🚨 A staggering podcast series begins today, telling the story of the conversion therapy movement through the former head of the gay "cure" industry. 'Atonement: The John Paulk Story' (which I worked on as a consultant), is the wild tale of the man who led Exodus International:

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

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...

Extremely worrying story from @sanyaburgess.bsky.social

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.

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.

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...

"...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”

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

This examination of free speech should be read by all humans in 2025. It might just make the world less stupid and cruel.

❗❗❗ former leader of Reform UK in Wales has appeared in court accused of accepting bribes in exchange for making statements in the European Parliament that would benefit Russia, a court has heard www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Unbelievable, from the man who did more than anyone else to give Douglas Murray's explicit white ethnonationalism a platform and a bridge to the UK mainstream. archive.ph/LMDiX

This isn’t some rant saying “Germany has learned nothing from its past” - the reality is more subtle than that. Middle-class Germans live and travel with an incredible amount of ease and comfort, and they just got…sleepy. Many of them dismissed the far-right’s rage as just another set of complaints.

Thrilled to be shortlisted for Specialist Journalist of the Year at The Press Awards for my investigations into Kevin Spacey, struck-off therapists (who are still practising), and Dissociative Identity Disorder. And delighted for all my amazing colleagues at The i Paper for 9 awards nominations.

Exclusive | Kevin Spacey is facing new legal action after being sued by a former actor who alleges he was groped by Spacey following a performance at London’s Old Vic theatre 🔴 @patrickstrudwick.bsky.social reports inews.co.uk/news/kevin-s...

Really proud of the team at The i Paper. (@inews.co.uk) 🔥 Shortlisted for x9 awards at 2025 Press Awards. ⚪️News Website of the Year ⚪️Daily Newspaper of the Year ⚪️Sunday Newspaper of the Year – iweekend ⚪️Scoop of the Year – 2nd Post Office IT Scandal ...

⚪️Campaign of the Year – Save Britain’s Rivers ⚪️Specialist of the Year – @patrickstrudwick.bsky.social ⚪️Columnist of the Year – @k8lister.bsky.social ⚪️Environment Journalist of the Year – @luciemheath.bsky.social ⚪️Front Page of the Year – “Everyone failed them”, Grenfell inquiry

Thanks to you, GB News' revolting homophobia is, by some distance and still climbing, the most complained about ever TV clip (action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-g...).