is there or I have an Instagram attached, more real people write or they do not believe those are my pictures. I see two reasons for this: one is what I have already said and the other one is that, at such times only those who are really interested respond. I wish I had a more open account and could decide who to text to and who not. When I talk to a blank account, I have to ask a million questions, which is a bit tiring. But how easy it would be, you see the information, the photo and you decide, whether you like it or not… “- says one of the respondents.

For one of our respondents, providing information is not the solution either. Luke says people ask the same questions that are answered in the bio.

“It will be 4 years since I have Grindr, I have been using it less and less lately, I have deleted it for several months, but, in fact, there is not much space for dating without it and I downloaded it soon. I am not straightforward person who can flirt with guys and the app makes the dating process easier, but the texting rarely goes anywhere – most of them ask the same questions that I have already specified and still, on Grindr they are mainly interested in whether you are hairy or not, whether you are feminine or not. I do not know how to answer these questions – as if there are only two categories of people – feminine and masculine, but this question is asked by 9 out of 10 people, you also wonder if your name is “out there”, Coming out is rarely mentioned. I have been blocked many times because I told them my friends know about orientation — I mean, they are looking for someone who does not reveal their orientation to anyone, and I can not meet these type of people. If you want more normal communication, Tinder is much better. In my experience, they interact much healthier on Tinder, ”Luke tells us.

Illustration: Mashable

Nini questioned her identity for the first time recently and soon decided to use the Tinder filter to search for people of both sexes, though she tells us that she has not met a person with the app yet, one of the main reasons being biphobia.

“Last year, at the age of 24, I first liked a girl who was heterosexual and it didn’t lead anywhere. I did not think much and I downloaded Tinder. At that time I wanted someone to talk to me more than to meet them, but when they would find out that I had not had a relationship with a girl before, they would stop texting. I only met a girl who was bisexual and we talked about our struggles, bisexual people are mostly not trusted. At the time I did not even know if I was bisexual or not, but that conversation still helped me. “Even now, only a few friends know that I am Bi. I realized that it is not acceptable for many, because they consider it a loss of time, but even now bisexuality is an alarm signal.” – Says Nini.

Two other respondents named Biphobia as the reason for the termination of the correspondence, while 13 respondents said that they would stop the correspondence themselves, citing a lack of common interests. Dating apps are used a lot for one-on-one meetings, though some respondents say that is why they stop corresponding. 79% of respondents consider establishing solid links on dating sites more or less possible, while 21% believe that establishing solid relationships on dating sites is impossible.

illustration: Choice

A large proportion of people surveyed cite homophobic messages of aggressive content as the reason for the end of communication, which Lucas also has experience with. He said there are numerous homophobic encounters in gay dating apps that are much more aggressive.

“Most of the correspondence is probably mostly negative for people who are not just looking for sex. Texting on dating sites is like a bargain. Want a face, body photo, data about their life, most are just looking for a virtual encounter, but they do not tell you this directly. Sex is not acceptable for me on the first date, in general, I prefer to add people to another social network and meet after dating, but most of them are expecting an incognito meeting on the same day, and if you prefer texting, they do not shy away from homophobic messages. For many, gay sex is simply entertainment and they consider themselves heterosexual. A few people, when they heard that I was gay, wrote abusive messages to me and blocked me, many even indicated that they were looking for masculine understanding and friendship, they even find it awkward to mention the word “sex”. If you have a problem with self-esteem, you are not sure about your orientation or you just have a bad period, you may feel bad or think that what you are looking for is wrong. I met the only person on the site with whom I still make friends and periodically correspond. I have a hatred and attachment to dating apps, I can not use the site and it is difficult to delete because I feel isolated,” – said Luke, adding that he had to make an appointment several times, which failed – ” Even if I came and did not like it, such cases in themselves have a negative effect. After these experiences, I think a lot more before the meeting, I try to get to know the person better, if I just want to have one-time sex, I prefer to make sure that he is really the person in the pictures.”

One of the participants in the Queer survey goes through the same path before the meeting as Luke, trying to make sure he’s texting a trusted person.

