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Philip Baldwin
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LGBTQIA+/HIV activist and writer (he/him/his). GAY TIMES column. Church of England General Synod Member. WATCH Trustee. Trans inclusive. Views my own. Press: [email protected]
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“Behind every data point in this report are people – babies and children missed for HIV screening or early HIV diagnosis, young women cut off from prevention support, and communities suddenly left without services and care.” – Winnie Byanyima

#HIV

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HIV prevention sees the worst setback in decades, UN report warns
A UN report has warned that a significant setback in HIV prevention funding could cause new cases to skyrocket.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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“Testing for HIV and other blood-borne viruses is healthy and responsible. It shows that an individual is being proactive about their own health and the health of others.”

Thank you to The Scottish Sun for interviewing me about HIV and testing for the virus.

@thescottishsun.co.uk

#HIV
November 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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“We serve young adults who come to us from street homelessness, and Casa Cecilia will be the first step out of homelessness, which is an amazing opportunity for them to have their feet under them, have a bed for three to six months.” – Zachary Cohen

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How community 'goodwill' helped open a new shelter for LGBTQ+ young adults in Harlem
Here's how the Ali Forney Center's new shelter for LGBTQ+ youth in Harlem came together after five years.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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“Data models by Boston University epidemiologist Brooke Nichols estimate that as of June, over 640,000 people globally have died due to losing USAID support, at least two-thirds of them children.” #HIV

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DOGE is gone, leaving behind 300,000 fired federal workers, 600,000 USAID deaths, and more
Here's everything DOGE did that affected the LGBTQ+ community at home and abroad.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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“Determining whether a country is safe is extremely complex: too often, blanket designations fail to reflect the realities faced by LGBTQI+ people.” – Minesh Parekh, Rainbow Migration

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Labour's asylum changes are a 'playbook of division' says LGBTQ+ refugee charity
An LGBTQ+ refugee charity has condemned proposed changes to the UK asylum system, highlighting how such sweeping changes disproportionately harm LGBTQ+
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November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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“Attacks on the transgender community are attacks on every community. Transgender people deserve government officials who will lift them up, not attack them simply because of who they are.”

#TransRightsAreHumanRights

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Sarah McBride leads calls for crackdown on anti-trans rhetoric in Congress
In a move to protect trans people, 212 Democrats have called on house speaker Mike Johnson to crackdown on anti-trans rhetoric.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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“At the intersections of racism, transphobia, and misogyny, we have these disproportionate impacts on Black trans women […] Not only when it comes to physical violence, but also [...] lack of access to resources, housing, jobs.”

#TransRightsAreHumanRights

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A devastating reality: New report finds violence and erasure ahead of Transgender Day of Remembrance
“If we are not protecting the most marginalized of us, then who is protected at all?” asked Bahari Thomas, A4TE’s director of public education.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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“Trans+ History Day, which takes place during the holiday, is set to fall on 6 May – which also marks the 92nd anniversary of the Nazi’s raid on the world’s first trans+ clinic in Berlin.”

#TransHistoryMonth2026

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Trans+ History Week 2026 to coincide with vital trans anniversary
Trans+ History Week 2026's dates have finally been revealed, and it's coinciding with this important anniversary in trans history.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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“What matters right now is fighting back against those who have decided, through their own stunted worldview, that we are no longer human. They are deciding for the world right now with every ban or every restriction.” – Amelia Hansford #TransRightsAreHumanRights
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TAW 2025: 'You can't legally erase trans people, but you can erase our safety'
Amelia Hansford reflects on how things have changed for trans people since the first Trans Awareness Week in 1999.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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“The idea for Trans is Human came about following years and years of misinformation and the demonisation of the UK’s trans community that has left us almost entirely dehumanised.” – Jake Graf

#TransRightsAreHumanRights

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Trans is Human returns with free London exhibition to mark Trans Awareness Week
To mark Trans Awareness Week 2025, Trans is Human has returned to London with a free exhibition showcasing photographs of trans people.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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“There’s now notes going around the companies saying that ‘we’re not hiring any new trans characters’. There’s nothing being written for trans people.” – Candis Cayne

#TransRightsAreHumanRights

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Trailblazing trans actress warns: 'Studios aren't writing new trans characters'
As she releases her new film Witchy Ways, trans actress and trailblazer Candis Cayne talks about the boom - and subsequent decline - of trans roles.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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“Still people think it’s a gay man’s disease and I think people don’t realise that women can get it, trans men, trans women [can get it]. It can affect anyone, and… They’re scared to talk about it.” – Joshua Royal

#HIV #WorldAIDSDay

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Drag Race star tackles stigma with World AIDS Day gala: 'It’s just HIV, babes'
Drag Race star Asttina Mandella and HIV The Naked Truth founder Joshua Royal: 'People still think HIV is a gay man's disease.'
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November 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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“If there is no life-saving, essential medical urgency and factual diagnosis that means you have to perform an irreversible surgery, then you don’t do it.” – Holly Greenberry-Pullen

