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This Is What Could Happen To People With HIV If There’s A No-Deal Brexit

The supply of drugs, access to new treatments, and staffing levels at clinics could all be affected, warn experts. “This is a basic public health issue,” said Stephen Doughty MP.
Patrick Strudwick • 2 days ago

This Trans-Critical Organisation That Provides Material For Schools Has Withdrawn Its Stickers And Apologised

"We are sorry, we made a mistake," said Transgender Trend, after BuzzFeed News reported that it had produced downloadable stickers for parents.
Patrick Strudwick • 13 days ago

A Leading Trans-Critical Group Said Schools Should Out Trans Pupils To Their Parents

After launching a new sticker campaign, Stephanie Davies-Arai from Transgender Trend told BuzzFeed News that schools have a duty to tell parents if their child is trans.
Patrick Strudwick • 13 days ago

The Government Threatened To Deport This Man With Learning Disabilities Because They Didn't Believe He Could Be Gay

Exclusive: After a six-year fight, with one judge accusing the Home Office of being “absurd”, “feeble,” and ignoring key medical evidence, Kabir, 23, told BuzzFeed News why he still lives in fear.
Patrick Strudwick • 18 days ago

The Chemsex Problem Is Now So Bad That Families Of Those Involved Can Get Help

As a landmark support service is launched in London, one father who lost a son to the chemsex drug GHB told BuzzFeed News, “You realise you’re not the only ones.”
Patrick Strudwick • One month ago

People Who Oppose Trans Rights Have No Place In Labour, Says The First LGBT Mayoral Adviser

The row over trans women in women-only shortlists needs to end, Carl Austin-Behan told BuzzFeed News — by Labour removing opponents of the policy.
Patrick Strudwick • One month ago

People Are Dying From The Chemsex Drug GHB. Now This Victim's Family Are Breaking The Silence.

"We have lost a son and it could have been avoided." The Bloor family tells BuzzFeed News why the silence surrounding GHB deaths needs to end.
Patrick Strudwick • One month ago

This Is What Gay Conversion Therapy Does To You

Anthony Venn-Brown was 20 when he endured his first exorcism. It was the start of decades of conversion therapy. Now he tells BuzzFeed News how he's taking on the gay "cure" lobby.
Patrick Strudwick • 2 months ago

The Government Is Now Asking The Public How The Gender Recognition Process For Trans People Can Be Improved

"I want to see a process that is more streamlined and de-medicalised," said Theresa May.
Patrick Strudwick • 2 months ago

Here's What The Government Says It Will Do To Improve LGBT People's Lives

"The £4.5 million budget is derisory and insulting," said Peter Tatchell as the government unveiled its promises to LGBT people.
Patrick Strudwick • 2 months ago

The Head Of An LGBT Charity That Collapsed Has Been Given A Boardroom Ban As "A Warning To Others"

Jo Harvey Barringer has been disqualified from working in a range of roles within the private and public sectors. The decision follows a 2016 BuzzFeed News investigation that revealed allegations of serious financial mismanagement at her charity.
Patrick Strudwick • 2 months ago

Gay "Cures" Could Be Banned In The UK Under A New Government Plan

Exclusive: After years of attempts by politicians, journalists, and activists to stamp out conversion therapy, the British government is finally proposing a law against it.
Patrick Strudwick • 2 months ago

This Trans Woman Took The Government To Court Over Her Pension Rights And Won

"MB" was denied a pension, so she took her case to the European Court of Justice. "This has great importance in the move towards increased equality," her lawyer said.
Patrick Strudwick • 3 months ago

This Doctor Was One Of The First To Identify AIDS. Now He's Making His Debut As A Composer At 85.

Joseph Sonnabend's clinic in New York was on the front line of the 1980s AIDS epidemic. Writing music to cope "was like walking into another world", he told BuzzFeed News.
Patrick Strudwick • 3 months ago

Elton John Just Blasted The Government For "Savage Cuts" To Sexual Health Services

"This fight is being harmed by a lack of investment," the rock star said at the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Lecture on HIV.
Patrick Strudwick • 3 months ago

People Can Now Live With Their Same-Sex Partners In EU Countries That Don't Recognise Their Marriage

The EU Court of Justice has ruled that residency rights apply to everyone in all 28 countries, regardless of whether gay marriage is allowed.
Patrick Strudwick • 3 months ago

30 Years Ago Teachers Were Banned From Discussing Homosexuality. This Is What I Wish They'd Taught Me.

On 24 May 1988, Margaret Thatcher's government introduced Section 28. The public battles over the law are well known, but the impact on schoolkids has never been explored.
Patrick Strudwick • 4 months ago

A Man Deliberately Infected With HIV By Daryll Rowe Has Been Denied Damages Because He Shouted At A Tory Politician

Exclusive: "Matthew" helped bring Rowe to justice, but because he took part in an anti-austerity protest, he has been denied £22,000 compensation.
Patrick Strudwick • 4 months ago

The Drag Queen Who Sang At A Far-Right Rally In London Calls The Event "Laughable"

Fury followed Vanity von Glow's performance. Now she tells BuzzFeed News what she really thinks about free speech and why the rally was "laughable".
Patrick Strudwick • 4 months ago

Men Are Sleeping In Gay Saunas Because The Housing Crisis Is So Bad

"There are people who come with their suitcase." Gay sauna workers reveal how they're dealing with the homelessness epidemic.
Patrick Strudwick • 4 months ago