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Daily Mirror
4 days ago
- Politics
- Daily Mirror
Munroe Bergdorf 'hopeful for Corbyn's new party' as she calls out Labour for no 'backbone'
Munroe Bergdorf has "never been more hopeful" following the announcement of Jeremy Corbyn and Zara Sultana's independent party, but calls on Labour MPs to do better for the trans community Model and trans activist Munroe Bergdoft expressed her disappointment at the Labour party's treatment of trans people in the UK. At the London Trans+ Pride launch event, she told a panel of activists that the Labour party have "shown who they are and have cemented who they are in history." She later added that she has "a lot to shout at this government, but reasoning with them is fruitless." In preparation for London Trans+ Pride, set to take place on July 26, Bergdorf joined a panel consisting of London Trans+ Pride founding member Lewis G Burton, BAFTA-winning writer and activist Sukey Venables-Fisher and Trans Kids Deserve Better members, Merlin and Cliff. Instilling hope into trans people nationwide, she said: "Just like other civil rights movements before us, things will come to fruition for our movement and for our lives." Bergdorf stated she has "never felt so hopeful" after seeing the announcement of Jeremy Corbyn and Zara Sultana's independent party. Earlier this month, Sultana quit Labour and voiced her frustration with the party, saying "Labour has completely failed to improve people's lives." The 31-year-old wrote in a statement posted to X: "Today, after 14 years, I'm resigning from the Labour Party. Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country." Bergdorf admitted that she had considered leaving the UK, but now wants to "stay and fight and see growth and support [Corbyn and Sultana's party]." Corbyn confirmed that "real change is coming" and praised Sultana for helping to build "a real alternative." Whilst the new independent party establishes itself, Bergdorf urged the current Labour government to take action for the transgender community. "To everything single MP in the Labour party on the left; it's time for backbone, it's time to actually do something instead of just talking. Join us, come to trans pride. It's time to show urgency." For more stories like this subscribe to our weekly newsletter, The Weekly Gulp, for a curated roundup of trending stories, poignant interviews, and viral lifestyle picks from The Mirror's Audience U35 team delivered straight to your inbox. Bergdorf and the panellists acknowledged that it's been a tough year for trans people, following the UK Supreme Court ruling. In April 2024, the court ruled in favour of so-called 'gender critical' volunteer organisation For Women Scotland in their appeal against the Scottish Government's usage of the term 'woman'. Lord Hodge, Lady Rose and Lady Simler gave a joint judgment, with which the other Justices agreed, passing down an unanimous verdict that the term 'woman' used in the Equality Act 2010 refers to biological sex. Trans charity Gendered Intelligence told the Mirror at the time that they were disappointed at the ruling, and said the judgement is "likely to empower those who want to exclude trans people, but we trust that this remains a small minority." At the London Trans+ Pride panel, Bergdorf called for meaningful trans allyship, stating that "directing traffic, money, support and awareness to services that support us is paramount... If people are going to be allies they need to make it worth it." Help us improve our content by completing the survey below. We'd love to hear from you!
ITV News
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- ITV News
Thousands expected to descend on city centre for saved Liverpool's Pride march
Tens of thousands of people are expected to march through Liverpool to celebrate Pride after celebrations were almost cancelled due to financial pressures. The annual celebrations had originally been called off for 2025, due to rising costs and difficulty securing funding, but it was saved when the region's LGBTQ+ and HIV charity Sahir House stepped in to run the event. Now called Liverpool's Pride, organisers say they "are pulling out all the stops" to uplift often marginalised members of the queer community, like Trans people, refugees, and those living with disabilities. What is the history behind Liverpool Pride? Liverpool's first official Pride event was held the weekend of 7 August 2010. It typically takes place at the end of July or early August to commemorate the death of Michael Causer, an 18-year-old gay man who was murdered in Liverpool. Michael died in hospital after he was seriously assaulted at a house party on 25 July 2008. His family, who set up a foundation in his name to help other young LGBTQ+ people, say he was killed because of his sexual orientation. When is this year's new Pride event taking place in Liverpool? Liverpool's Pride is taking place on Saturday 26 July. What is the new route for Liverpool's Pride march? The event, which has previously taken place at St George's Hall, will start at the city's Pier Head for the first time. Local LGBTQ+ activists and community voices will lead speeches from 10.30am at Pier Head before the parade at 11.30am. The route will begin from Three Graces at the city's waterfront, along Strand Street and Salthouse Quay at the Albert Dock before ending at the M&S Bank Arena where a ticketed event will take place at noon. The 2025 march will be led by trans rights group Protect Scouse Dolls, followed by Block One – the only designated marching block, created specifically for LGBTQ+ people living with disabilities and neurodivergent LGBTQ+ people. Organisers say they will "set the pace" for the rest of the march, "helping to create a calmer, more accessible experience for everyone". Liverpool Pride say the new route has been designed to be shorter, step-free and wheelchair friendly to ensure the everybody can enjoy the parade. Is anything happening after the march? The march concludes at the M&S Bank Arena, leading straight into a main celebration event - a vibrant afternoon of LGBTQ+ joy, creativity, and community. Four hours of live performances are scheduled to take place by a wide variety of "incredible" local LGBTQ+ performers The event will also feature a community marketplace with around 40 stalls including charities, queer makers, food, drink, and services The inclusive event is for everyone who marched with Pride – and for those cheering us on from the side-lines - with tickets costing £5.50. Why did LCR Pride cancel the 2025 event and how was it saved? The LCR Pride Foundation, the charity behind the annual March with Pride, announced in June that the event was cancelled due to 'significant financial and organisational challenges'. Organisers said it had become impossible to deliver the event, which had been scheduled for Saturday 26 July, due to rising costs and a struggle to secure both local and national funding. It added that reverting to "a mainly volunteer-led model" and tight planning timescales also played a major part. But a month after the announcement, Sahir House, the city's oldest LGBTQ+ charity, shared on social media that they had 'turned things around' and Pride was back on. The charity said in a statement on its website: 'This year, we're proudly calling it Liverpool's Pride – with an apostrophe and an 's' – because this Pride belongs to all of us.