#intersex

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‘I don’t want anyone to suffer like I did’: the intersex campaigners fighting to limit surgery on children
What should be done about the small proportion of babies born with genitals that are neither typically male nor typically female? Many of those affected believe parents and doctors are often too quick...
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November 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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“Thousands of people have written to their MPs, in only a few weeks, with a very clear message: what the EHRC is trying to do here is not right, not workable, and needs to be rejected.” – Jude Guaitamacchi

#TransRightsAreHumanRights

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More than 7,000 people in the UK write to MPs to voice fears about trans toilet ban
Over 7,100 people have written to their MPs so far expressing concerns over a potential trans bathroom ban under Labour following the Supreme Court ruling.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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“I hope the Supreme Court halts further attempts by public officials to use their personal faith to deny others their civil and human rights.” – Jim Obergefell

#ObergefellvHodges #LoveIsLove

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Jim Obergefell celebrates U.S. Supreme Court’s rejection of Kim Davis’s marriage equality challenge
“I hope the Supreme Court halts further attempts by public officials to use their personal faith to deny others their civil and human rights,” the civil rights icon told The Advocate.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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“Research published earlier this week found that 65.8 per cent of Americans support same-sex couples’ right to marry, with 36.2 per cent saying they ‘strongly’ support keeping protections in place.”

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Majority of Americans support same-sex marriage, as Supreme Court decision looms
The majority of US adults support same-sex marriage according to data published ahead of the Supreme Court's decision about Kim Davis' challenge.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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“Being elected as Pennsylvania’s first openly transgender mayor is deeply meaningful, and I carry that responsibility with pride and humility.” – Erica Deuso

@ericadeuso.bsky.social

#TransRightsAreHumanRights

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This small Pennsylvania town just elected the state's first-ever out transgender mayor
Eria Deuso has become the first out transgender mayor in Pennsylvania.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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“Throughout her career, Speaker Emerita Pelosi has remained a tireless champion for LGBTQ+ equality…Her steel spine, allyship, and keen insight have served as powerful tools in our shared fight for progress.”

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Nancy Pelosi, fierce LGBTQ+ ally, announces retirement
“I want you, my fellow San Franciscans, to be the first to know I will not be seeking reelection to Congress with a grateful heart,” the former House speaker said.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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“That’s why on 8th November, The Dyke Project and some of our friends have organised a morning of celebration to reclaim Hampstead Heath from the terfs. How will we do this? By having a fabulous time!”

#TransRightsAreHumanRights

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Upcoming trans-joy-filled community event aims to reclaim Hampstead Heath ponds
A morning of trans joy and community celebration will take place to, as organisers put it, "reclaim Hampstead Heath from the TERFs".
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November 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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“’My strategy, though imperfect, is about sustaining influence, not just visibility,’ she said. ‘If I let them make me the issue, then the actual issues – health care, housing, jobs – get lost.’” – Sarah MacBride

#TransRightsAreHumanRights

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Sarah McBride opens up about her darkest day in Congress (exclusive)
“The high of orientation was met with probably the deepest low of my life outside of losing my husband to cancer," the first trans member of Congress told The Advocate in an exclusive interview.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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“‘Absolutely, people should be concerned. I’m concerned,’ he said on Saturday. ‘Yesterday I officiated a wedding for a cousin who asked whether they should get married now instead of waiting. My answer was yes.’” – Jim Obergefell

#ObergefellvHodges #LoveIsLove

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Jim Obergefell warns, ‘People should be concerned’ about Supreme Court considering marriage equality case
The justices will meet on Friday to consider whether to grant Kim Davis a hearing on her challenge to marriage equality.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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“You can’t just rip children off these meds years into transition. My daughter is tanner stage five [breast development], she never entered male puberty. Your jaw would drop if you saw her. I can’t let these people win.”

#TransRightsAreHumanRights

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Parents of trans teens condemn puberty blocker ban
Parents of trans teens have spoke out about the "horrific" impact of the puberty blockers ban imposed by successive UK governments.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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“What follows is the remarkable true story of two threatened communities joining forces and discovering they have more in common than they ever imagined.”

Tickets go on general sale from 10 am on 14 November.

#Pride

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Dates announced for musical version of beloved queer film Pride
A stage musical adaptation of the queer classic film, Pride, is headed our way and we've now got dates for when the show will debut.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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“At the end of the day I don’t think that our party needs to have one face. Our country does not have one face. It’s about all of us as a team together, and we all understand the assignment.” – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

#ZohranMamdani

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Democrats have racked up election wins across America – but they would do well not to misread the results
Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York and gubernatorial wins in Virginia and New Jersey have given Democrats a night better than they dared hope for
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November 5, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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“How in the world could you be focused on building a new ballroom […] at the exact moment when working Americans […] who voted for you, are getting screwed by your healthcare policy, and you don’t seem to be interested in helping them.” – Pete Buttigieg

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Pete Buttigieg nails the real reason why Donald Trump's ballroom is so troubling - LGBTQ Nation
People suffering during the shutdown "are never going to be invited" to the ball room. So why is that Trump's focus?
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November 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM