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On eve of Transgender Day of Remembrance, two trans women killed in the US: ‘It’s devastating’

Two trans women were slain only days before Transgender Day of Remembrance as an “epidemic of violence” tightens its chokehold on the US. Angel Naira, a 36-year-old Black trans healthcare worker described as a “great person” by her loved ones, was fatally shot in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, 11 November. While Danyale Johnson, a 35-year-old Black trans

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George M Johnson: Queer, Black author vows to ‘rally harder’ after bigot calls police about book

Author George M Johnson has spoken out after a number of libraries in the US have sought to ban their young adult book.  Johnson’s memoir All Boys Aren’t Blue explores the author and LGBT+ activist’s childhood and their experience of growing up Black and queer. Since its release in April 2020 and has been banned in libraries in more than ten US states

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SNP urged to take action after MP Joanna Cherry suggests trans conversion therapy should be legal

The Scottish National Party (SNP) is yet again facing pressure to take action against MP Joanna Cherry, who has appeared to suggest that conversion therapy for trans people should remain legal. Cherry, a “gender critical” MP who has consistently and vehemently opposed trans rights reforms, was sacked from her party’s Westminster front bench in a reshuffle

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