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Opinion

I learned first-hand how harmful Tim Farron's views on gay people are

From Where I Stand — Tim Farron's resignation as Lib Dem leader sees him playing the victim, but the reality is Britain has rejected his outdated views that caused me and other young gay men so much pain.

Written by: Benny Hunter

Opinion

I'm a newly elected LGBT Labour MP, and I won't let the DUP take control of Westminster

From Where I Stand — Newly elected Lloyd Russell-Moyle is one of 45 LGBT MPs in Westminster, with a constituency in Kemptown that's proudly diverse. It's why he's set to fightback against Theresa May's plans to jump into bed with the homophobic DUP.

Written by: Lloyd Russell-Moyle

Culture

The gender-fluid model queering the academic world

From Cambridge to the catwalk... — As a '21st century polymath', Jacob Mallinson Bird is using queer agency to disrupt the heteronormative – opening minds in unexpected places.

Written by: Michael Segalov

Culture

Life inside the torture clinics that 'cure' homosexuality

Until You Change — Photographer Paola Paredes went undercover to document an alarming trend: the Ecuadorian rehab facilities that 'treat' gay people by brutal force. Drawing from the accounts of former patients, she pieced together why some never make it back.

Written by: Cian Traynor

Photography

Documenting the diversity of LGBT Japan

Edges of the Rainbow — Photographer Michel Delsol and journalist Haruku Shinozaki focus their lenses on the queer world behind the closed doors of modern Japanese society.

Written by: Michael Segalov

Activism

In Trump's America, there is nowhere for LGBT people to hide

My Month With Trump — Each month until Trump leaves office we'll be hearing how he's impacted individual lives in our column My Month With Trump. As the Bigot-in-Chief looks poised to sign an anti-LGBT executive order, LA-based Jeff Leavell hits out at his fellow white gay men just like him sitting silently by in his community as the flames of prejudice spread. There is no safe space to hide in.

Written by: Jeff Leavell

Reportage

Does Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron really hate gays?

We went to ask him — Time and time again Tim Farron has been asked is he believes the act of gay sex is a sin, but he keeps on refusing to commit to an answer. We headed down to his big campaign speech to try and find out.

Written by: Michael Segalov

Reportage

LGBT Londoners stand with tortured gay men in Chechnya

'Hands off the gays' — Queer people and their allies descended on the Russian embassy in London last night after it was reported that gay men in Chechnya are being rounded up and killed.

Written by: Michael Segalov

Film

The London pub reigniting the city's drag scene

Huck Film: Nights of Glory — Welcome to The Glory, a queer East London pub at the heart of the city's drag scene. Step inside with us and enjoy a night of pure, unadulterated glory.

Written by: HUCK HQ

Photography

King and Queens in their Castles

Intimate snapshots of LGBT life — Photographer Tom Atwood travelled the length and breadth of the United States, capturing queer icons at home in his personal celebration of LGBTQ life.

Written by: Biju Belinky

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