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Opinion: I Would Have Voted for George Galloway, But Then He Said Gay People Aren’t ‘Normal’

Aaron Bastani

Aaron Bastani once admired George Galloway’s principled stance on Palestine - but in a recent Novara Media interview, the Rochdale MP expressed “shocking” views on homosexuality.

Opinion: Spare a Thought for Hilary Cass

Gemma Stone

Within hours of publication, the Cass Review into youth gender identity services had been torn to shreds. What a waste of four years of 'research', writes Gemma Stone.

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Report: There Were No Complaints About Trans Women on Hospital Wards, Investigation Finds

Simon Childs

An investigation asked 102 NHS trusts how many complaints there had been about trans women on women’s wards. There were none.

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Opinion: Why Is Tristram Hunt Afraid of Trans Books?

Vic Parsons

The ex-Labour MP turned V&A director removed three works about trans people from the museum. It’s giving Section 28, argues Vic Parsons.

Feature: For Trans and Non-Binary People, the Choice Is Between Private Healthcare or Years of Waiting

Vic Parsons

All trans people who medically transition now have to pay for it - whether that’s in time or money. Vic Parsons reports.

Feature: PrEP Could End HIV Transmissions But Tory Austerity Is Scuppering It

Sarah Woolley

PrEP reduces the risk of contracting HIV by almost 100%. But government cuts mean it’s not reaching the majority of people it should.

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Feature: Did Cuba Just Abolish the Family?

Sophie K Rosa

Cuba's radical new code delinks family from biology and attaches it to care.

Feature: The Monkeypox Vaccine Rollout Is Unfair. But Not for the Reasons You Think

Sophie Atkinson

Underfunded sexual health services and poor communication are breeding a parallel outbreak of frustration and resentment, reports Sophie Atkinson.

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Analysis: This Is Why ‘Gender Critical’ Campaigners Like Allison Bailey Are Laying Siege to Stonewall

Moya Lothian-McLean

Losing in court barely matters to transphobic activists – their goal is to envelope Stonewall in the stench of controversy, writes Moya Lothian-McLean.

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Report: Terfs Are Marginal in France. A New Media Platform Plans to Keep It That Way

Olly Haynes

Camped out in an empty Parisian office block, XY Media is a new media frontier of trans liberation. Olly Haynes reports.

Analysis: The Tories Aren’t Banning Conversion Therapy

VS Wells

The conversion therapy ban announced in the Queen’s speech has so many loopholes as to be virtually meaningless, writes VS Wells.

Opinion: There Is No Sexual Liberation Without Bisexuals

Jacob Engelberg

In attempting to assimilate to the straight mainstream, queer liberals have reinforced the gender binary and edged bisexuals out of the struggle. This is counterproductive, argues Jacob Engelberg, as it's we who most trouble oppressive sexual norms.

Downstream: How Violence Shapes Our Sex Lives

Is ‘consent’ the only dividing line between good sex and bad sex? Ash Sarkar is joined by Rachel Thompson to discuss her new book Rough, and the politics of pornography, kink, and sex ambivalent feminism.

Report: How We Won: The Ugandan Feminists Who Overturned an Anti-Porn Law

Sophie K Rosa

Ending a six-year battle, feminist campaigners in Uganda have overturned a law designed to criminalise pornography, but which ended up criminalising women’s sexuality. While this victory is undoubtedly important, there is a bigger war to be fought, they say.

Novara FM: Sex, Dissidence, Desire

Jonathan Dollimore joins James Butler to talk sex, subversion and truly dangerous knowledge.

Report: Queer Elders Are Going Into Care – And Back Into the Closet

Sophie K Rosa

Care homes should be safe places, but for many elderly LGBTQ+ people they are rife with discrimination. Now, queer elders are demanding a system that meets their needs and honours their lives. Sophie K Rosa reports.

