Comedian John Oliver has expertly debunked anti-trans talking points surrounding transgender athletes in one of his signature deep-dives on talk show Last Week Tonight. Oliver, who has previously defended the LGBTQ+ community in clips about Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law and gender-affirming care, spoke at length about trans people in sports during an episode of […]

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Groups of men reportedly burned a Pride flag and threatened to assault people with a knife in two separate incidents at a trans picnic event in Manchester on Thursday (3 April). Trans Mutual Aid Manchester reported that at its Trans Picnic in the Park community event on Thursday, the group was approached on two separate […]

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The mother of murdered trans teen Brianna Ghey said she now considers the mother of her daughter’s killer “a friend” because “she’s lost a child too”. Ghey, 16, was stabbed 28 times in the back, head and neck in a violent daytime assault in Culceth Linear Park in Warrington, Cheshire in February 2023. Following four […]

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