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Bridgerton star Nicola Coughlan raises more than £100,000 for trans charity after Supreme Court gender ruling
Trans rights
The actress has said she was 'completely horrified' and 'disgusted' by the the Supreme Court ruling on the legal definition of a woman
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Thousands gather in 'emergency' protest led by trans rights groups over UK Supreme Court ruling
Trans rights
Trans rights activists have taken to the streets of London for an 'emergency protest' just days after a landmark gender court ruling
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The UK Supreme Court ruling on gender identity and what the law means for transgender people
Transgender community
What does UK ruling on definition of 'woman' mean for trans rights?
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Why trans rights protests are being held across the UK today after Supreme Court ruling
Transgender community
The transgender community will hold protests in both England and Scotland on Saturday after a Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman
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'The UK supreme ruling could further weaponise the trans community - we can't let that happen'
LGBTQ+ rights
It's about working for a world where trans people can just 'get on their lives with privacy, dignity and safety'
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Hundreds take to Manchester city streets in trans rights march
Manchester City Centre
The protest comes after the UK’s Supreme Court ruled this week that the terms ‘woman’ and ‘sex’ in the Equality Act refer to a biological woman and biological sex
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Police force confirms strip search policy change after gender ruling
National news
It follows a Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman
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Organisers slam 'disgusting' attack on park picnic for transgender people
LGBTQ+ rights
The attacks spoiled what had been a 'joyous' Trans Picnic in the Park event in Platt Fields Park
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Manchester drag queens join London rally following tragic and unexplained death of beloved star
LGBTQ+
'Queer people deserve to be treated fairly and equally and we demand change'
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'We have already caused an uproar on TikTok just days after opening our new Greater Manchester business'
LGBTQ+
'People are telling us this is really needed'
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'I was told to bleach my skin in order to be beautiful - my life has always been about proving people wrong'
LGBTQ+
'I feel like I have had to prove myself in everything that I have ever done in my life'
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Andy Burnham urged to call out 'injustices' after Greater Manchester's Texas deal
Andy Burnham
The Greater Manchester mayor has been urged to 'call out injustice' faced by LGBTQ+ Texans
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Greater Manchester pride festival issues defiant statement after receiving 'abuse' over big changes
LGBTQ+
'We will not tolerate abrupt or abusive comments'
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Manchester Pride is changing this year but is it the right thing to do?
Manchester Pride
This year, it feels different. It feels necessary.
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Manchester Pride announces theme for 2025 parade
Manchester Pride
Returning this August bank holiday weekend, Manchester Pride 2025 will see thousands flock to the city to attend the celebrations
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All the dates for Greater Manchester Pride and LGBTQ+ events in 2025 so far
LGBTQ+
Here's when you can take part and celebrate
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How the dancefloors of Manchester's gay bars in the 1980s created a freedom found nowhere else
LGBTQ+
'That was our moment and our chance to exist without any concerns of what was happening anywhere else'
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'Homophobic slurs being hurled at a Dolly Parton musical? Hold on a minute'
Manchester Theatre
"You shouldn’t be spewing homophobia anywhere, but you definitely shouldn’t be doing it at a Dolly Parton musical. Come on now."
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In the middle of a stairway at a Longsight flat the phone began to ring - things were never the same again
LGBTQ+
“It’s extraordinary what people have gone through in what is really a short space of time"
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The trans musician from Manchester rising above Arndale attack to break barriers
LGBTQ+
“I can see how important it is to step up"
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As paramedics treated a man in a car crash, a spotlight was shone on a need for change
Manchester City Centre
“There was quite a lot of ignorance and fear"
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Hundreds gather for ‘most ambitious’ trans vigil in Manchester
LGBTQ+
'Reminders of the daily struggles facing our community are never far away'
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Review: After The Act at HOME makes a dragged-up Margaret Thatcher somehow feel poignant
Manchester Theatre
A bit of late 80s legislation isn't perhaps on top of everyone's wish list when it comes to musicals...
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On a chilly February afternoon they gathered in Manchester...they refused to be shamed
LGBTQ+
20,000 people from our proud city sent a message to Margaret Thatcher
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