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‘Targeting trans people and migrants isn’t where oppression ends – it’s where it begins’

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When I arrived in the UK six years ago as an asylum seeker, I was stunned by how LGBTQI+ friendly the country seemed. Compared to Ukraine and Russia – where I had previously lived – it felt almost like time travel. I’ve known I was trans since I was four years old. But it was only here, in the UK, at the age of 24, that I finally felt safe enough to come out. Since then, much has changed. The political climate has shifted. Laws have shifted. In 2015, the annual Rainbow Map and Index by ILGA-Europe ranked the UK as the […]

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We asked seven AI tools to list ‘pros and cons’ of transphobia – here are their replies

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become the centrepiece in the conversation of online misinformation, especially regarding LGBTQ+ people.  As the popularity of the likes of ChatGPT, Google Gemini and Microsoft Co-Pilot has grown, so too have concerns over the potential ramifications, including plagiarism, scams and, most notably, misinformation and bias. Modern AI chatbots, generally speaking, rely on a process called machine learning, where a computer system uses trial and error to analyse patterns and create instructions based on thousands of simulations to reach a goal. In the AI chatbot’s case, the goal is to accurately answer a query. While machine learning […]

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The gay tennis players smashing down barriers at the French Open 2025

The second Grand Slam event on the 2025 tennis calendar, the French Open, or Roland Garros, got underway in Paris on Sunday (25 May), and there are several gay tennis players offering some vital rainbow LGBTQ+ representation. Since the days of trailblazing gay Grand Slam champions Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova, women’s tennis has long provided some of the biggest LGBTQ+ names in sport – and there are currently several players Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) tour carrying that torch for a new generation. The men’s Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tour continues to lag way behind the women’s game: Until last year, […]

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Quakers refuse to exclude trans people from their facilities: ‘This is what Love requires of us’

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Quakers in Britain have been commended for rejecting claims that a UK Supreme Court ruling prevents trans people from using single-sex spaces. The Christian group, which represents Quakers, or members of the Society of Friends faith group, argued that a ruling handed down in April, which aims to clarify the 2010 Equality Act’s definitions of women and sex, has not affected the rights of trans people to use gendered facilities consistent with their birth sex. In a unanimous ruling, Supreme Court judge Lord Patrick Hodge argued that the terms women and sex in the legislation refer to “biological women” and “biological sex.” Lord […]

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London-based scientist lured on Grindr before being killed and dismembered, police say

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A “warm-hearted” London-based scientist was lured on Grindr before being killed and dismembered, police in Colombia have said. Alessandro Coatti, 38, was last seen leaving his hostel in Santa Marta on 4 April.  The microbiologist, who had recently left his role at the Royal Society of Biology (RSB) after eight years as a senior policy officer, had told staff at his hostel that he wanted to learn about the local flora and fauna.  On 6 April, Coatti’s head, hands and feet were found in a suitcase near the Sierra Nevada Stadium. His other body parts were found the following day in […]

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Labour’s leaked Women’s Conference plans condemned as an ‘attempt to isolate trans people’

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In the documents, the NEC is urged to vote in favour of postponing the National Women’s Conference because it would be at “significant risk of a legal challenge” following the judgement if it were to go ahead – as it had in the past – on the basis of self-ID, adding given the “proximity” to the ruling it may result in “protests, direct action and heightened security risks”.  “This would also represent a political risk which would be likely to feature prominently throughout conference week,” the document also reads.  The leaked papers went on to warn that Labour would face […]

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Gender policing does not ‘protect’ butch women and lesbians

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When the Supreme Court issued its 88-page long judgement that the legal definition of ‘sex’ is based on ‘biology’, gender critical lobbying group and controversially registered charity LGB Alliance declared it was a “landmark for lesbian rights in the UK”.  “This matters greatly to LGB people,” CEO Kate Barker said of the ruling. “It is especially important to lesbians, because the definition of lesbian is directly linked to the definition of woman.”  Barker – who once claimed a singular drag queen carrying the Olympic torch demonstrated the “erasure of woman in all spheres of public life” – went on to say the ruling “marks a watershed […]

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Labour and other political parties banned from four biggest UK Prides

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Organisers of four major Pride events in the UK have jointly banned all political parties, including Labour, from its Pride events this year. Acting in solidarity with the trans community, organisers of Pride events in Birmingham, Brighton, London, and Manchester collectively said they would be “suspending political party participation” from this year’s Pride events unless the needs of trans people are urgently addressed. In a joint public press release, organisations Birmingham Pride, Brighton Pride, Pride in London, and Manchester Pride, said they will not “stand by as the dignity, safety, and humanity of our trans siblings are debated, delayed, or […]

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Southern US states are ‘facing a sexual health crisis’

Southern states in the US are “facing a sexual health crisis”, according to a new study.  The study compared sexual health resources, STD prevalence, reproductive outcomes, abortion policy and reproductive rights by state. A recent study by adult store Lion’s Den analysed and ranked US states based on their sexual risk factors, identifying “where residents may face higher dangers related to sexual activity and highlighting regional disparities in sexual safety across America”. It’s a timely study, given that relationship experts previously predicted the “politicisation of sex” prior to President Trump’s inauguration.  The riskiest state to have sex is Louisiana, according to the study, with the highest […]

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Politician calls for transgender Americans to be offered asylum in Norway: ‘We have to act’

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A Norwegian transgender politician, representing the Green Party (MDG), has advocated for transgender Americans to be granted asylum in Norway due to the anti-trans discrimination they are facing in the US. Karina Ødegård, who is on track to becoming Norway’s first transgender member of parliament, has told Norwegian newspaper Afterposten that the challenges faced by trans people in the US are similar to the persecution experienced by marginalised groups in 1930s Germany. The Green Party have supported Ødegård’s proposals. Referring to the rise of fascism in Europe and the persecution of Jewish people and other minorities, she said: “What would we have done in the […]

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