Based in the UK, Lou joined openDemocracy’s Tracking the Backlash team as a freelance contributor in September 2020, working on our global investigation into the money spent by ultra-conservative US groups opposing women’s and LGBTIQ rights around the world. Later, they became a full-time fellow and now editorial assistant for gender and identity. Follow them on Twitter (@_LouFerreira). Contact them at: [email protected]
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Published in: 50.50: AnalysisUK conversion therapy ban must include trans people, say campaignersGovernment’s proposed ban leaves all LGBT people vulnerable because anti-trans practices harm cis people too
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Published in: 50.50: NewsMost workplace sex harassment cases fail as Tories drag feet over reformsFour years on from damning report, government has failed to bring forward promised legislation to protect workers...
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Published in: 50.50: NewsNHS pulls trans health conference after speakers’ anti-trans links exposedExclusive: Safety concerns for LGBTIQ+ attendees at event that whistleblowers feared would promote ‘extremist’ ideologies
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Published in: 50.50: NewsUK Nationality and Borders Bill risks ‘sending people to their deaths’MPs warn against disproportionate and ‘devastating consequences’ for LGBTQ refugees and asylum seekers
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Published in: 50.50: NewsBritish media, ‘your bigotry is killing trans people’Trans people and allies gathered outside the BBC’s London headquarters to challenge its anti-trans ‘agenda of hate...
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Published in: 50.50: ExplainerExplainer: What is ‘crisis pregnancy’?The increasingly sophisticated tactics used by anti-abortion activists include manipulation, deception and...