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Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has criticised Labour this week for "abandoning" women over its stance on the rights of transgender people. Writing in The Times, Rowling, a former Labour donor, said she would struggle to vote for Keir Starmer in the upcoming general elections. Rowling's comments refer to Labour’s pledge to “modernise” the process by which people can change gender. In its election manifesto, Labour has committed to making it easier for people to legally change gender, replacing the “outdated” necessity to present evidence showing that a person has lived as their new gender for...
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LGBTQ+ city breaks in Europe tend to revolve around major queer culture hubs - Berlin, Amsterdam, Barcelona, and so on. On a recent weekend in Zurich, however, I discovered an understated yet thriving queer scene that deserves far more attention. Here’s why you should add Switzerland’s biggest city to your LGBTQ+ travel list - in Pride Month and beyond. Inclusivity is the name of the gameCelebrating 30 years of Pride in Zurich this year, the city’s queer scene is undoubtedly younger than some others in Europe - but that results in a welcoming, community-driven energy that makes you feel instan...
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From phallic bottle openers to branded shot glasses, tacky souvenirs are never hard to find in a tourist hotspot. But one European city is looking to bring in regulations on just how tasteless these gifts can be. Barcelona city council is considering banning the display and sale of souvenirs that are “offensive or in bad taste”. This would include products that contain “homophobic or sexist” content. One local councillor has called the stalls and shops touting these wares a “shabby mess” that “degrade” the city. Barcelona souvenirs ‘degrade’ the cityCouncillor Jordi Coronas has criticised the ...
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Pride Month, the worldwide celebration of LGBTQ+ culture and rights, has begun with events around the globe. In Vienna organisers say that around 340,000 people enjoyed themselves in the sunshine. And indoors too - one post on X showed video of revellers joining Saturday shoppers in the city. But there was also a serious purpose to the fun and the revelry. In a statement the organisers said: "Pride is a demonstration. It’s about making lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) individuals visible." Europe’s leading LGBTI organisation, ILGA-Europe, published its annual Ra...
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During the Saturday night show of her "Weekends With Adele" residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, the award-winning artist took aim at a homophobic audience member who yelled: "Pride sucks." In footage circulating on social media, the singer clapped back: “Did you come to my fucking show and just say that Pride sucks? Are you fucking stupid? Don’t be so fucking ridiculous.” The British Grammy Award winner added: “If you have nothing nice to say, shut up, alright?” Saturday was 1 June, which marked the first day of Pride Month, the annual celebration of the LGBTQ+ community...
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J.K. Rowling has revealed in a new book of essays that her loved ones had tried to persuade her to keep her views on transgender women to herself. The Harry Potter author has contributed to an essay collection, "The Women Who Wouldn’t Wheesht", and in an extract published in The Times said that “people around me, including some I love, were begging me not to speak.” “So I watched from the sidelines as women with everything to lose rallied, in Scotland and across the UK, to defend their rights. My guilt that I wasn’t standing with them was with me daily, like a chronic pain.” Rowling has caused...
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When the Cannes Film Festival made history last Saturday by awarding the Best Actress prize to the ensemble cast of French director Jacques Audiard’s film Emilia Pérez, a cast which includes transgender actress Karla Sofía Gascón, one voice felt it had to make itself heard. French far-right politician Marion Maréchal, the head of France’s Reconquête! party list for the European elections, made comments about Karla Sofía Gascón. She wrote on X: “So it's a man who is receiving the prize for... female interpretation at Cannes. Progress for the left is the erasure of women and mothers.” Now, six a...
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Last weekend, Swiss singer Nemo convincingly won Eurovision with their song ‘The Code’. Nemo earned the lion’s share of the jury vote and fifth in the public vote for their operatic vocal melodies and impressive performance atop a rotating platform. Nemo also made history at the 68th Eurovision Song Contest as the first non-binary contestant to win, an important moment for an event that has long championed LGBTQ+ equality and inclusion. While Nemo’s victory sparked celebrations in the Malmö arena and around the world, one world leader was less than pleased with their historic win. Switzerland ...
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This week, we are joined by Sophia Russack, senior researcher from the Centre for European Policy Studies, Petros Fassoulas, secretary general of European Movement International and Anna Nalyvayko, senior project officer from the Wilfried Martens Center. Panelists debate the ethical questions raised by MEPs who have side jobs. Those extra roles are legal, but the political earthquake caused by the Qatarargate scandal led to tighter rules and more transparency. Is this enough to bridge the gulf between citizens and politicians, in today's fractured political landscape? “We see that they have im...
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When same-sex marriage was legalised in Greece back in February, LGBTQ+ campaigners celebrated. Now, though, the British Foreign Office has issued new travel advice for queer people travelling to the country. An update, published on the UK government’s foreign travel advice page, has warned that same-sex couples could experience discrimination in certain parts of Greece. While it states that “attitudes are generally much more welcoming in Athens and on many Greek islands, particularly on Lesvos, Mykonos and Skiathos,” there are concerns that queer visitors could face prejudice elsewhere. The g...
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