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Published in: 50.50: OpinionOverturning Roe v Wade is just the beginning. They won’t stop at abortion
The Republican Party is poised to impose a Christofascist theocracy upon all Americans – limiting the rights of...
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Published in: Home: AnalysisSinn Féin could win the Northern Irish election. Here’s what that means
As a younger generation leaves the old sectarian divisions behind, new political alliances are forming
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionIs Hungary’s Viktor Orbán the US Christian Right’s new Vladimir Putin?
The fall of Putin’s star among US evangelicals leaves a void they may seek to fill with another strongman leader...
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Published in: 50.50: ExplainerExplainer: What is ‘conversion therapy’?
The UK government has reportedly stepped back from including protections for trans people in its banning of...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionRussia and the US have more in common than you might think
My experience of living and teaching in Moscow, and studying Russian history, reveals how many imperialist,...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionThis Valentine’s Day, let’s reflect on the power of all kinds of love
Romantic love isn’t the only kind of love worth making a fuss about. It’s time to expand the concept of love, as...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionWhy the National Prayer Breakfast must go
I hope I live to see the day when a president will break the pattern by refusing to participate in this annual...
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Published in: Home: OpinionRemembering the Holocaust must prompt us to challenge today’s human rights abuses
An independent tribunal’s finding of genocide in China is a reminder that the promise of ‘never again’ has yet to be...
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Published in: 50.50: News‘Gay cake’ case shows power of US Christian Right
An LGBTQ rights activist just lost his case at the European Court of Human Rights – thanks to the work of ‘dark...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionStop separating ‘good’ Christians from Trump supporters
A year on from the Capitol Hill riots, US democracy is still under attack – and the media’s misunderstanding of...
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Published in: 50.50: ExplainerWe exposed ‘conversion therapy’, ‘abortion pill reversal’ and hate groups fundraising on Amazon – and much more
This is why feminist investigative journalism matters
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Published in: 50.50: NewsPsychologists investigated for practising ‘conversion therapy’ in Costa Rica
Costa Rica’s professional association of psychologists is investigating two members accused of conducting anti-gay...
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureA glimpse into the lives of transgender people in Kashmir
Despite ongoing discrimination and restricted life options, there are signs of hope for the transgender community,...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: AnalysisSunni Islamic jurisprudence, sex reassignment surgery and transgender rights
The Sunni religious establishment is resisting transgender demands by banning gender affirming surgery – while...
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Published in: 50.50: News‘We need a full ban on conversion therapy, without exemptions’
We heard from LGBTQI advocates about the devastating consequences of so-called 'treatments' aimed at changing a...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationHomosexuality is a ‘distortion caused by Satan’
A pastor in Costa Rica tells our undercover reporter that prayer, Bible study and Christian music can help to change...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationGive up sex, say priest and psychologist to young LGBTQ in Guatemala
Therapist linked to Catholic US group Courage International prescribes ‘chastity’ in anti-gay session, openDemocracy...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationUS Christian Right group accused of promoting anti-LGBTQ ‘conversion therapy’
Focus on the Family puts LGBTQ people in touch with counsellors who say they will ‘treat’ them – even in states...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationTherapists backed by US groups tell LGBTQ Costa Ricans that homosexuality is ‘wrong’
Foreign affiliates of Focus on the Family and Exodus Global Alliance promote anti-gay ‘therapy’, openDemocracy...
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Published in: Global Extremes: OpinionSecularism defined: a tale of two courts
It is the responsibility of the secular state to guarantee both the freedom of belief and the limits that might...