A tabloid newspaper has used a picture of cisgender athlete Imane Khelif in an article about the proposed Olympics trans ban. The Sun reported on Monday (10 November) that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was planning to implement a policy that would bar trans women from the Games. Sources have suggested a ban could come […]

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Ex-BBC journalist Emily Maitlis has claimed that her criticism of the use of puberty blockers directly resulted in the closure of England’s only youth gender clinic. Maitlis said she and several journalists made a concerted effort to criticise “arbitrary” decisions made by The Tavistock and Portman’s gender identity development service (GIDS) before it closed last […]

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RuPaul’s Drag Race UK star Asttina Mandella is hosting a World AIDS Gala to support East London-based HIV support service Positive East and tackle the “silently hidden” stigma that surrounds the virus. The World AIDS Day gala is organised by HIV The Naked Truth, a collective of people fighting to end HIV stigma through the […]

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