Analysis: TERFs Don’t Speak for Women – But Don’t Take It From Me, Look at the Polls

Ell Folan

Britain’s reputation as TERF Island isn’t wholly unfounded, writes Stats for Lefties founder Ell Folan. The good news, though, is that transphobes are firmly in the minority.

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Opinion: No, Covid-19 Isn’t a Chance to ‘End HIV’

Ben Weil

Sexual health campaigners have welcomed lockdown as an opportunity for more abstinence and less HIV transmission. This kind of thinking didn’t get us anywhere in the 1980s, and it won’t now.

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Opinion: I Would Have Voted for George Galloway, But Then He Said Gay People Aren’t ‘Normal’

Aaron Bastani

Opinion: Spare a Thought for Hilary Cass

Gemma Stone

Report: There Were No Complaints About Trans Women on Hospital Wards, Investigation Finds

Simon Childs

Opinion: Why Is Tristram Hunt Afraid of Trans Books?

Vic Parsons

Feature: For Trans and Non-Binary People, the Choice Is Between Private Healthcare or Years of Waiting

Vic Parsons

Feature: PrEP Could End HIV Transmissions But Tory Austerity Is Scuppering It

Sarah Woolley

Feature: Did Cuba Just Abolish the Family?

Sophie K Rosa

Feature: The Monkeypox Vaccine Rollout Is Unfair. But Not for the Reasons You Think

Sophie Atkinson

Analysis: This Is Why ‘Gender Critical’ Campaigners Like Allison Bailey Are Laying Siege to Stonewall

Moya Lothian-McLean

Report: Terfs Are Marginal in France. A New Media Platform Plans to Keep It That Way

Olly Haynes

Analysis: The Tories Aren’t Banning Conversion Therapy

VS Wells

Opinion: There Is No Sexual Liberation Without Bisexuals

Jacob Engelberg

Report: How We Won: The Ugandan Feminists Who Overturned an Anti-Porn Law

Sophie K Rosa

Novara FM: Sex, Dissidence, Desire

Report: Queer Elders Are Going Into Care – And Back Into the Closet

Sophie K Rosa

Analysis: TERFs Don’t Speak for Women – But Don’t Take It From Me, Look at the Polls

Ell Folan

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Opinion: I Would Have Voted for George Galloway, But Then He Said Gay People Aren’t ‘Normal’

Aaron Bastani

Opinion: Spare a Thought for Hilary Cass

Gemma Stone

Report: There Were No Complaints About Trans Women on Hospital Wards, Investigation Finds

Simon Childs

Opinion: Why Is Tristram Hunt Afraid of Trans Books?

Vic Parsons

Feature: For Trans and Non-Binary People, the Choice Is Between Private Healthcare or Years of Waiting

Vic Parsons

Feature: PrEP Could End HIV Transmissions But Tory Austerity Is Scuppering It

Sarah Woolley

Feature: Did Cuba Just Abolish the Family?

Sophie K Rosa

Feature: The Monkeypox Vaccine Rollout Is Unfair. But Not for the Reasons You Think

Sophie Atkinson

Analysis: This Is Why ‘Gender Critical’ Campaigners Like Allison Bailey Are Laying Siege to Stonewall

Moya Lothian-McLean

Report: Terfs Are Marginal in France. A New Media Platform Plans to Keep It That Way

Olly Haynes

Analysis: The Tories Aren’t Banning Conversion Therapy

VS Wells

Opinion: There Is No Sexual Liberation Without Bisexuals

Jacob Engelberg

Downstream: How Violence Shapes Our Sex Lives

Report: How We Won: The Ugandan Feminists Who Overturned an Anti-Porn Law

Sophie K Rosa

Novara FM: Sex, Dissidence, Desire

Report: Queer Elders Are Going Into Care – And Back Into the Closet

Sophie K Rosa

Analysis: TERFs Don’t Speak for Women – But Don’t Take It From Me, Look at the Polls

Ell Folan

Opinion: No, Covid-19 Isn’t a Chance to ‘End HIV’

Ben Weil

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