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The UK's puberty blocker ruling endangers trans people

#TransKidsExist — In the wake of a High Court ruling making it harder to prescribe puberty blockers to under-16s, writer Nicola Dinan asks why anyone would celebrate a now even starker absence of healthcare for trans kids.

  • Opinion
  • Nicola Dinan

The LGB Alliance threatens more than trans rights

#LWithTheT — In the wake of a popular British gay magazine sharing several tweets from a transphobic organisation last month, writer Jack King argues that these attempts to stoke division are a danger to us all.

  • Opinion
  • Jack King

Austerity is the real enemy of women – not trans people

The fight for funding — A dearth of compassion for trans people makes it easier to pit them against cis women and children. But the true evil is right under our noses, writes Nicola Dinan.

  • Opinion
  • Nicola Dinan

JK Rowling is not the victim here

The battle for trans rights — The author’s view on trans people is dogmatism dressed up as rationalism – she is casting herself as a victim in a fight she has no place in.

  • Opinion
  • Dominique Sisley

Claude Cahun: Jersey’s queer, anti-Nazi freedom fighter

A soldier with no name — When the island was under Nazi control during the Second World War, two avant-garde artists attempted their own cryptic resistance campaign. Now, 75 years after its liberation, their story is finally being shared.

  • Culture
  • Jessie Williams

A grassroots guide to surviving the patriarchy

From the ground up — In the ’70s, the bestselling New Woman’s Survival Catalog drew attention to the power of local activism.

  • Activism
  • Miss Rosen

The young skateboarder smashing stereotypes in India

Kamali power — For six-year-old Kamali, skateboarding has become a way of creating major positive change – breaking down barriers that have held women back for generations.

  • Film
  • Eva Clifford

The death of consumer feminism: will it ever happen?

A sustainable future — Feminism and sustainability are intrinsically linked. But as long as women continue abiding by the shop-til-you-drop ethos of consumer culture, both movements will suffer.

  • Opinion
  • Kat George

The Caster Semenya ruling is a disgrace on the sporting world

Rooted in misogynoir — The athlete’s case proves that, in sport, all women have to adhere to the blueprint laid forth by the bodies of white European cisgender women.

  • Opinion
  • Danielle Dash

Portraits that capture non-binary life in America

Outside and in between — In an intimate and collaborative photo series, Chloe Aftel turns her lens to one of the most misrepresented groups in the US.

  • Photography
  • Nicole Lane

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