Jonathan Cooper is a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers in London and the former director of the Human Dignity Trust, which works to decriminalize homosexuality. He tweets at @jonathancoopr
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionMaya Forstater’s views on trans people shouldn’t have been ruled a beliefThe principles that underpin equality law were intended to protect people from being targeted for their faith. This...
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Published in: Home: OpinionTwo decades after age of consent was equalised for gay men, LGBTQI rights have stalledThere appears to be no appetite for further LGBTQI legislation.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionI met Keir Starmer’s donkeys – and they told me something about himThe Mail on Sunday dug for dirt on the new Labour leader. They found something very different.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionI lived through the AIDS crisis: like then, citizens must take controlIn the 1980s and '90s, AIDS taught us to look after each other, put human dignity first and insist that governments...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWill Johnson's coronavirus response violate human rights law?Johnson is failing to consider the human rights of the vulnerable.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionHow has Jeremy Corbyn allowed so many to be so hurt by anti-Semitism?When it comes to Hamas, Hezbollah – and LGBT+ rights – Corbyn needs to think more about human rights and less about...