27 April 2020

Going viral: Socialist comments and letters

The Covid-19 pandemic is a world social crisis which touches every aspect of life. The iniquities and failings of the capitalist system are being exposed

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11 March 2020

Women's rights, trans rights and the labour movement

The Socialist was contacted by Women's Place UK (WPUK) requesting a right of reply to the article by Sarah-Sachs Eldridge 'Labour Party and trans rights: United working-class fight needed for rights and resources for all', which was published in issue 1074.

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26 February 2020

The Socialist Inbox

Letter's to the Socialist's editors.

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19 February 2020

Labour Party and trans rights

The Labour Campaign for Trans Rights has intervened in the party's leadership contest, calling on candidates to back its 12-point pledge

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3 April 2019

Discussion and debate at Leeds Trans Pride

Transphobic hate crimes are going up. Trans people have gained some legal protections but still face high levels of unemployment and around a two-year wait for NHS services.

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27 March 2019

United working-class struggle needed to fight for trans and women's rights

The Socialist Party was invited to participate in a debate on the Gender Recognition Act hosted by a London Constituency Labour Party

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25 July 2018

Fighting for trans rights at Bristol pride

The biggest Bristol Pride yet took place on the 14 June. Following the attempts by anti-trans rights campaigners to hijack London pride, Bristol Socialist Party was out campaigning to support trans rights and fight for the rights of all LGBT+ people and oppressed groups in society.

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10 July 2018

Liberation struggle is class struggle: the fight for Trans Equality

A response to a letter in the Morning Star

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24 August 2016

Nottinghamshire Pride makes history

This year's Pride march in Nottingham on 30 July was a far cry from the corporate-sponsored 'respectability politics' of integration into the capitalist establishment.

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29 June 2016

Leeds holds vigil in solidarity with Orlando LGBT massacre

While the crowd gathered in remembrance, it was clear that people wanted more than a vigil and were passionate about fighting both LGBT-phobia and the Islamophobia the attack had kicked up.

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29 June 2016

Socialist Party joins London Pride to march against LGBT-phobia

Annual Pride marches used to be radical, angry protests, aimed at normalising being openly LGBT. While there is still much further to go in reinvigorating and uniting LGBT struggle, this year's Pride march was a small but significant step closer to achieving that.

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22 June 2016

LGBT liberation and socialism

Pride month 2016 comes at a time of increased attacks on LGBT people - not least the horrific massacre in Orlando

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22 June 2016

Solidarity to end LGBT-phobia

Pride month 2016 comes at a time of increased attacks on LGBT people - not least the horrific massacre in Orlando. While there have been steps forward in social attitudes and legal rights, genuine equality remains elusive. The Socialist Party fights for the liberation of all oppressed sexualities and gender identities - and the root cause of oppression and division: capitalism. Two members of the Socialist Party's LGBT group, an acronym we use in the broadest, most inclusive sense, take stock of the fight.

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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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