What is Pope Francis trying to say?
The pontiff has been called a Marxist and a reactionary, but his leadership is more enigmatic.
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The church’s gay marriage ban is politics, not Christianity
How long will LGBTQ+ people have to suffer before the Church of England changes it mind on same-sex marriage?
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How the UK’s only feminist party came out in favour of gender self-ID
After years of internal divisions over the trans rights debate, the Women’s Equality Party has taken a clear position.
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The radical bookshops shaping Britain’s literary culture
Today’s indie bookshops are as influential in stirring up political and cultural life as those of the 1960s.
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Eddie Izzard: “Other people have to join the 21st century”
The stand-up comedian and actor on Labour’s trans conflict, immigration and why she’s standing in Sheffield Central.
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Russia strengthens its anti-LGBT legislation in its fight against “Satanism”
Vladimir Putin’s struggle against the West has taken the form of a renewed assault on sexual minorities in defence of…
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A magistrate’s figures
31 October 1953: EM Forster pleas for the decriminalisation of homosexuality.
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There’s no such thing as being straight
Young people are increasingly identifying as bisexual, which can only be a good thing.
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