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Published in: North Africa, West Asia

Published on: 6 September 2017

Written by: Olivia Cuthbert All articles by Olivia Cuthbert

‘Just manly men’. ‘Guys that hit the gym’. ‘Straight-acting only’. ‘No fems’. The message for gay and bi men...

Published in: Transformation

Published on: 7 March 2014

Written by: Jamie Heckert All articles by Jamie Heckert

I was bullied in school for not fitting in, while at home my father abused alcohol to cope with his pain. I learned...

Published in: Transformation

Published on: 11 February 2014

Written by: Claudia Horwitz All articles by Claudia Horwitz

Living on an isolated island with my dog, it was a departure to find myself with 4,000 other LGBTQ people at the...

Published in: Transformation

Published on: 4 July 2013

Written by: mónica enríquez-enríquez All articles by mónica enríquez-enríquez

What does it mean to be undocumented in the USA? Drawing from her own experiences of the asylum system, mónica...

Why was a warlord allowed to sue a British journalist?