Labour’s Angela Rayner – who once firmly said trans rights are “not in conflict with women’s rights” – has resigned as deputy prime minister, housing secretary and deputy leader of the Labour Party after admitting she did not pay enough stamp duty on her second home. Keir Starmer’s second-in-command has been under increasing pressure to […]

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A Shakespeare researcher has shared her view on whether a miniature portrait could have revealed Shakespeare’s secret gay lover.  In an article published by The Telegraph on Thursday (4 September), University of Warwick art historian Dr Elizabeth Goldring suggested that a newly discovered 16th century miniature of Henry Wriothesley, the third Earl of Southampton and […]

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In the north-east of Ukraine, a mere 18 miles from the Russian border, sits the city of Kharkiv, home to Kharkiv Pride. Since Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the country’s second-largest city has faced relentless strikes by Russian forces with more than 8,000 of its buildings – including schools and homes […]

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Human rights groups have urged the UK public to voice their concerns over the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC’s) “single-sex” Code of Practice after it was handed to the government on Friday (5 September). The UK’s top human rights regulator, which has faced criticism for its policies on trans people, announced it had shared […]

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