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The Disappearance of Ellen Page: Hard Copy Versus Software Memories

February 4, 2021 | by Bryndís Blackadder | 3 Comments

Following her transition to Elliot, the name Ellen Page has been swiftly purged from our society’s common repositories of knowledge. Read more

Unpacking the ACLU’s Lies on Trans Sports

February 3, 2021 | by Dan Fisher | 1 Comments

The ACLU have put out a thread on twitter in which they ‘debunk’ four myths about transgender people in sports. Let’s unpack the lies. Read more

Ovarit: A Web of Our Own

January 25, 2021 | by Karen Oakey | 1 Comments

In the face of increasing harassment by men, along with censorship on social media, women are establishing their own spaces online. Read more

Elections in Palestine Could Restore Unity in the Face of an Uncertain Future

January 22, 2021 | by Athiei Ajuong | 0 Comments

Cautious optimism is the mood of the day as Hamas and Fatah reach a deal to hold general elections in Palestine. After 15 years, Palestine’s two largest political factions- Hamas and Fatah- have reached a deal to hold general elections, providing a welcome ray of optimism to a nation that has endured an almost unthinkable […] Read more

Defending “John Willy-Man”, a Children’s Cartoon About a Prehensile Penis

January 21, 2021 | by Stella Perrett | 1 Comments

Notable political cartoonist Stella Perrett sets out a defence of the Danish children’s cartoon ‘John Willy-Man’. I’ve already defended this Danish TV children’s cartoon on Spinster and had some pushback – but no abuse – yet. As a defender of Free Speech I am happy to argue my point. I am a political cartoonist in […] Read more

How I became a Trans Rights Activist — then turned “Gender Critical”

January 19, 2021 | by Duncan | 4 Comments

Medium’s continued censorship of gender critical voices has struck one man’s story of his journey from TRA to gender critical. Read it here. Part 1: Growing Up Gay As a child growing up in the eighties, I first realised I was “a bit different” at about the age of ten, when I had my first […] Read more

India’s Anti ‘Love-Jihad’ Law – Regressive and Misogynist

January 11, 2021 | by Zubin Madon | 0 Comments

The paranoia among India’s Hindu Right about ‘Love Jihad’ reflects age old patriarchal notions of women as the property of men. The planter class which had entrusted its wives and daughters to male slaves when the masters went off to fight the Civil War was now in near hysterics over the slightest interaction between white […] Read more

Clark v. State Public Charter School Authority, et al.

January 8, 2021 | by Kara Dansky | 0 Comments

The full PDF of the Clark v. State federal lawsuit is available for download here. Clark-v.-Nevada-Complaint-12-22-2020 This is a U.S. federal lawsuit alleging that a school and related entities violated a high school student’s and his mother’s First and Fourteenth Amendment rights to speech and privacy (among other claims) by requiring the student to publicly […] Read more

The Case of Clark v. State Public Charter School Authority, and Why It Matters

January 8, 2021 | by Kara Dansky | 1 Comments

A US federal lawsuit alleges that a child was forced to reveal his racial, sexual, gender and religious identities as part of a graded class assignment. On December 22, 2020, a case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada called Clark v. State Public Charter School Authority, et al. Most of us […] Read more

Misery in Myanmar for Rohingya Refugees

December 28, 2020 | by Cameron Boyle | 0 Comments

The Rohingya people are enduring brutal persecution by the state in Myanmar. The international community must make a stand. Described by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as ‘one of, if not the most discriminated people in the world’, the Rohingya ethnic group are enduring unthinkable persecution at the hands of the Myanmar state. A predominantly Muslim ethnic group […] Read more

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