“I stop texting if I notice aggression, if there is another photo on the profile and then another one appears. Even if they are selfish and overconfident or insulting or send an unaesthetic, tasteless nude photos, the most important is photo of their face, I need to know who is texting and if it is a blank account, I ask in the beginning and if they refuse I do not continue texting them. I still try to check if it is real, it is often that they send me photos of someone else. They even sent me a nude photo of themselves and so, I ask Instagram and if they refuse, I lose a little trust, I may even lose desire. I also understand that personal information needs to be taken care of in this environment, ”said the respondent.

24% of respondents evaluate the experience gained while using dating apps negatively, 54% – neutrally, and for 22% the experience is positive. However, 49% no longer use dating apps, and 30% use them once a week or more infrequently. The 19 people surveyed also rated their experience while traveling abroad. According to 13 people, they have a better travel experience compared to Georgia.

Main photo: Getty Image

Author: Giorgi Baskhajauri

Netflix Suspends Service in Russia

Published on March 7, 2022

Queer News

The giant streaming service Netflix joins other large and small businesses and stops operating in the territory of the Russian Federation.

“Given the current circumstances, we have decided to suspend our services in Russia,” a Netflix spokesman said on Sunday.

According to CNBC, the number of Netflix subscribers in the Russian Federation does not exceed 1 million, while the number of site subscribers worldwide is 222 million.

In addition, it is known that after Russia invaded Ukraine, the streaming service suspended projects and procurement with Russia. Prior to the war, four Russian-language series were produced and co-produced in collaboration with Netflix. Netflix also refused to follow Russian rules in its news coverage.

It is noteworthy that Netflix is not the only company that took this step, after the entry of Russian troops in Ukraine, a number of giant companies or small businesses announced their support for Ukraine and suspended sales and services in Russia.

Just a few days ago, the American film company Walt Disney Picture, together with its subsidiaries, stopped renting movies in Russia.

Health Care by Raising Awareness of LGBT Issues

Published on March 7, 2022

Queer Care

LGBT people are more likely to have chronic health problems than heterosexuals, according to a study published in the Journal of the University of Washington. There are many reasons for this – ranging from lack of access to quality health care, to the fact that mental health problems are common in the LGBT community due to trauma and stress received in the early years. Controlling health and ensuring a better future for physical and mental well-being starts with friends and family.

Informing the public

Mental health problems are one of the major problems facing LGBT people. According to a BBC study, LGBT people have twice as many health problems as their heterosexual peers. The reasons for this are clear: social stigma, childhood trauma, and constant exclusion from society, which, in many cases, does not properly realize sexuality. Breaking the stigma is a crucial part of reducing stress. It not only helps others better understand LGBT issues and care for those with mental health problems, but also allows them to start treatment and long-term care for their own health.

Access to medical services

Many members of the LGBT community do not have access to medical care due to legal or social barriers. Therefore, it is important to look for alternative ways to take care of yourself. In countries where similar barriers exist, the LGBT community should turn to NGOs and other bodies to help them overcome these barriers. NGOs are trying to make healthcare more accessible to those who need it most. In the case of the LGBT community, assistance is mainly related to medicine. This is an important and crucial step for LGBT people when society is unequal.

Health care is important regardless of your identity. The risk of medical problems faced by LGBT individuals is often caused by social attitudes. To eliminate them, a well-functioning system is needed. In this regard, more is being done every year in many countries, but nonetheless, the LGBT community needs to take care of its own health.

Sexually Transmitted Infection with High Resistance to Antibiotics

Published on March 7, 2022

Queer Care

The UK Health Agency has warned citizens about a sexually transmitted disease, Shigella, which has a growing resistance to antibiotics. In the last four months, 47 cases of the disease have been reported in the UK, which is much higher than the previous cases and has a high resistance to antibiotics.

Shigella is an intestinal infection that causes diarrhea (sometimes bleeding), abdominal pain, vomiting, and fever. The cause is bacteria found in the feces. Special care should be taken with those who have unprotected anal sex, possibly having oral sex, as well as unwashed hands if contamination of the linen can be risky.

