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‘I was a radical, a revolutionist. I am still a revolutionist. I was proud to make the road and help change laws and what-not. I was very proud of doing that, and proud of what I’m still doing, no matter what it takes.’ – Sylvia Rivera Sometimes you have
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On 7 May 2025, Trade Unionists for Trans Rights held a day of action across Britain to defy the 16 April, UK Supreme Court ruling in the case of For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers. The ruling they opposed was the unanimous determination that when The Equality Act
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In recent weeks and months, parts of the Irish media have begun giving a platform to people who wish to stir up hatred towards transgender people. Mike Lovett cuts through the moral panic and the excuses of the media organisations who have allowed it to foment. On Drivetime on the
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The Stonewall Rebellion marked the beginning of the modern LGBTQ movement. Keegan O’Brien—a gay socialist activist in Brooklyn, New York—takes a look back at this extraordinary event, and the political lessons for the movement today. Fifty years ago this June, in the summer of 1969, patrons at
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Politicians claim they back LGBTQ+ rights. But has any real progress been made? Derry LGBTQ+ activists Xavier Beardwood and Li Janiris—speaking at the PinkNews Parliamentary event—held no punches in this fantastic speech given at Stormont, transcribed for Rebel. Their message to the politicians? We want liberation, and we
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John Molyneux examines how a corporate agenda is seeking to hijack equality, and how real equality can actually be won. ‘I believe in equality’ said Leo Varadkar when he was supporting Josepha Madigan in her spat with the Archbishop over the right of women to be priests. Obviously we can