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LGBT equality threatened with confirmation of Donald Trump’s Supreme Court Justice

President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch has been approved by the Senate after Republicans changed the rules to railroad through a vote. President Trump has picked appeals court judge

Our Stories 15 Comments

WE ARE HERE.

“If you’re silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.” – Zora Neale Hurston February 16, 2017, I was privileged to be at a symposium organised

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Writer defends ‘The Assignment’, the film about forced sex change

The writer of The Assignment, a film that features Sigourney Weaver as a psychopathic gender reassignment surgeon, has strongly defended its content. Recently released, the film, which was previously titled

Series (Fiction) 12 Comments

PURE BLACK GREY (Episode 4)

I think the word ‘stalking’ implies that you’re not supposed to like it. Otherwise, it would be called ‘fluffy harmless observation time’. When someone is stalking you because they think

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Facebook cracks down on the vice of ‘revenge porn’ with photo matching tools

Facebook has launched a new photo matching tool to clamp down on the spread of sexual pictures without consent. The social media giant’s founder Mark Zuckerberg has previously vowed to

Editor's Desk 7 Comments

ICARH Is Calling For The Submission Of Short Stories

The International Centre for Advocacy on Rights to Health (ICARH) is making a call for the submission of short stories for publication. Information is provided on the poster below. For

Our Stories 71 Comments

NOT JUST A STORY (Part 2)

Previously on NOT JUST A STORY… * “Are you now sleeping with men?” Mother had asked. The words startled me as a wave of guilt crashed about inside me. I stared

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Breakthrough puts scientists ‘one step closer’ to HIV vaccine

Researchers have said humanity is “one step closer” to a vaccine for HIV after the latest breakthrough. Scientists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have engineered an on/off switch on to

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Soccer player Gerard Piqué distracted by opponent’s huge something-something

In the below video, soccer player Gerard Piqué — who plays for Barcelona and just so happens to be Shakira’s husband — is clearly preoccupied with what’s going on inside