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Ben Hunte

Ben Hunte

Senior Reporter at VICE NEWS (UK)

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Location
United Kingdom
Languages
  • English
Covering topics
  • LGBT
  • Life

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Recent Articles

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‘Humiliated but Determined’: Pro-Trans UK Doctor Suspended for ‘Insulting’ Tweets

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
almost 3 years ago
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Britain’s Equalities Watchdog Met Privately With Anti-Trans Groups

Exclusive: Leaked emails and documents obtained by VICE World News show how senior leaders at the Equality and Human Rights Commission worked to erase trans rights.
almost 3 years ago
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Leaked EHRC Guidance Reveals Plans to Exclude Most Trans People Fro...

Under unpublished guidance leaked to VICE World News, Britain’s equalities watchdog wanted to restrict the lives of trans people unless they held a Gender Recognition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.
almost 3 years ago
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Staff Are Quitting Britain's Equality Watchdog the EHRC Due to ‘Tra...

Dismayed current and ex-staffers told VICE World News an “anti-LGBT” culture has taken over the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
almost 3 years ago
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Pro-LGBTQ Priests Are Being Lobbied to Back Trans Conversion Therapy

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.
almost 3 years ago
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Guidance Supporting Trans Kids Scrapped by EHRC After Government In...

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.
almost 3 years ago
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Trans People Stranded and Alone in Ukraine Following Russia’s Invasion

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.
over 2 years ago
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'We Want To Live a Happy Life': LGBTQ People Are Leaving Hungary - ...

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.
over 2 years ago
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Exclusive: Trans Journalists Pull Out of Guardian Newspaper’s Pride...

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.”
over 2 years ago
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Exclusive: UK Government Pushed City Watchdog to Cancel Trans Inclu...

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.
over 2 years ago
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Exclusive: Massive Rise in Anti-LGBTQ Hate Crime Reports in UK

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.
over 2 years ago
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Liz Truss Is Trying to Block Scotland’s Trans Reforms

Exclusive: The new UK prime minister wants to “pause or prevent” the Scottish government’s Gender Recognition Reform Bill, whistleblowers told VICE World News.
about 2 years ago
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Trans People Say They’re Leaving England Because of Non-Stop Transp...

The UK government’s decision to block a Scottish law making it easier to change gender has trans people more worried than ever.
almost 2 years ago
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Exclusive: ‘Nothing Ready’ to Replace Britain’s Only Children’s Gen...

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.
almost 2 years ago
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'We're Her Trans Sisters': Friends Pay Tribute to Stabbing Victim B...

Friends told VICE World News they are heartbroken at the loss of 16-year-old Brianna, remembering her as a “beacon of positivity.”
almost 2 years ago
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Exclusive: Senior Officials Quit Britain’s Equalities Watchdog EHRC...

Seven senior officials have quit the Equality and Human Rights Commission because of concerns over transphobia, VICE World News can reveal.
over 1 year ago
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Trans Starbucks Worker Fired Over Viral Argument With Customer Spea...

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.
over 1 year ago
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Leaked Document Exposes Transphobic Draft Guidelines for UK Civil S...

Exclusive: Senior civil servants told VICE News they were “terrified” by the draft internal policy document, which is expected to be published soon.
over 1 year ago
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Children Are Too Scared to Go to School Because of Transphobic Bull...

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.
11 months ago
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Ron DeSantis Returns to Old Job of Making Queer Floridians' Lives H...

“Can he just go away now? We don’t want him back here,” one 14-year-old trans Floridian told VICE News.
10 months ago
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UK Government Secretly Shuts Down NHS Pride Programme

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