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Published in: 50.50This is how we won a historic victory for women’s and LGBTIQ rights in international lawThe final draft of a new international crimes against humanity treaty has dropped an outdated definition of gender,...
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Published in: 50.50UK Christian ‘reactionaries’ mark 10 years of lobbying against women’s and LGBT rightsAt Christian Concern’s birthday party in London, lobbyists talked about their expansion plans and work to recruit...
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Published in: 50.50‘Gay cake’ cases show strength of Christian Right legal armies on both sides of the AtlanticIn UK and US supreme courts, freedom of speech has been the defence of bakers who oppose same-sex marriage. It’s no...
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Published in: 50.50Romanians didn’t show up to an anti-LGBT referendum. But the battle for equality continuesA vote to make legalising equal marriage even harder was defeated this weekend. It’s a victory for progressive...
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Published in: 50.50Will the new crimes against humanity treaty protect women and LGBTI persons?It’s time for the international community to take a stand. A new treaty could affect people’s rights for generations to come.
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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 until...
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Published in: 50.50Why is the US government meeting LGBT ‘hate groups’ and dangling money in front of them?Anti-abortion and anti-LGBT ‘extremists’ attended a high-level summit on religious freedom this week, where...
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Published in: 50.50Why the Women’s March sees Trump’s UK visit as ‘a glorious opportunity’Thousands plan to march in London on Friday and also raise awareness of impacts of government policies on vulnerable...
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Published in: 50.50The crisis in trans healthcare in the UK killed my daughter SynestraA new book, Transition Denied, exposes 'system failures' to protect vulnerable trans teenagers in Britain. This...
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Published in: 50.50Trade unions must stand, unequivocally, against anti-LGBTI discrimination at workUnions have a key role to play in combating oppression and prejudice at work. This includes the ongoing fight for...
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Published in: 50.50Intersex rights activists challenge the roots of gender oppression – and we must support them2017 brought promising developments for intersex rights. But with much work still to be done, feminist allies must...
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Published in: 50.50The state-sanctioned erasure of queer stories in Africa must end nowMovies depicting LGBTIQ experiences have been banned in Kenya and South Africa – adding fuel to the dangerous...
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Published in: 50.50Feminist bots vs right-wing trolls: Brazil’s gender justice movements cross new frontiersAbortion has long been criminalised in Brazil. It is an issue that many have all but given up on – except for...
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Published in: 50.50Same-sex marriage has become a political football in Italy's electionsThe so-called centre-right coalition is talking tough against Italy’s LGBTQI and immigrant communities, attacking...
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Published in: 50.50Northern Ireland needs alternative visions of progressive, LGBTQ-inclusive peaceMany schools, workplaces, churches, and streets remain arenas of homophobic and transphobic discrimination and...
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Published in: 50.50“Our strategy is visibility”: the fight for LGBT rights in RomaniaViolence and anti-LGBT hate crime is on the rise in Romania, says activist Vlad Viski. But he and his colleagues...
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Published in: 50.50How Romania became a battleground in the transatlantic backlash against LGBT rightsRomania decriminalised homosexuality in 2001. Today it is witnessing a backlash against LGBT rights, supported by US...
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Published in: 50.50Christian ‘legal army’ in hundreds of court battles worldwideWomen’s rights advocates say controversial US legal advocacy group Alliance Defending Freedom is ‘exporting extreme...
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Published in: 50.50Northern Ireland police must stop intimidating equality activistsThe force can't claim to be progressive whilst cracking down on those protesting hateful conservatism and...
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Published in: 50.50I'm a trans teenager in Northern Ireland, where bigotry is taught at schoolWhile LGBTQ+ rights groups are deemed “inappropriate” for educational environments, abusive and anti-choice...
