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Published in: 50.50Two years after Egypt’s ‘rainbow flag arrests’, LGBTIQ people face an ongoing security crackdownThe backlash continues, led by the state with help from media and religious groups. Being LGBTIQ in Egypt means...
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Published in: 50.50UK Christian conservatives join ‘disastrous’ global backlash against sex educationWhile Muslim parents’ protests were widely covered by the media, there’s another, highly-organised opposition...
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Published in: 50.50Job vacancy: Eurasia Editor, Tracking the BacklashopenDemocracy is looking for an experienced Eurasia Editor for its expanding investigative project tracking the...
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Published in: 50.50Job vacancy: Africa Editor, Tracking the BacklashopenDemocracy is looking for an experienced Africa Editor for its expanding investigative project tracking the...
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Published in: 50.50Job vacancy: Production Editor, Tracking the BacklashopenDemocracy is looking for an experienced Production Editor for its expanding investigative project tracking the...
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Published in: 50.50Join our Tracking the Backlash investigative projectWe are looking for skilled and passionate investigative and production editors to join our team. Deadline for...
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Published in: 50.50What the rise of ‘mothers behaving badly’ in the media reveals – and what it obscuresNew comedies portray overworked mothers going wild. It’s liberating, but structural causes for their exhaustion need...
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Published in: 50.50Meet Fado Bicha, Portugal’s queer anti-racist feminist musiciansTheir music group is rewriting traditional Portuguese ‘fado’ songs into anti-discrimination anthems for 2019 – and...
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Published in: 50.50Prayers, starvation and rape: Mexico’s ultra-conservative war to ‘cure’ LGBTIQ peopleSurvivors describe a range of ‘conversion therapy’ tactics and groups targeting LGBTIQ people in Mexico – and how...
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Published in: 50.50Anti-LGBTIQ ‘conversion therapy’ occurs worldwide, new study revealsActivities to ‘cure’ LGBTIQ people are widespread globally, says report, driven by ultra-religious groups and...
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Published in: 50.50Where are women's voices in 'The Family' Netflix series?It illuminates a secretive network of influential US Christian conservatives. But it’s also remarkable for excluding...
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Published in: 50.50Young, indigenous and two-spirit: resisting the backlash against our rightsFrom colonialism to the rise of the far right, two-spirit people have been under attack in the settler-state of...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaRedadas, ataques y homofobia electoral hacen temer peores tiempos a grupos LGBTIQ+ en GuatemalaLos dos candidatos presidenciales que se enfrentarán el domingo 11 en segunda vuelta se sumaron a campañas...
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Published in: 50.50After a surge in hate speech, and police raids, Guatemala’s LGBTIQ+ community fears the worst is yet to come
Both candidates in presidential elections this weekend have embraced homophobic campaigns. “It’s the Bolsonaro...
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Published in: 50.50Trump’s is not the first US administration to ignore facts, and slash aid for women’s healthcareA little-known but influential lobby group in Virginia has fuelled ultra-conservative defunding campaigns for decades.
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Published in: 50.50After the revolution: Sudan’s women face backlash from Islamic fundamentalistsThey ousted one of the world’s worst dictators. Then came brutal counter-attacks from rich, militarised Islamic...
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Published in: 50.50What happens to trafficking survivors who won’t go to the police?In Spain, the system focuses on criminal prosecutions of traffickers - not on survivors’ human rights. This fails...
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Published in: 50.50Not a straight, white man? US religious conservatives are coming for youUnless you are part of the narrow demographic of rich, white men deemed to have rights in 1776, this new Trump...
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Published in: 50.50The backlash against sex education in the UK will ultimately harm childrenA new British sex education curriculum has sparked outrage from religious parents. But where are the voices of young...
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Published in: 50.50The American dark money behind Europe’s far rightFrom Britain to Hungary to Italy, the far right is on the rise. openDemocracy investigations over the past year have...