5 h. ago A Rio Carnival parade will tell the story of a trans woman nearly burned at the stake

A Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro will present the story of a trans woman nearly burned at the stake in the 16th century as a means to spotlight trans people’s struggle in Brazil, where more of them are reported killed than anywhere else

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9 h. ago Outrage as transgender woman is handed 'Woman of the Year' award by Australian state MP: 'Incredibly offensive'

The announcement of Sydney Local Woman of the Year 2025 has slammed online as the winner wasn't born a woman.

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41 h. ago Being a man was too much hard work, so I became a woman: Inside the transmaxxing trend where men swap gender to get 'female' benefits like cheaper car insurance, free meals and sex

The 'Transmaxxing Manifesto', which was written by an anonymous Swedish man, outlines how one of the biggest advantages of becoming a woman is 'extracting resources from males'.

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49 h. ago Why Beth Upton and Sandie Peggie are victims of militant trans activists who harm own cause and help far

The scandalous failure to work out how to accommodate people with different views on the gender debate put trans woman Dr Beth Upton and nurse Sandie Peggie on an inevitable collision course

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3 d. ago David Bailey's son Sascha announces he's set to become a father after revealing he nearly transitioned to be a woman before finding love with Tommy Robinson's ex assistant

Former model, 29, who is once again identifying as a man, decided against changing his gender after finding love with Tommy Robinson 's ex assistant Lucy Brown, 34.

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3 d. ago David Bailey's former trans son Sascha announces he's set to become a father after nearly transitioning to be a woman before finding love with Tommy Robinson's ex assistant

Former model, 29, who is once again identifying as a man, decided against changing his gender after finding love with Tommy Robinson 's ex assistant Lucy Brown, 34.

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3 d. ago ‘I’m sitting on the side that’s launching bombs’: author Omar El Akkad on the hypocrisy of the west

The award-winning writer’s new book contends with how the war on Gaza shattered his fragile faith in the so-called free worldThe ugly truth of American violence has never been plainer | Omar El AkkadOmar El Akkad grew up believing in an idealized America. Born in Egypt, raised in Qatar, and transplanted as a teenager to Canada, the writer saw the west for its freedoms – a place where, unlike at home, he could check out a William S Burroughs book from the library and where the naked baby on the cover of the Nirvana album he had on repeat hadn’t been blacked out by a censor.He’d go on to build a career as a reporter with the Globe and Mail, covering the US occupation of Afghanistan, the prison at Guantánamo Bay and the Arab uprisings of 2010-2011, before moving to the US and publishing two award-winning novels – American War, an account of a future US ravaged by war and climate disaster, and What Strange Paradise, a story of a Syrian boy who survives a shipwreck off Greece. Continue r...

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5 d. ago Transgender TV megastar blasts Trump for issuing her a male passport

The 26-year-old Euphoria actress, who is a transgender woman, expressed her shock at the move in a video shared on social media.

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7 d. ago Laverne Cox’s Clean Slate offers a nuanced, hilarious view of Black trans life

The show delivers a refreshing depiction of the relationship between a trans woman and her fatherBlack sitcoms have long featured sincere and thoughtful arcs on myriad issues, including adoption, grief and racial profiling. But many shows have failed to deliver meaningful storylines about transgender characters. Shows such as The Jeffersons and The Parkers, for instance, have leaned on tired, transphobic tropes: the process of transitioning is typically reduced to a single operation that characters get off-screen; trans women are often outed by accident, the punchline in a joke about gender; or trans people are abandoned once a cisgender character who’s initially expressed romantic interest in them suddenly discovers their gender identity and bolts.Across television programs, trans characters (usually played by cis actors) function as punchlines, villains or have no legitimate storyline to begin with. But Clean Slate, a new Prime Video series loosely based on the actor Laverne Cox’s...

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7 d. ago Panama police search for Chinese woman who escaped hotel holding US deportees

Zheng Lijuan fled Panama City hotel as 170 of deported migrants were transported to dense, lawless regionPolice are searching for a Chinese woman who escaped from a downtown Panama City hotel where she was being held following her deportation from the US under Donald Trump’s intensified campaign against immigrants.Zheng Lijuan was one of 299 migrants – from China, Afghanistan, Iran and other countries with which the US lacks extradition agreements – who have been flown in shackles to Panama since last Wednesday. Panamanian authorities say they believe that Zheng was aided by locals who had been “prowling” outside the Decapolis hotel in the capital city where the deportees had been held. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Police search for woman who escaped Panama hotel where US deportees are being held

Zheng Lijuan fled Panama City hotel as 170 of deported migrants were transported to dense, lawless regionPolice are searching for a Chinese woman who escaped from a downtown Panama City hotel where she was being held following her deportation from the US under Donald Trump’s intensified campaign against immigrants.Zheng Lijuan was one of 299 migrants – from China, Afghanistan, Iran and other countries with which the US lacks extradition agreements – who have been flown in shackles to Panama since last Wednesday. Panamanian authorities say they believe that Zheng was aided by locals who had been “prowling” outside the Decapolis hotel in the capital city where the deportees had been held. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Brave West Lothian woman waiting on kidney transplant raises thousands at disco charity night

"Disco Dot" Currie has been described as an absolute warrior

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8 d. ago The Face Magazine: Culture Shift review – rebellious fashion photography with a raucous sense of fun

National Portrait Gallery, LondonThe style monthly was loud, left-field and unabashedly British. The 200 images from 50 photographers on show reflect its furious energy and explosive creative couplings SPEED SEX GORE AGGRO promised a 1998 cover of the Face. The cover star was Alexander McQueen, looking like a revenant with blanched white skin and blood-red eyes. “He wanted to express the idea of the burning rage felt by Joan of Arc being burned at the stake,” the photographer Nick Knight recalls.In its initial run between 1980 and 2004, the cult style magazine served this kind of madness every month to its avid young readers. The Face even managed to make David Beckham dirty, with soy sauce and coffee dribbling down his abs. This exhibition is suitably splashy, and with more than 200 photographs by 80 photographers it convincingly demonstrates the publication’s influence and audacity. It is a riotous romp through two decades of British fashion, from New Romantics to Gothic Romantics...

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9 d. ago How Catarina Macario’s USWNT return and young prospects will impact SheBelieves Cup

Emma Hayes’ latest US squad lacks some of the biggest names from last summer’s Olympic triumph, but there are still plenty of intriguing selectionsThe Olympic gold medalists are back to competitive soccer, though the United States women’s national team might look a bit different than you remember them if the last match you saw was the final in Paris.All three of the famed Triple Espresso frontline – Trinity Rodman, Mallory Swanson and Sophia Wilson (née Smith) – are sitting out this competition. The first woman to cost a $1m transfer fee, Naomi Girma, is also taking a break, as is Rose Lavelle. Goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher has retired from international competition, with Jane Campbell and Mandy McGlynn getting the opportunity to compete for the No 1 shirt. Continue reading...

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