Shigella can not be transmitted: with kisses or hugs, sharing common dishes, in everyday relationships (at work or in public places)

Symptoms often appear 1-3 days after sexual intercourse and last up to a week, but sex with an infected person can be risky for up to 1 month. Shigella testing is done by examining the feces, in case of transmission of the virus as a result of sex, doctors recommend testing for other sexually transmitted diseases. It is also necessary to warn the sexual partner to do a test. Antibiotics are usually prescribed to reduce the spread of the virus, some forms of Shigella do not even need treatment, but treatment in relatively severe forms is necessary.

To protect yourself from shingles during sex: Wash your hands and body before and after sex, avoid rimming, use different condoms during anal and oral sex, do not exchange sex toys

Infected people should avoid using someone else’s towel or linen, washing should be washed at the highest possible temperature. Wash your hands regularly with hot water and soap.

Photo: CDC

Hate speech and Hate-motivated Crime

Published on March 7, 2022

Queer Care

Author: Tamar Avaliani

Hate crime is an act of discrimination and intolerance that violates the principle of equality and excludes and stigmatizes vulnerable groups. There is no general consensus on a common definition of a hate crime, which is due to the specificity of its content. Cultural diversity, local social context, and political interests play a major role in defining hate crimes.

The notion of hate-motivated crime

The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) defines hate crime as “any criminal offense, including crimes against humanity and property, in which the victim, object or target is selected by his or her actual or presumed affiliation, affiliation, or support of a certain group. “.

According to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), hate crimes are committed on the grounds of intolerance, which is manifested in intolerant expression towards race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.

A hate-motivated crime is committed because the victim actually or presumably belongs to a specific identity. “Unlike other crimes, victims of hate crimes are selected not on the basis of who they are, but on the basis of what they represent.” Hate-motivated crime humiliates and victimizes the victim. Hate crime should be enshrined in the Criminal Code and committed on a biased and discriminatory, premeditated basis. Hate-motivated crime suffers the most from a solid, fundamental aspect of people’s identity and fragmentation of the community. Hate crime is not a case in point but a result of the political culture and social development of the society. The goal of hate-motivated crime is to maintain hierarchies that already exist in society to some extent through physical violence and threats, with a hostile motive.

Hate crime is a crime committed with intolerance and hostility towards specific excluded groups in society. The qualifying mark for hate crimes is bias and prejudice. Biased prejudice always targets members of a stigmatized community and expresses unacceptability simply because they belong to one identity or another. Hate crime is committed against members of the community who are marginalized and underestimated by the dominant part of the community. Hate crime is targeted at a person or group of people who have common protected characteristics (race, religion, ethnicity, language, sexual orientation or gender identity, and disability). Expressing hatred towards victims towards non-dominant groups always carries a certain message.

Models of “hostility” and “discriminatory selection”

According to the “hostility” model, the alleged perpetrator’s actions are at least partly based on his or her negative prejudice, intolerance, or hatred of the victim’s identity. In the “enmity” model, the offender commits an act of enmity and hatred based on one of the protected characteristics (religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.). As a rule, the legislation does not define “hostility”. The “hostility” model of hate crime regulation operates in Belgium, Canada and Ukraine.

According to the model of “discriminatory selection”, the abuser purposefully chooses the victim according to belonging to a particular community. In the case under consideration, in order to identify a hate-motivated crime, it is not necessary that there actually be an element of enmity or hatred. In this case, it is important to determine the connection between the action and the reason for selecting the victim, the subject’s subjective attitude is not crucial.

Some countries that follow the “discriminatory selection” model do not mention hatred or enmity at all in their national criminal law.

Georgian legislation

Article 531 of the Criminal Code of Georgia emphasizes the motive of intolerance and considers important features of the “hostility” model in this regard. The Criminal Code of Georgia does not define hate crimes, however, it considers acts of intolerance to be aggravating circumstances for punishment and specific crimes.

