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Deception, Rogues & Lies
Deception, Rogues & Lies How the EHRC is Gaslighting the UK – Opinion LIES!! DECEPTION!! That’s not just a line declared by actor Forest Whitaker in the movie “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” but the unofficial mantra of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, or at least it feels that way when it comes
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Women’s Defiance of Transphobia
Cis Women’s Defiance of Transphobia In a political climate increasingly defined by hostility towards trans lives, it is rare, yet vital, to see acts of principled, collective resistance from those outside our immediate community. The recent petition “Not in Our Name: Women in support of the trans+ community”, signed by over 36,527 cisgender women (at
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A Historical Betrayal – LGB/TQ+
A Historical Betrayal – LGB/TQ+ In recent years, there has been a growing divide within parts of the UK’s LGBTQ+ community, with some LGB individuals and groups distancing themselves from trans people and causes. This shift, often underpinned by the rhetoric of “protecting LGB rights”, and trying to emphasise that “LGB struggles are nothing like
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IDAHOBIT 2025
IDAHOBIT 2025 Celebrating the Power of Communities Amid Rising Hostility, Across The World. Each year on 17 May, the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) serves as a global moment of reflection and resistance. In 2025, the theme, “The Power of Communities” could not be more timely or urgent. It recognises the strength,
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My Trans Mum – People’s Stories
My Mum is Trans Anyone who even vaguely pays attention to the news recently, knows how badly transgender people are being targeted. With rights on multiple continents being stripped away as if they never existed, and trans people being demonised simply because the right wing believe there always has to be an “’us’ and ‘them’”
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South Asian Hijra (Third Gender)
South Asian Hijra (Third Gender) The Rich Histories of Hijras and Transgender Cultures in South Asia. For millennia, South Asian societies have maintained a complex and often sophisticated understanding of gender, one that transcends the rigid binary of “male” and “female”, which has come to dominate modern Western discourse. At the heart of this non-binary
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Indigenous Two-Spirit Traditions
Indigenous Two-Spirit Traditions In recent decades, there has been a growing recognition of the rich and diverse understandings of gender identity among Native American communities; an understanding that predates Western concepts of gender and sexuality by centuries. Among these traditions, the identity of Two-Spirit individuals holds a particularly profound and culturally significant place. While Western
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The Enlightenment and Gender
The Enlightenment and Gender A Beacon of Progress, A Legacy of Contradictions The Enlightenment, a sweeping intellectual and cultural movement of the 17th and 18th centuries, radically reshaped the Western world. With its clarion call for reason, scientific inquiry, individual rights, and secular governance, it laid the foundations for modern democracies, the scientific method, and
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Rome’s Gender-Defying Ruler
Rome’s Gender-Defying Ruler In the long and dramatic history of the Roman Empire, few figures stand out quite like Elagabalus. Ascending to the throne as a teenager in 218 CE, Elagabalus’s short but impactful reign remains one of the most talked about, and controversial in Roman history. Their name lives on not for military conquests
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Standing Tall – People’s Stories
Things were calm, the birds were chirping, and a gentle breeze swept across our camp. As a few of us soldiers stop to take a break from the days work, the most horrible sound broke the calm setting. A mortar round flies in and ricochets off the pavement 30 feet in front of us and…
