Sophie Hemery is a writer and freelance journalist. She is a feminist investigative journalism fellow with openDemocracy's 50.50. Follow her @Sophie Hemery
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Published in: 50.50Online platforms have enabled “deluge of hatred against trans women” in the UKSocial media platforms have policies against discriminatory and hateful content – but LGBTQ+ rights activists say...
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Published in: 50.50US evangelicals targeted LGBT young people with ‘dehumanising’ Facebook and YouTube adsSocial media giants acknowledge that Anchored North video ads violated their rules to protect users – but not before...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKPressure mounts on British universities to ‘come clean’ on fossil fuel investmentsParadise Papers revelations have added to long-standing concerns about universities’ fossil fuel investments - and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKSex workers fear for their lives as London borough pushes criminalisationLast week, a home office select comittee released a report urging the decriminalisation of sex workers. Yet in...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKUK Gypsies and Travellers take a stand against discriminationFacing persistent racism and a critical change to planning law, which has been accused of being at odds with the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKProtests in Calais: valuing human complexity in crisisThoughts on the UK media's representation of the refugee crisis, from a day of action and protest in Calais on...