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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

Disabled people don't want handouts: we want equality

Visibility now — To mark 25 years this month since the Disability Discrimination Act came into effect, in an extract from her book 'Crippled', writer Frances Ryan argues that it's time to stop seeing disabled people as a drain on the public purse and to defend their fundamental rights.

  • Opinion
  • Frances Ryan

Have we already forgotten the AIDS crisis?

Lessons to be learnt — In ignoring America's last great pandemic, we are missing many vital lessons for dealing with coronavirus, argues writer Jack King.

  • Activism
  • Jack King

How QAnon is weaponised against sex workers

The real threat — Adult performer and writer Sovereign Syre explores how sex-trafficking conspiracy theories such as QAnon are really just a rehash of age-old anxieties wielded against sex workers.

  • Opinion
  • Sovereign Syre

It's time we stopped treating antisemitism as a factional tool

Time to reflect — After a dramatic day which saw the release of a damning report into Labour’s handling of antisemitism and the suspension of former leader Jeremy Corbyn, writer Em Hilton calls for an end to utilising oppression for political gain

  • Opinion
  • Em Hilton

A Palestinian dancer recalls Israel’s Intifada crackdown

‘I will never forget this moment’ — Two decades on from the Second Intifada, artist Raed Khatab remembers the bullet wound that left him unable to dance for two months, and how culture remains both a target of Israeli repression – and a source of Palestinian resilience.

  • Activism
  • Raed Khatab

How I uncovered my family’s Nigerian bread empire

Untold Black History — After the sudden passing of her grandfather, writer Chanté Joseph came to learn of her family's surprising history, and her great-great-grandfather's legacy as Nigeria's 'bread king'.

  • Opinion
  • Chanté Joseph

Rebuilding hope from the rubble at Elephant and Castle

Shifting horizons — After the demolition of Elephant and Castle shopping centre, writer Kieran Yates reflects on what we lose when we lose our buildings.

  • Opinion
  • Kieran Yates

It's time to open the borders

No one is illegal — A new report has concluded that Home Office immigration policies aren’t fit for purpose. Writer Ben Smoke argues that it’s time to stop trying to fix the unfixable and instead focus on bolder futures.

  • Activism
  • Ben Smoke

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