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NHS to stop prescribing puberty blockers to young trans people

Puberty blockers are internationally recognised as a safe, reversible treatment with benefits to mental health. So why is the NHS banning them?

Life & Culture

Mar 12, 2024

James Greig

Life & Culture

Judith Butler wants TERFs to wake up

The eminent gender studies scholar speaks to Eli Cugini ahead of the release of their latest book, Who’s Afraid of Gender?

Life & Culture

Mar 12, 2024

Eli Cugini

Life & Culture

7 books about transmasculinity to read this LGBT history month

From prize-winning novels to revealing non-fiction, here are our top picks of books about the transmasc experience

Life & Culture

Feb 19, 2024

Liam Konemann

Life & Culture

How to be a good ally to trans people

In 2024, UK politics is plagued by open transphobia, and messages from 2019’s inaugural trans pride march are as vital as ever

Life & Culture

Feb 08, 2024

Brit Dawson

Life & Culture

Rishi Sunak is a rat

The prime minister has doubled down on the transphobic joke he made during PMQs, while he believed Brianna Ghey’s mother was in the public gallery. But his callousness comes as no surprise

Life & Culture

Feb 08, 2024

Serena Smith

Life & Culture

Brianna Ghey’s killers have been sentenced to life in prison

The 16-year-old transgender girl was killed by two teenagers in Cheshire in February 2023

Life & Culture

Feb 02, 2024

Serena Smith

Art & Photography

‘The most stunning people on Earth’: portraits of London’s queer club kids

El Hogg’s Gates of El captures the ‘eccentric hedonists’ and ‘radical fashion’ at queer techno rave night Inferno

Art & Photography

Jan 11, 2024

James Greig

Life & Culture

How does misogyny differ for trans women?

Ahead of the release of her new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, we speak to historian Jules Gill-Peterson about how society grew so hostile towards trans women – and how we can challenge this insidious offshoot of transphobia

Life & Culture

Dec 20, 2023

Adele Walton

Life & Culture

Nicola Dinan: Getting to know the Dazed 100 writer

This year, the writer published her blistering debut novel Bellies and began adapting the story for the small screen

Life & Culture

Dec 14, 2023

Serena Smith

Life & Culture

The year in LGBTQ+ politics: is transphobia in its flop era?

After a series of defeats and frustrations for the anti-trans movement, there’s hope that it may finally be running out of steam

Life & Culture

Dec 12, 2023

James Greig

Life & Culture

Young people will now be allowed to socially transition at school

New government guidance will protect the rights of young people to socially transition, which is a defeat for the anti-trans lobby. But it's not all good news

Life & Culture

Nov 23, 2023

James Greig

Life & Culture

Movement for Justice campaigners join Gay Liberation Front

3 LGBTQ+ asylum seekers share their experiences

As the Tory Party ramps up its attacks on queer migrants, we speak to three people about the shocking reality of claiming asylum in Britain

Life & Culture

Nov 20, 2023

James Greig

Art & Photography

Inside the dystopian vampire game making space for Black trans villains

Created by multifarious artist Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, I CAN’T FOLLOW YOU ANYMORE is a video game exploring radicalism, false leaders, revolutionaries and how anyone can, inadvertently, become the aggressor

Art & Photography

Oct 31, 2023

Alim Kheraj

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