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Young woman ‘with so much life ahead of her’ shot dead. She’s the 50th trans person killed this year

Nikai David, a “sweet”, spirited Black trans woman, has been shot dead in the US. She was 33. The model, described by those who knew her as a “happy, fun person”, was killed in the early hours of Saturday (4 December) in Oakland, a

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Jussie Smollett claims he visited bathhouse with alleged attacker – and denies faking hate crime

Jussie Smollett has described “making out” and visiting a gay bathhouse with his alleged attacker, and maintained that accusations he staged a hate crime against himself are “100 per cent false”. In the initial stages of Smollett&#

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YouTube criticised after blocking young people from seeing powerful HIV film: ‘It re-enables stigma’

YouTube has been criticised for age-restricting an educational World AIDS Day film, “re-enabling the very stigma [it] is seeking to combat”. The film, entitled 27000@25: When We Were Boys, tells the story of London’s 1996 Pride celebrations, w

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West Side Story banned in Saudi Arabia and parts of Middle East over trans character

A Disney remake of West Side Story has been banned in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf nations over the inclusion of a trans character. The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that Steven Spielberg’s musical adaptation will not screen in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab

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