13 January 2016

Report: Socialist Party national women's meeting

On 9 January around 40 members from across the country travelled to London to attend the Socialist Party's annual national women's meeting.

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25 November 2015

Transgender woman dies after spiteful courts pick men's prison

A transgender woman has died after courts sentenced her to 12 months in a men's prison. Vicky Thompson was found dead on 13 November at Armley Jail in Leeds.

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25 November 2015

Transgender access to healthcare is worsened by cuts

NHS staff, including one trust chief executive, called in September for a full debate on access to healthcare for transgender people. Discussion is a step forward - but nowhere near enough.

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4 November 2015

Transgender woman locked up in male prison

Tara Hudson, a transgender woman, was locked up in an all-male prison after her conviction for assault.

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9 September 2015

Film Review: Stonewall

New film writes out major characters - people who led the Stonewall riots, and subsequent movement for LGBT liberation and equality, but are less palatable to whitewashed Hollywood.

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3 August 2015

Thousands gather at Leeds Pride

Thousands gathered in Leeds on 2nd August for Leeds' annual LGBT Pride march celebrating the LGBT community's progress towards equality

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8 July 2015

Socialist Party LGBT group plans fightback against attacks and austerity

The new budget has ushered in sweeping attacks on the working class as a whole in Britain but also disproportionally affects the LGBT community.

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1 July 2015

Pride: we need politics, not just a parade

Today's Pride, sponsored by Barclays, Boris Johnson, Asda etc, focuses on the commercial and personal, not the political

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24 June 2015

International news in brief

Short stories on workers' struggles around the world.

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17 June 2015

International news in brief

Short reports from socialist activities around the globe.

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15 April 2015

Putting socialism back in LGBT politics

Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) is once again on the frontline of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) politics, writes Pat Chadwick

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Miners and their families, photo D Pearson

4 February 2015

Miners' strike: vibrant array of support groups

The great 1984-85 miners' strike ended 30 years ago next month. Dave Beale, chair of Chorley and Coppull Miners' Support Committee in Lancashire during the strike, explains the vital role of support

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14 January 2015

The straightwashing of Pride

I thoroughly enjoyed seeing Pride (2014) at the cinema last year. The film dramatises the solidarity between LGBT and mining communities during the 1984-85 miners' strike

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17 September 2014

Film review: Pride - How solidarity overcame prejudice

A new film Pride, released 12 September, dramatises the founding of Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) and shows the London group's work during the 1984-85 miners' strike

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20 August 2014

Campaigning for genuine equality at Leeds Pride

Thousands gathered in Leeds on Sunday 3 August for the city's annual LGBT Pride march. As with previous years there was a strong presence from trade unions and other activists

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2 July 2014

London Pride march

The 2014 London LGBT Pride march was held on 28 June. The Socialist Party was there with stalls, leaflets, petitions and selling the Socialist, writes Elenor Haven.

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12 February 2014

Brighton solidarity with LGBTQ+ Russians

On the first day of the Sochi Olympics, over 100 people in Brighton showed solidarity with people being oppressed as a result of Russia's anti-gay laws

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5 February 2014

Sochi winter Olympics - -breaking all records!

When the International Olympic Committee awarded the 2014 winter Olympics to the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, eyebrows were raised at the cost of $12 billion

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5 August 2013

Thousands march at Leeds Pride

15,000 people march in Leeds to celebrate Pride and oppose cuts

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15 July 2013

Campaigning against anti-LGBT bullying in schools

Bristol Pride was held on a very sunny Saturday 13th and had a very carnival feeling to it with music and drinking in the sunshine

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