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An academic, an arrogant minister and a fight for equality that has gone horribly wrong
Disability / Health

An academic, an arrogant minister and a fight for equality that has gone horribly wrong

Published by The i paper (4th August, 2025)

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United States

One critic Elon Musk cannot quieten: his own daughter

Published by The i paper (27th January, 2025) Perhaps only Elon Musk could manage to deliver a moment of such mind-blowing controversy that he almost overshadowed Donald Trump […]

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Health / Policy

Trans teenagers are being failed

Published by The i paper (16th April, 2024) Jason Pulman was the oldest of five children, a talented artist who ‘‘loved all the silliness in the world and […]

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Health / Policy

Prejudice towards trans youth such as Alice Litman are making us lose sight of people’s humanity

Published by The i paper 25th September, 2023 Twice this month I have been stopped in my tracks by a BBC radio interview with a woman grieving over […]

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Europe / Poland

What will the EU do to tackle the towns declaring themselves LGBT-free zones?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (30th August, 2020) Michal is a mild-mannered 19-year-old. He describes himself as ‘a bit of a nerd’, plans a career making videos […]

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Policy

This moment in the trans debate reminds me of the fight for gay rights

Published by The ipaper (2nd July, 2018) More than a decade ago I was listening to a radio item about transgender people when I made some glib comment […]

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United States / World

Storms in Texas, clouds over Washington

Published by The ipaper (28th August, 2017) The rain is still coming down hard here in Houston. And soon the president will be down also, trying to look […]

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United States / World

Battles remain but progress on gay rights is now global

Published by UnHerd (17th August, 2017) Let’s call him Joe. That is not his real name but he seemed an Honest Joe. He worked in a local government […]

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Ian Birrell is an award-winning columnist, foreign correspondent, feature writer and investigative journalist. He is contributing editor of The Mail on Sunday, a weekly columnist in The i Paper and writes frequently for other papers and platforms. He is also co-founder with Damon Albarn of Africa Express, the acclaimed collaborative music project. (Pictured: Talking to refugees in Iraq fleeing Islamic State)... Read More.

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