Commonwealth leaders celebrating its colonial hangover jeered over anti-LGBTQ+ laws
Leaders of 30 Commonwealth countries that criminalise LGBTQ+ people faced a barrage of boos and jeers as they arrived at ...
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Westminster Abbey is celebrating the Commonwealth on 11 March – but not without protests
As the Commonwealth anniversary of 75 years is marked, people will be protesting in London over the fact that dozens ...
Fallout from Sunak’s disgraceful transgender ‘jibe’ is now even turning Tories against him
On Wednesday 7 February, Sunak made his now infamous 'trans jibe' (as the media has called it) in front of ...
Post-Brianna Ghey verdict, the media is ignoring its transphobic output – not least the Guardian
In the final ruling, transphobia was judged to be a motive in the slaying of Warrington teenager Brianna Ghey. Many ...
Just 30% of students think that university security staff keep students safe on campus
A new report from the Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE) reveals that despite security staff being a common sight ...
Iraq is considering the death penalty for LGBTQ+ people – and you can thank the British for that
A law amendment in Iraq has proposed capital punishment for homosexual relationships. Campaigners have called it a "dangerous" escalation in ...
Support for trans-inclusive policies in the UK among the lowest in the world, according to Ipsos poll
Recent international research says that the UK ranks amongst the lowest in the world in terms of support for gender-affirming ...
Elon Musk loses another high-up Twitter exec over his support of transphobic ‘What is a woman?’ video
On Friday 2 June, Twitter's head of trust and safety - Ella Irwin - confirmed she had quit the company. ...
Rainbow capitalism was always going to fold if anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment rose: now, we’re at that moment
The months running up to Pride have seen right-wing shitheads whipping themselves into a frenzy regarding rainbow branding - particularly ...
For DeSantis and the American Right the chaos is the point
As we watch the many fronts of the culture wars play out, people ask why leaders like Ron DeSantis seem ...
Florida’s DeSantis issues slew of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation ahead of presidential campaign
Republican governor Ron DeSantis recently passed a slew of legislation restricting the lives of trans people living in the state ...
UN letter slams EHRC as writing ‘formula to discriminate’ against trans people
On 11 May, UN expert on sexual orientation and gender identity Victor Madrigal-Borloz issued a report condemning the Equality and Human ...
It’s not all in your head: the political roots of the mental health crisis
Mental Health Awareness Week has started, and the theme for 2023 is ‘anxiety’. Anxiety has often occupied a precarious space ...
Letters to the Canary: family courts, English dystopia, and ‘otherism’
The Canary is excited to share the latest edition of our letters page. This is where we publish people’s responses to the ...
The FBU saying it will ‘hold fire services to account’ may not be enough to save them
Content warning: The following article contains mention of rape. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has made what it calls a ...
Stonewall slams EHRC in letter to global human rights watchdog GANHRI
On 10 May, Stonewall announced that it, along with 30 other LGBTQ+ groups, was sending a letter to GANHRI (the ...
The EHRC’s letter redefining ‘sex’ is nothing more than cruelty
Last week, I wrote an explanatory piece on the EHRC's (Equality and Human Rights Commission) recent, extraordinarily transphobic advisory letter. ...
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