According to the first part of Article 531 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, the aggravating circumstance of punishment for all relevant crimes provided by the Code is the commission of a crime on the grounds of intolerance on the basis of skin color, language, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion or other discrimination. One of the aggravating circumstances of Articles 109 (aggravated murder), 117 (intentional grievous bodily harm) and 115 (leading to suicide) of the Criminal Code is premeditated murder due to racial, religious, national or ethnic intolerance and/or on the basis of gender.

The Criminal Code of Georgia considers discrimination as a crime against human rights and freedoms and criminalizes it.

Article 142 of the Criminal Code declares the violation of human equality as a criminal act. The norm also mentions a person’s sexual orientation and gender identity as grounds for breaching equality.

Hate speech

The 1997 recommendation of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe states that “hate speech includes all forms of expression which propagate, incite, promote or justify racial hatred, xenophobia, anti-Semitism or other forms of intolerance, nationalism, ethnocentrism or discrimination. Including enmity. “

Hate speech is different from abusive or defamatory expressions. Hate speech should be directed at a specific group and should be offensive in nature, although not all offensive texts can be hate speech.

There is no unified approach to the legal regulation of hate speech. Hate speech is a criminal offense in most European countries, while in the US, where freedom of expression is regarded at a much higher standard, a content-neutral model, hate speech is not criminalized.

The European Convention on Human Rights does not protect against hate speech and can be criminalized by the Contracting States to the Convention. The European Court of Human Rights in the case – Vona v. Hungary did not consider it an unjustified restriction on freedom of assembly by Norway. The Norwegian government did not allow the activities of political unions with the aim of expressing racist messages.

The United States uses the Brandenburg Test, known as the Clear and Instant Threat Test, to assess hate speech and restrictions on freedom of expression in general. Freedom of expression under the First Amendment of the US Constitution may not be restricted unless it is intended to promptly provoke an illegal act and there is a high probability that such an act will occur. Consequently, if the expression does not reveal the composition of the Brandenburg test, hate speech is also protected by the First Amendment to the US Constitution.

According to the standard of the Constitutional Court of Georgia – “the limit of freedom of expression will pass where expression threatens the goodness protected by the Constitution, the principles and values enshrined in the Constitution. Restrictions on constitutional rights may be exercised to ensure the good protected by the Constitution. “

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Wine, Hole shawm, women – Podcast for Queer Women

Published on March 7, 2022

Queer Care

“Wine, Hole Shawm, Women” – with this name a series of podcasts by queer activists Natia Gvianishvili and Tinatin Noghaideli were created, this was their initiative to talk about interesting topics for queer women and not only them.

Natia Gvianishvili

“We decided to do a podcast during one of our conversations when I realized that we do not have much fun material on interesting topics for queer women. It is true that we also talk about feminism, identity and these topics, but we do not have a framework where the conversation can be jokes and sarcasm on many topics, healthy satire – in the community I miss it very much. The podcast is mainly aimed at queer (cisgender and transgender) women and non-binary people – this is a major audience, but it is possible that it will be more interesting for the community and involve our gay friends.

The goal, perhaps, is to break the taboos of talking about identities, experiences (including sex, relationships, etc.) and find fun forms of these conversations. With humor we can confront homo/bi/transphobes and also understand the clichés and stereotypes in the community – this can become a catalyst for new discussions, rethinking something. I really want the members of the community to be actively involved, to express their opinions and we can vote, even anonymously. “

Tinatin Noghaideli

Natia and I often talked about these topics, joked and had fun. I have a very close connection with all these mediums that are related to voice and I thought it would be good to use this moment and share the conversations that we actually already have.

Our target audience unfortunately has very little space where they can get to know themselves, we know very well how we are all hidden in the closet and I think Natia and I have the privilege of not being hidden anymore. We want everyone who is now questioning to see and understand that they exist, we exist and all this can be happiness, well-being, jokes and fun and not just suffering, which often exists only in a very serious context – in booklets and somewhere on non-Georgian websites. We want to show others that we exist, completely unpretentiously, through conversations from our room. “

You can listen to podcasts on all platforms: soundcloud, YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music and soon on Apple Podcast.