LGBT

Letters: Unite against all of those who peddle racism and transphobia

It’s a shame there’s no invisibility cloak to throw at transphobic authors

Angry demonstrations for trans rights

Over 1,000 people demonstrated in Parliament Square, London, in support of trans rights last Saturday.

Tories get ready to publish government response to trans rights reform

Women and equalities minister Liz Truss has announced that the Tory government will publish its response to reforming the Gender Recognition Act by the summer.

Fight against transphobia

The Tories could drop plans to give trans people the right to self-identify under the guise of “protecting children”, according to the Sunday Times newspaper.

Divisions tear through Labour on the eve of leadership vote

As members begin voting for the next Labour leader this week, debates about transphobia, Palestine solidarity and the party’s election defeat are raging, reports Nick Clark

Outrage after homophobic assault in Chelmsford

A man in Chelmsford, Essex, suffered a brutal homophobic assault on Sunday of last week.

The fight for trans rights

25 January 2020
A new book by Laura Miles looks at the origins of trans people’s oppression, and what socialists should say. Tomáš Tengely-Evans read it—and says you should too

Outrage after lesbian attacked in Sunderland

21 January 2020
A lesbian woman was targeted in a vicious homophobic attack in Sunderland last week.

Letters—don’t believe the myth that trans rights threaten women

06 January 2020
Socialists should campaign for reform of the Gender Recognition Act to allow individuals to self-identify their own gender

Bigots organise to block new relationships and sex lessons

06 January 2020
Bigots are organising to scupper the rollout of LGBT+ equality lessons in schools.

Reviews round-up: Art from the front lines of protest

10 December 2019
The art of protest

Reports round up: McStrike on menu at 6 stores

05 November 2019
McDonald’s fast food workers who are members of the Bakers Food and Allied Workers’ union (Bfawu) were set to strike at six sites across south London London next Tuesday.

Letters—We hope our strike at Beis encourages others to fight

29 October 2019
After being on indefinite strike since the middle of July, I and the other cleaners at the department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Beis) finally have our victory.

Reports round-up: Success for UCL fightback and more

22 October 2019
Cleaners, security workers and caterers at University College London (UCL) have scored a victory.

LGBT+ round up: Activists hold firm against hate on Soho protest

17 September 2019
LGBT+ activists staged a “holding-of-hands” protest in Soho, central London, on Friday of last week against a spike in hate crime.

Join action against LGBT+ hate

10 September 2019
Stand Up to LGBTQ+ Hate Crime—an alliance of LGBTQ+, anti-Islamophobia and anti-racism campaign groups—was set to hold its second action against hate crime on Friday this week.