Based in the UK, Lou joined openDemocracy’s Tracking the Backlash team as a freelance contributor in September 2020, working on our global investigation into the money spent by US conservative groups opposing LGBTQ+ rights around the world. Later, they became a full-time fellow and now reporter for gender and identity, with a particular focus on UK trans rights. Follow them on Twitter (@_LouFerreira). Contact them at: [email protected]
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Published in: ourEconomy: NewsUK taking ‘green’ advice from energy giant suing Dutch for phasing out coal
New British foreign investment council also includes banks with billions invested in fossil fuels, a weapons...
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Published in: 50.5010 alternatives to the UK government’s racism report
Here’s a reading list of alternatives to the controversial Sewell report. Hint: they do reveal institutional racism...
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Published in: 50.50: NewsUnder-fire UK equalities minister met controversial 'transphobic' group
Rights advocates ‘alarmed’ by meeting with the LGB Alliance, which Ofcom’s chief says is ‘entirely inappropriate’ to...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationRevealed: US Capitol protesters are still fundraising via Amazon and PayPal
Tech giants are under pressure to ‘sever all ties to hate groups and white supremacists’.
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Published in: 50.50openDemocracy feminist investigations cited 400 times across global media
In 2020 the Tracking the Backlash team increased media coverage of critical women’s and LGBT rights issues around...
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Published in: 50.50Meet the trans artist trading tattoos for top surgeries
TITS4TATS: While British healthcare fails trans people, Billy Slicks is one of the LGBTIQ artists stepping up....