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[Link] The Taliban Have Wished Women a Happy International Women’s Day

Read: 9/3/2022 www.vice.com

The Taliban have wished women across the world a happy International Women’s Day, despite spending the last 6 months in power repressing Afghan women and crushing any dissent.

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[Link] Citipointe churchgoers give standing ovation for under-fire principal

Read: 8/2/2022 www.theguardian.com

The head of Brisbane’s Citipointe megachurch has told worshippers to lobby MPs about proposed religious freedom and sexual discrimination laws, after the church school’s failed attempt to introduce enrolment contracts with anti-gay and anti-trans provisions.

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[Link] School Removes Student Project About Fascism After Cops Complain

Read: 18/11/2021 www.vice.com

Students at an Indiana high school are on their third day of virtual learning because they protested the school’s decision to remove a class project about ‘V for Vendetta’ which addressed police brutality.

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[Link] What toxic men can learn from masculine women

Read: 7/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Turn on the TV, watch kids’ cartoons or most films, and you won’t have to look hard for the message that nice guys finish last, while tough guys get the girl, and, more importantly, gain the respect of other men.

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[Link] Netflix Isn’t Backing Down on Dave Chappelle and Neither Are Its Workers

Read: 20/10/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Employees have pledged to walk out of work on Wednesday, including the LGBTQ+ storytelling team and its head of queer editorial.

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[Link] Intersex people undergo surgery when too young to give consent, inquiry told

Read: 19/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

Intersex people have endured controversial surgeries and treatments, often when they were too young to provide consent, an inquiry by the Australian Human Rights Commission found in a report that recommends new legislative protections for children.

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[Link] Lego to remove gender bias from its toys after findings of child survey

Read: 12/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

Lego has announced it will work to remove gender stereotypes from its toys after a global survey the company commissioned found attitudes to play and future careers remain unequal and restrictive.

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[Link] Canadian Soccer Player Just Became First Trans Athlete to Win Olympic Gold

Read: 7/8/2021 www.vice.com

In a thrilling match that went all the way to sudden death penalty kicks, the Canadian women’s soccer team defeated the Swedish team 2 to 1 Friday morning. Among the Canadians was Quinn, a 25-year-old non-binary transgender midfielder who uses they/them pronouns, and only goes by one name. 

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