Ben Hunte

Exclusive: The UK Labour Party is calling on the government to urgently introduce legislation that would lead to tougher penalties for people who commit hate crimes based on someone’s sexuality, transgender identity, or disability.

Adrian Harrop will be suspended for a month after sending “offensive” tweets to people who opposed his views on trans rights. He told VICE World News he was relieved to be able to still have a career, and determined to continue to provide trans healthcare

Under unpublished guidance leaked to VICE World News, Britain’s equalities watchdog wanted to restrict the lives of trans people unless they held a Gender Recognition Certificate – despite only 1% of trans people in the UK having one.

Dismayed current and ex-staffers told VICE World News an “anti-LGBT” culture has taken over the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

The LGB Alliance asks clergy to “reconsider [their] support for the Government’s current proposals to ban Conversion Therapy” in emails seen by VICE World News.

A guide from Britain’s equalities watchdog helping UK schools to support trans children was dropped after almost four years of delays following intervention from the government, VICE World News can reveal.

Trans people in Ukraine tell VICE World News they are fearful of trying to escape Russian forces in case they are prevented from leaving by authorities.

An alliance of opposition parties is trying to end authoritarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s grip on power in elections where LGBTQ rights are literally on the ballot.

Freelance journalists Freddy McConnell and Vic Parsons said they were declining all future work with the UK paper “until it changes its trans-hostile and exclusionary stance.”

Former equalities minister Kemi Badenoch wrote to the Financial Conduct Authority urging it to rethink plans to allow trans people to self-identify in their workplaces – then the government tried to stop the letter from being released.

There has been a record increase in reports of homophobic and transphobic hate crimes in the UK over the last year, figures obtained by VICE World News reveal.

Ahead of Manchester’s Pride celebrations, 10 people tell VICE World News they have experienced racist abuse and discrimination in and around the city’s Gay Village.

The Tavistock clinic is due to close in weeks, but NHS sources tell VICE World News there is nothing currently set up to replace it, leaving young trans people exposed.

Friends told VICE World News they are heartbroken at the loss of 16-year-old Brianna, remembering her as a “beacon of positivity.”

Seven senior officials have quit the Equality and Human Rights Commission because of concerns over transphobia, VICE World News can reveal.

Exclusive: Luna Spain lost her manager’s job after an interaction with a customer was covered by right-wing media. She told VICE News she is being treated as a criminal despite being the victim of transphobia.

Exclusive: Senior civil servants told VICE News they were “terrified” by the draft internal policy document, which is expected to be published soon.

The UK government’s recent guidance for schools, which encourages staff to misgender and out trans students, has trans kids and their parents more worried than ever.

“Can he just go away now? We don’t want him back here,” one 14-year-old trans Floridian told VICE News.

The NHS Rainbow Badge scheme has been adopted by hundreds of hospitals and hundreds of thousands of healthcare workers.