As Pride Month begins, both history and the future hang over it. Narratives are critical. Queer activism and discourse often, like most other groups and identities, emphasises the common highlights of the past: the Stonewall Riots is a great example of this. And with this year being the 50th anniversary of the first Pride march […]
LGBTIQA+ Greens condemn the Government’s Rwanda refugee strategy. The UK Government has proposed plans to send refugees to Rwanda to have asylum claims processed. Flying refugees 4500 miles away, when they have already made dangerous journeys fleeing from war and persecution, is inhumane. We do not need a “migration and economic development partnership”: we need […]
Last week the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) released their response on the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) and so-called ‘conversion therapy’. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is supposed to ‘promote and uphold equality, human rights ideals and laws across England, Scotland and Wales’, yet this response fails trans and non-binary people, and […]
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