4 h. ago AP PHOTOS: Under the new Trump administration, Transgender Day of Visibility has a different tone

Supporters of transgender rights gathered on the National Mall on Monday to rally for equality on Transgender Day of Visibility, following a wave of policies signed by President Donald Trump aimed at erasing transgender people from government records, sports and even history.

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47 h. ago Trans people are less than 1% of the population. Trump made them a political lightning rod

Donald Trump has signed a slew of policies aimed at wiping trans people out of records, sports and even history

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48 h. ago After the End of History: British Working Class Photography 1989

Stills, Edinburgh; Photographers’ Gallery, LondonFrom loneliness in Norfolk to vibrant Indian culture in Leicester, a touring show captures a riot of contradictions. Elsewhere, Leeds is lent an otherworldly air by a colour photography pioneerGiven that we live in a time defined by the rise of far-right populism and a widespread indifference to traditional party politics, the idea of a unified “working class” seems almost romantic, a throwback to an age when Labour was synonymous with socialism rather than centrism. In this context, the Hayward Gallery’s touring exhibition After the End of History is a defiant statement, though it’s less a celebration of shared values and traditions than a series of revealing glimpses of what curator Johny Pitts describes as the “complex and counterintuitive expressions of working-class life”.The show’s high-flown title refers to the political scientist Francis Fukuyama’s controversial assertion that history of a kind ended with the collapse of the S...

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51 h. ago Transgender people are about 1% of the US population. Yet they're a political lightning rod

President Donald Trump has signed a slew of policies aimed at wiping transgender people out of government records, sports and even history

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65 h. ago Two transgender teenagers become first to challenge Trump’s ‘Women’s Sports’ order

Transgender people represent a very small part of the nation’s youth population, about 300,000 people

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3 d. ago More than 200 'Tesla Takedown' protests planned this weekend including in the UK

Tesla has become a lightning rod for violent attacks and vandalism in the months since CEO Elon Musk joined the Trump administration and now protests have spread to the UK

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4 d. ago Another federal judge blocks Trump policy banning transgender troops in the military

A U.S. judge in Washington state has blocked enforcement of President Donald Trump’s order banning transgender people from serving in the military

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4 d. ago Why so many countries are turning to PROTEST and rioting in the streets... and what Donald Trump has to do with it

Major civil unrest has rocked Turkey for more than a week following the arrest of the popular Istanbul mayor and opposition politician Ekrem Imamoglu.

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4 d. ago Transgender bathroom restrictions take effect as Montana governor signs law

Transgender people in Montana can no longer use bathrooms in public buildings that do not align with their sex assigned at birth

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4 d. ago Popularity ratings of Scottish party leaders revealed, including SNP's John Swinney

The results of the YouGov poll don’t make for particularly great reading for any of Scotland’s political party leaders

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5 d. ago Figure of 262,000 transgender people in England and Wales in the latest census was wrong, ONS finally admits

Bosses at the Office for National Statistics said data suggesting there were 262,000 trans individuals 'should not be used' as an exact reflection of the population.

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7 d. ago Trump administration cancels at least 68 grants focused on LGBTQ health questions

A surge of grant cancellations hit researchers focused on the health of gay, lesbian and transgender people last week, as the Trump administration continues to target what it describes as ideologically driven science

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9 d. ago Denmark advises transgender people to contact US Embassy before traveling to the United States

The Danish foreign ministry has changed its U.S. travel advisory for transgender people

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1 week ago Popular Lib Dem given stern dressing down after crossing the floor for a stroke

Jennie the Guide Dog was summoned by Lib Dem chief whip Wendy Chamberlain after she brazenly crossed the Commons floor to be petted by gleeful Labour MPs

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1 week ago Federal judge blocks Trump administration from banning transgender people from military service

A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender people from serving in the U.S. military

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2 w. ago Democratic Party’s popularity hits record low, according to new polls

While things are looking up for President Trump, things are looking woefully down for Democrats as the party suffers its lowest favorability rating since CNN’s polling in 1992

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2 w. ago Trump administration briefing: US president to speak to Putin this week; Democrats train fire on Musk

Russian president ‘accepts the philosophy’ of US’s Ukraine ceasefire terms, says US envoy; Musk’s popularity falls – key US politics stories from Sunday at a glanceUS president Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff said on Sunday that he expected the US president to speak with Vladimir Putin this week, adding that the Russian president “accepts the philosophy” of Trump’s ceasefire and peace terms.Witkoff told CNN that discussions with Putin over several hours last week were “positive” and “solution-based”. He declined to confirm when asked whether Putin’s demands included the surrender of Ukrainian forces in Kursk; international recognition of Ukrainian territory seized by Russia as Russian; limits on Ukraine’s ability to mobilise; a halt to western military aid; and a ban on foreign peacekeepers. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Judge hopes to rule next week on Trump order banning transgender people from military service

A federal judge says she hopes to rule next week on whether to block President Donald Trump’s administration from banning transgender people from serving in the U.S. military

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2 w. ago New analysis reveals the extent of Fox News’ obsession with Trump’s anti

Of the 86 cable news segments on Trump’s orders targeting transgender people and rights, only 14 percent featured trans or gender non-conforming guests.

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2 w. ago I’m a transgender veteran. Trump’s military order is reckless and dangerous | Alleria Stanley

Trans people are twice as likely as US adults overall to serve in the armed forces. But we’re regularly told our careers and lives aren’t worth savingLate last month, the Trump administration moved to fire transgender people serving in the armed forces.This includes those who have honorably served for for 19 years (one year short of retirement) those who’ve served honorably in combat situations, and those in whom the military has already invested millions of dollars in training. Continue reading...

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