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The ICC ruling is the first ever issued against an individual with the support of wealthy Western nations, and will...
Read moreDetailsJennie Kermode is an author and journalist based in Paisley who specialises in LGBTQ issues and film. Her work has appeared in the likes of New Internationalist, the New Statesman and the Independent, she is a commissioning editor at Eye For Film and her most recent book is Growing Older as a Trans and/or Non-Binary Person.
The ICC ruling is the first ever issued against an individual with the support of wealthy Western nations, and will...
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Read moreDetailsThere’s more to the debate over assisted dying than religious disagreement, and disabled people’s voices need to be heard
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Read moreDetailsThe ninth edition of the Scottish Queer International Film Festival (SQIFF) will be held in the CCA and GFT this...
Read moreDetailsThe charity Attitude is Everything to set new standards, giving D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people improved opportunities
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Read moreDetailsThis election, the SNP fell foul of the voters for the same reason it first found favour: because Scotland won’t...
Read moreDetailsThe most consistent trend in the general election was concern about climate change and the rise of Green candidates everywhere
Read moreDetailsNational Records of Scotland makes bold claims based on its new data about LGBTQ+ people from the 2022 census. Can...
Read moreDetailsOver two-thirds of the candidates standing for election in Scotland are male. How can this give us MPs who represent...
Read moreDetailsBillionaires may buy their way into social media, but it will always disappoint them – because they’re not part of...
Read moreDetailsThe 'first past the post' voting system means that if Labour votes increase in Scotland, some marginal constituencies could go...
Read moreDetailsThe collapse of Scotland’s coalition government and subsequent events may seem confusing – we’re looking at it through the wrong...
Read moreDetailsAs Uganda’s Constitutional Court upholds the Anti-homosexuality Act, we look at how one man from Kalangala was forced to live...
Read moreDetailsA campaign against Scotland’s new hate crime law has made headlines, but it won’t do what critics claim and will...
Read moreDetailsThe Glasgow Film Festival serves up a feast of international flavours with which to celebrate its 20th birthday
Read moreDetailsWhy homelessness is such a significant problem in the LGBTQ+ community and how the government needs to take urgent action...
Read moreDetailsIntersex people in the UK still face surgery just for the sake of ‘normality’
Read moreDetailsWoman left distraught after racially aggravated harassment case is dropped
Read moreDetailsThe author skilfully lays out our darkest discriminatory history, the challenges of the present and the tangible benefits of an...
Read moreDetailsStonewall seeks help to evacuate or support those at risk
Read moreDetailsScots reflect on the ongoing need for protest
Read moreDetailsDo titles really represent who we are as people? Learn the results of Gender Census with regard to new words,...
Read moreDetailsMental health worsening in vulnerable population
Read moreDetailsVictor Madrigal-Borloz comments after ten day official visit
Read moreDetailsIncreasingly draconian laws passed in Florida
Read moreDetailsBeltane, a festival that happens every year in Edinburgh represents a lesson from nature concerning asexuality.
Read moreDetailsJennie Kermode stresses how Scotland hasn't progressed well with regard to non-therapeutic surgeries on intersex/VSC children and with equality and...
Read moreDetailsThe English Human Rights Commission's last proposal seems too simplistic and not in tune with the Equality Act.
Read moreDetailsRoddick with her expertise will reassure equal rights.
Read moreDetailsOn the Transgender Awareness Day, Jennie Kermode points out trans people feelings, some facts and how trans voices are rarely...
Read moreDetailsStartling anti-LGBQ laws, which has passed in the Ugandan Parliament brings a deep worry towards human rights.
Read moreDetailsJennie Kermode points out the repercussions within the LGBTQ+ community after comments from Kate Forbes
Read moreDetailsBrazilian President affirms commitment to LGBTQ and intersex citizens. Lula da Silva discussed human rights objectives in Washington DC
Read moreDetails16-year-old girl was stabbed to death in Cheshire after years of bullying. Incident is one of several violent attacks on...
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