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 US conservative groups opposing LGBTQ+ rights around the world. Later, they became a full-time fellow and now reporter for gender and identity, with a particular focus on UK trans rights. Follow them on Twitter (@_LouFerreira). Contact them at: [email protected]
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationRevealed: US Capitol protesters are still fundraising via Amazon and PayPalTech giants are under pressure to ‘sever all ties to hate groups and white supremacists’.
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Published in: 50.50openDemocracy feminist investigations cited 400 times across global mediaIn 2020 the Tracking the Backlash team increased media coverage of critical women’s and LGBT rights issues around...
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Published in: 50.50Meet the trans artist trading tattoos for top surgeriesTITS4TATS: While British healthcare fails trans people, Billy Slicks is one of the LGBTIQ artists stepping up....
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationDozens of anti-LGBT groups fundraising on Amazon despite equality pledgesRevealed: Online shopping giant – whose profits have soared during COVID-19 – has given a platform for many US...
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Published in: 50.50Faith leaders condemn US Christian Right groups ‘exporting hate’Progressive Christians denounce right-wing groups for denying LGBTIQ rights, spreading misinformation and...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationInteractive: Explore US Christian Right ‘dark money’ spending globally$280m in ‘dark money,’ 28 organisations, seven different regions – the US Christian Right’s global influence visualised