Back in the 1960s, my parents struggled to find a flat. No one wanted to rent to my Indian father. And they sure as hell didn’t want to rent to an interracial couple. It wasn’t unusual for them to be spat on. How great that times have changed, I used to think. How very, very wrong I was.

Happy publication day to the Two Roberts! Welcome back to the world, which loved you then almost forgot you and is now turning towards you again. My novel is a celebration of them and their bravery and brilliance, as artists, lovers, outsiders. 🖼️ 🌈 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🧑‍🎨 🧑‍🎨 📕 buythebook.online/the-two-robe...

EXCL: Scammers stole the identity of a real doctor in Gaza to make money - exploiting public sympathy by crowdfunding + promoting it on social media. I tracked down the real doctor who reported it to Instagram - but it wasn't taken down. Now a warning to the public: inews.co.uk/news/how-onl...

Russian anti-Putin protester found dead in London after asylum bid was rejected trib.al/nmOQEYX

great story from @robynvinter.bsky.social and @benquinn75.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

A great interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social by @patrickstrudwick.bsky.social in @theipaper.com

"[We need] to tell more powerful stories about how migration benefits this country, and why the elites, the multimillionaires and billionaires, are the problem, and not blame some of the poorest.” @zackpolanski.bsky.social on great form ✍️ @patrickstrudwick.bsky.social inews.co.uk/news/bullied...

Love this! "An intriguing mix of confidence and humility... But like the Reform leader, once the tape starts rolling, he certainly knows how to punch (verbally)." My conversation with @patrickstrudwick.bsky.social on why I'm running to be leader of the Green Party. inews.co.uk/news/bullied...

This is a fascinating interview:

I interviewed Zack Polanski, running to be Green Party leader. He reveals the violent homophobic bullying he endured, losing his friend in the Manchester Arena attack and how he thinks we would welcome migrants. Oh and he’s never drunk alcohol. His vice? Vegan chocolate. inews.co.uk/news/bullied...

What's the point of a state watchdog if it simply serves as a government poodle? And why continue with an equalities quango if it ignores marginalised groups while driving open toxic divisions? My @theipaper.com column on the floundering Equality & Human Rights Commission inews.co.uk/opinion/an-a...

NEW FOIA Files SCOOP: The FBI redacted Trump’s name—and the names of other prominent public figures—from the Epstein files under two privacy exemptions before DOJ & FBI concluded “no further disclosure” of the files “would be appropriate or warranted.” www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Extremely worrying story from @sanyaburgess.bsky.social

Point of order: think not thing.

The government has just introduced a new Section 28 that will harm a generation of gender-nonconforming kids. New column by me (below). I grew up under Section 28. I know the damage it caused. This will be a new darkness, with more silence and fear. Another blackout. inews.co.uk/opinion/new-...

EXCL: A Masterchef winner, a top university, and several experts have cut ties with Gregg Wallace’s health brand following the allegations about his conduct: inews.co.uk/news/masterc...

Excl: LGBT Afghans are at a higher risk of torture and murder following the data breach: inews.co.uk/news/lgbt-af...

"Being neurodiverse is not a free pass to behave badly or humiliate women. His comments are dangerous," writes @jessiehewitson.bsky.social Read more: https://trib.al/DSUtbWC

After the Salt Path scandal, here’s the memoir I’d read: white, straight, middle-class person in late middle age goes on epic odyssey of self-discovery only to realise that they are in fact hollow and soulless. And only miserable because they haven’t had enough trauma in their life to appreciate it.

What has a year of Starmer and a Labour government done for LGBT people? inews.co.uk/opinion/labo...

Ready to March in Pride In London parade for the whole LGBTQ+ community. The liberation of all LGBTQ+ people, including our trans and intersex siblings, as well as migrants and asylum claimants, is central to the fight against HIV.

Exclusive | @jasonreiduk.bsky.social was turned away from an earwax removal after telling a member of staff he had HIV during a routine questionnaire 🔴 @patrickstrudwick.bsky.social reports Read more: https://trib.al/79c3GhS

A modern media story: Telegraph removed a story about a family who cancelled holidays due to VAT on private schools. The story was denounced as a media AI fail (the dad was "Al"). In fact, a real journalist had been deceived during a real interview. Old school. pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/n...

