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Taylor Swift looks towards the camera as she holds the face of Laith Ashley, a trans model and singer, in a house party scene in her "Lavender Haze" music video

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On the left is a picture of Ruadhán Ó Críodáin, a trans man, wearing a cap and a white t-shirt outdoors in a sunny location. On the right, Ruadhán is pictured outside a Dublin restaurant holding his Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) application.

Trans

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Nicola Sturgeon and Rishi Sunak

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Nicola Sturgeon shuts down anti-trans myth that gender law reform will lead to attacks on women

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Taylor Swift looks towards the camera as she holds the face of Laith Ashley, a trans model and singer, in a house party scene in her "Lavender Haze" music video

Music

Trans model Laith Ashley shares how playing Taylor Swift’s love interest ‘humanises trans people’

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Trans

TikTok icon Dylan Mulvaney radiates trans joy in stunning new video

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