Not Today — a Christmas Tale
I need milk. The flat is dark and empty, my appetite escapes me but for some reason I seem to be
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10th anniversary of an iconic image
September 19, 2008 — I am attending a press conference at the Opera House (now the O2 Academy) in Boscombe
Equality for trans people doesn’t take away anyone else’s rights
Over recent months the hysteria around transgender women seems to have been growing with each new statement about proposed reforms
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Reni Eddo-Lodge’s ‘Why I’m no longer talking to white people about race’
Like most people within the Labour movement I like to think that I’m open to diversity and free from prejudice.
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The national disgrace of homelessness
The chancellor recently announced £20m for schemes aimed at supporting people affected by homelessness and repeated the aim of ending
ONS figures prove that deprivation kills, it doesn’t have to be like this
For anyone that argues that deprivation doesn’t exist within the UK in 2017 new figures from the Office for National
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60 seconds with… Sophie Cook
What is your favourite place in Sussex? It’s got to be the West Pier, before I was lucky enough to
Two years on… starting the discussion
A lot has happened in the two years since I came out as #transgender I’ve run for parliament, been a
Labour’s cross party approach to improve trans rights
In a recent speech the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, said that he will support the Conservative Party to improve transgender
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Why being transgender was irrelevant in my GE2017 campaign
As I stood on stage, a room full of expectant people looking up at me I was totally focused on
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