Camila Sosa Villada’s latest film reimagines trans identity beyond pain, poverty, or even death In Thesis on a Domestication, Camila Sosa Villada turns the tired trope of trans suffering on its...
In Indonesia’s digital shadows, LGBTQ+ voices are being hacked, harassed and silenced – often with the law’s blessing. In the dark corners of Makassar’s digital sphere, where anonymity should be...
Investigative journalists in North Africa are being hunted, hacked and harassed, but they haven’t stopped telling the truth A troubling wind is blowing across the world. From Europe to the...
How Brazil’s last military junta set scientific progress back by targeting top scientists and systematically destroying the country’s research ecosystem The last few weeks have seen Donald Trump lambast and...
An Italian journalist takes a critical look at the ambient religious and political culture around “natural” methodologies of fertility management. On its website, the secular sounding Italian Confederation of Centres...
In Iran, one woman’s final act of defiance exposed the violence of erasure and the radical power of being seen. Self-immolation is among the most harrowing forms of political resistance,...
In Spain, women are challenging the traditionally gendered norms of rural life. Since time immemorial, life in the countryside has depended on sharply defined gender roles. The gruelling labour of...
An investigation into the legacy of post-communist Romania’s first sex mag. Self-proclaimed misogynist and far-right influencer Andrew Tate moved to Romania in 2017 partly inspired by the country’s reputation amongst...
A Singaporean journalist traces how Southeast Asian women are trafficked into marriage in China—and what it takes to escape When Chan boarded the plane to China, she had no idea...
A Taiwanese reporter interviews transgender teenagers about the challenges they face from the medical system Following the legalisation of gay marriage in 2019 – the first Asian country to do...
On the road with the German director of UNRWA for the West Bank Initially established as a temporary organisation after the mass displacement of Palestinians and the 1948 war –...
A storied association for the Netherlands’ progressive Turkish community celebrating its anniversary – and worrying about its future “I was shocked by what I found”, Maviye Karaman says of her...
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