Irish disco musician Róisín Murphy was dropped as the headliner of a music festival in Istanbul, Turkey, after her recent remarks about the apparent decline in young people identifying as transgender. On 21 October, Murphy posted a graph on X, formerly Twitter, which purported to show a steep decline in the number of 18 to […]
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Gavin Newsom has said “anti-woke” is nothing more than “anti-Black”, and charged the Trump administration with “putting America in reverse”. The Democratic governor of California aired his thoughts on the All the Smoke podcast, saying: “I can’t take what’s going on. “It’s not even about Democrats versus Republicans, it’s about this country and what we […]
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Content warning: This article features the discussion of, and statistics on, sexual assaults. Reader discretion is advised. Activists have thrown a spotlight on past comments made about rape by prominent anti-LGBTQ+ Republicans. An online post from left-wing outlet Occupy Democrats revealed the comments made by six officials over the years, apparently justifying or downplaying the […]
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Newly-elected Irish leader Catherine Connolly has vowed to be an “inclusive president for all”. The independent left-winger secured 63 per cent of the first-preference votes last week, and will become the Republic of Ireland’s 10th head of state, succeeding Michael D Higgins, who has served the maximum-allowed two terms in office. The result was announced from […]
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