Amelia Hansford

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Bad Bunny is planning to make his Super Bowl half-time show as queer as possible

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Rapper Bad Bunny has responded to MAGA whining over his upcoming Super Bowl half-time show by using it to honour Puerto Rican LGBTQ+ icons. The 31-year-old ‘King of Latin Trap’ will reportedly pay tribute to generations of queer activists, drag performers, and cultural icons during his upcoming show on 8 February. The award-winning singer, whose real name is Benito Ocasio, refused to cave to right-wing pressure and abuse after the National Football league (NFL) confirmed he would headline the inter-match performance this year. Several right-wing naysayers called for a mass boycott of the major sporting event, branding it and the singer as […]

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Major Pride festival closes permanently over ‘shifting politics and increased hostility’

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A major Pride organisation has made the “difficult decision” to close permanently over “shifting politics and increased hostility” towards the LGBTQ+ community. The Board of Directors for Tucson Pride announced on Thursday (22 January) that it planned to cancel the upcoming Tucson Pride Festival and to begin dissolving the 49-year-old company. A statement published on its website said the decision was regretfully made after “thoughtful discussion and careful consideration” between its newly appointed Board. “This decision was not made lightly,” the statement reads. “We recognise the deep importance Tucson Pride has held in our community since 1977, serving as a space of […]

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Trans Space Force colonel forced out by Trump flooded with donations after Congress campaign launch

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A former Space Force colonel fired by the Trump administration over her gender identity has raised over $100,000 less than 24 hours after launching a political campaign. Retired astronautical engineer Bree Fram’s campaign to represent Virginia in US Congress has already skyrocketed into outer space less than a week after she made the announcement. The 46-year-old Colonel announced her intention to run for the Congressional seat in a Tuesday (20 January) Instagram clip. “Too many Americans are afraid of what their own government is doing to them, instead of being confident in what it can do for them,” she said […]

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Trans Girl Scouts sell over 71,000 cookies thanks to inspiring campaign

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A group of transgender Girl Scouts have collectively sold over 71,000 cookies thanks to a heartwarming annual campaign. Every year, independent trans journalist Erin Reed curates a list of trans and non-binary youngsters who are part of Girl Scout troops and asks readers to buy a box of cookies as part of a fundraising drive to help “make a few of their days better.” Girl Scouts in the US famously sell boxes of biscuits between January and April to help raise funds for the youth organisation, raking in an average of over $800 million per year. Girl Scouts earn cumulative prizes depending […]

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Six myths about trans athletes, debunked

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Trans athletes are back in the news again and, as such, so are the myths some use to try to justify their exclusion from sports. The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments regarding two cases that could determine the legality of laws banning trans students from sporting events on Tuesday (13 January). Several claims based on myths around physical ability in sport were used to justify bans in Idaho and West Virginia. Here are some of the most common arguments used to ban trans women in sports, and why they’re nonsense. ‘Teams are sex-segregated because boys are better at sports than girls’ […]

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US claims vital UN human rights policy is too ‘woke’ to pass

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The US has twice been the only country to vote against UN human rights policies over what it has branded “globalist” woke ideology. Last month, deputy US representative Jonathan Shrier denounced a set of resolutions protecting humanitarian workers as “nothing more than a globalist wish list of divisive cultural causes”. The resolutions, dubbed the “Safety and Security of Humanitarian Personnel and Protection of United Nations personnel and the “International Cooperation on Humanitarian Assistance in the Field of Natural Disasters, from Relief to Development” would both implement fundamental human rights protections in line with UN mandates on human rights development across […]

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Is ‘Homonationalism’ really on the rise, and what does the term mean?

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There’s a good chance you may have heard the term homonationalism used in political or public debate recently. In fact, just a couple of days ago, Spiked published an article claiming that homonationalism is “on the rise” and suggesting that it is linked to the fact that “across Europe, gay voters are moving rightwards.” But what exactly does the term mean?  First coined by Rutgers University professor and Gender Studies scholar Jasbir Puar in her 2007 book Terrorist Assemblages: Homonationalism in Queer Times, the phrase has skyrocketed in usage over the past two decades and has yet to reach its peak, according to […]

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Just four people complained about trans people in toilets in UK since 2022

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Only four people in the UK have formally complained about a trans woman entering a “single-sex” facility, an eye-opening report has revealed. A report published by advocacy group TransLucent found that only four official complaints were documented across 382 public bodies since 2022. Between 2022 and 2024, the group’s members submitted hundreds of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests across multiple investigations to local councils, NHS hospitals, domestic abuse refuges, and other major public authorities in England. Its first investigation examining council-owned buildings such as swimming pools and leisure centres found that 35 of the 40 responses reported zero complaints about trans people […]

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Ex-New York Times editor claims senior staff are ‘militant’ about their anti-trans stance

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A former New York Times editor has claimed the newspaper’s management is “militant” about their anti-trans views. Trans journalist and campaigner Billie Jean Sweeney claimed senior staff members at the 175-year-old news publication’s shut down “all avenues” of internal criticism over its reporting of trans issues in the lead-up to the 2024 US election. Speaking to Trans News Network, she said the organisation allowed staff to raise questions and criticisms over senior staff decisions through “Employee Resource Groups” but subsequently shut the groups down. “One the things that happened was that [NYT chairman A.G. Sulzberger] kind of came around and gave […]

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Trans people could remove ‘deadname’ from Gmail address under new changes

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Trans people could be able to update their email address with their new name under an upcoming Gmail update. The world’s largest email provider is reportedly rolling out a new function which will allow users to update their “gmail.com” addresses. The email service, operated by Google, currently forbids users with a Gmail handle from changing their email address. However, according to the blog 9 to 5 Google, an updated section to its support page suggests developers are “gradually rolling out” a change which will allow addresses to be changes. The new section, which is currently only present on Google’s Hindi support pages, […]

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