Not nearly enough is being said about how incredible What It Feels Like For A Girl is. The writing, the performances. Best BBC drama in years + so many experiences that LGBTQ people have faced for decades with almost no recognition. The scene where little Byron goes to the doctor almost broke me.

Who among us hasn’t screamed into the abyss wearing glittery tights? #eurovision

In response to Trump's executive orders, RAINN, the nation's largest anti-sexual-violence organization, has barred its crisis hotline staff from sharing resources specific to LGBTQ people, immigrants and other marginalized groups.

Let me get this straight: the Cass review wasn’t peer-reviewed yet was relied on by the government for major policy decisions - but now a critique of that review has been peer-reviewed and published, giving it more authority. Will government now be relying on this for policy? We all know the answer.

One of the strangest ironies of the last ten years has been watching Britain immersing itself as deeply as ever in memories of WW2 while proudly turning its back on the project that emerged from it.

Last week, following the Supreme Court ruling, a trans man asked over 60 gyms if he would be able to join. Their responses included a gym asking him what genitals he has - and telling him he must use the women’s changing rooms. This is the Britain we now live in. inews.co.uk/news/gyms-tr...

An incredible loss. An extraordinary, inspiring man. Also an amazing writer - his report into the mistreatment of LGBT service personnel is a remarkable, damning piece of writing if nothing else.

I hate the phrase “giving voice to the voiceless” - no one is voiceless. Many people aren’t heard, listened to, given a platform, or ever asked anything. Not the same.

Trump is now housing hundreds of immigrants in notorious federal prisons. I collected accounts from detainees who report: Moldy food; shortages of food and toilet paper; given used underwear + bloodstained clothes; no medical care; filthy cells; cut off from family; some missing their ICE hearings

Everything you need to know about the trans Supreme Court case: What it said, what it didn't, and what happens next iandunt.substack.com/p/everything...

This letter has now been signed by over 1,000 academics - distinguished professors of gender studies and multiple other disciplines.

I say this to fellow LGBTQ people, after a lot of experience: if you have to ask for compassion - whether it’s from a politician, an organisation, or a member of the public - then you are already dealing with someone who lacks it, will not provide it, and does not care. To ask is to be disappointed.

Last year, my dear friend David Knowles passed away. He was 32, and had an undiagnosed heart condition. This weekend, the cricket team he founded will be playing a game to raise money for the BHF, to help fund their research. Please share and donate if you can www.justgiving.com/page/rhcc-vs...

‘Rights can be knocked out in a second’: older trans women shocked by supreme court ruling

Why is Trump wearing a navy suit? Does he not own a black one? #popefuneral

"...the new British sport is: who can make the most rabble-rousing, dog-whistling jab at trans women? The answer was surprising. Bridget Phillipson, who identifies as the Women and Equalities minister, evidently believes that some people are more equal than others."

Dear newspapers. I just paid £40 for an annual subscription to the I Paper to read this article. If you let queer people cover queer stories, I will pay you money.

Our biggest LGBT charity is in crisis. Are we just going to let it collapse? A piece by me about the future of Stonewall, which risks annoying everyone, but the stakes are too high to be coy about any of this. inews.co.uk/opinion/bigg...

“Guys, the only way we can keep this whole thing together is if we keep oppressing women and gays”

“The wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, was forced to move to a safe house with her children after the government **posted their home address** to social media.” 4/23/25 newrepublic.com/post/194289/...

If the @washingtonpost.com wanted to set its credibility on fire, this is what it would do. ChatGPT cannibalized an actual reporter’s good work, turned it into a steaming pile of misinformation and then had the fucking nerve to slap the reporter’s name back on its bullshit.

Bye bye Bill Maher www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...

The Supreme Court ruling is a travesty. The existing rights of trans people - a minority - are denied without allowing that minority to give evidence or set out their argument. Instead, all evidence was taken from anti LGBTQ + organisations. This is appalling.

I am so incredibly tired of this ongoing attack on trans people. Cis men are murdering women in plain sight. If gender-critical women turned their attention to dealing with men, women might be safe. I'm not worried about loos or changing rooms. I am worried about literally everything else.

Opinion | People assume that life is now fine for gay people – it’s not We can no longer afford to pretend everything is going to be fine, or continue being the fun, smiley figure that straight people want us to be 🖋 @PatrickStrudwick.bsky.social

Well that was underwhelming. #WhiteLotus

The headline doesn’t do justice to the horror - essential reading to understand what took place in America today and the immeasurable impact for years to come. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...