Daily Record
07-07-2025
- Sport
- Daily Record
Incoming Hearts star in awe of Jamestown transfer brilliance as he sets his sights on Premiership golden boot
Deals for Pierre Landry Kabore and Sabah Kertoja are agreed with the pair due in Edinburgh for their medicals this week Incoming Hearts signing Pierre Landry Kabore doesn't know how the club found him but sees no reason why he can't become Scotland's top scorer and fire himself to England. A deal is agreed for the Burkina Faso international, who is set to leave Estonian club JK Narva Trans while the Jambos will pay Italian fourth tier outfit a fee of £120,000 for Albanian winger Sabah Kerjota. Both are set to undergo medicals in Edinburgh this week and could feature in Saturday's Premier Sports Cup group stage opener against Dunfermline at Tynecastle, pending successful work permit hearings. Kabore can play out wide or up front and has bagged 12 goals in 15 league games for Trans. It's the type of signing the capital club's use of Jamestown Analytics has now made possible for Derek McInnes and even if the player himself isn't exactly sure how the Tynecastle club landed on him, he has big ambitions and is already looking beyond Gorgie. "I don't know how they found me,' he told the Estonian media in Estonia. 'I have to express a huge thank you to my agent. I'm very happy that I had the opportunity to make a step up from the Estonian Premier League. 'I will continue working there, hoping to go even further. Why not become the top scorer in the Scottish league and then move on from there? To England or France? I will take it step by step. I will miss Narva and Estonia. I started playing for Trans last season, but I feel like this team has become a family for me. I wish the club all the best. It's sad to leave here, but it's a step that has to be taken. My ambition remains the same everywhere — I want to score in every possible game.' Trans boss Roman Kozuhhovski admits there's no way he could deny Kabore his move to Scotland after plucking him from SOL FC d"abodo in the Ivory Coast and he reckons Hearts are getting a vastly improved player from even the one that played last season. 'If Kabore leaves, I can only be happy for him,' said Kožuhhovski. 'I'll tell you why. Yes, we're losing a quality player who has developed tremendously. If you compare Kabore from last season to this year, they're two completely different strikers. I don't want to hold anything back, we've worked a lot with our coaching team on him. Kabore deserves to progress in his career. 'This is also a sign to other players that it is possible to go abroad from this club. This is not only good for Trans, but for the entire Estonian Premier League. "I wished Kabore a happy birthday. I wrote that because of him I became 10 years older, because at times my nervous system couldn't handle it. He laughed about it. Of course, I'm glad that I managed to work with such a player.' You can get all the news you need on our dedicated Rangers and Celtic pages, and sign up to our newsletters to make sure you never miss a beat throughout the season. We're also WhatsApp where we bring all the latest breaking news and transfer gossip directly to you phone. Join our Rangers community here and our Celtic community here.
Daily Record
05-07-2025
- Daily Record
Trans killer moans "human rights breached" over leaked recording of her cracking joke
Life prisoner Sophie Eastwood has raised the matter as a breach of human rights – specifically to hers and the guard's right to privacy – and called for him to be allowed to return to work, and his female colleague disciplined. A Trans killer has moaned that her human rights were breached after a security guard secretly recorded her sharing a joke with his colleague. Life prisoner Sophie Eastwood has raised the matter as a breach to hers and the other guard's right to privacy. The guard recorded talking to her has since been sacked as she calls for him to be allowed to return to work and for the colleague who took the recording to be disciplined. Eastwood, 39, has been in Wishaw General Hospital since August last year because a fissure in her small intestine, caused by swallowing razor blades during a bout of poor mental health, left her unable to eat and drink normally. She has been kept in hospital where Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN), which gives her the nutrition she needs intravenously, has been administered to keep her alive while senior medics assess whether an operation might be possible. GeoAmey, the company that manages prisoner transfers between jail and court and also hospital visits and stays, has had two guards with Eastwood, who is cuffed and chained to one of the guards, 24 hours a day. Eastwood told the Record: 'As a prisoner, people have power over me and might find a way to punish me for speaking out, but this is so unfair I feel I have to. 'The guy who was suspended is very good at his job and is liked and respected by everyone, and all his colleagues are really gutted for him, but they can't influence what happens to him. 'I've had a wide array of guards watching me over the past ten months or so, and he was one of the best. 'He is friendly while making it clear he is in charge and he has been with GeoAmey for many years. 'He was on duty on the night of May 21 into May 22 with a female colleague who I also thought I knew. 'Throughout her shift, she was nipping out for five, ten minutes, and I assumed it was toilet breaks or breaks to have a cigarette or a vape. 'But it turned out that she was leaving her mobile phone behind and, obviously without our knowledge or consent, was leaving it to record our conversations. 'We learned she had handed the recordings over to GeoAmey managers at the Bellshill headquarters. 'There was nothing that I recall that should have been a disciplinary matter. 'At one point, I think because we thought she was going out for a vape, we joked about a previous incident where I had my room and bathroom searched for vapes – I didn't have any - and it was reported in the Record. 'It seems a guy with many years' service, who is really good at his job, has been suspended for having a joke with a prisoner.' It has long been established that covert recordings, even of active criminals planning an operation, are not legal and cannot be used as evidence in court without consent, or a warrant from a sheriff has allowed it in the public interest. Eastwood said: 'Nothing we discussed would have been of any interest to the public, and we didn't know we were being recorded so how is this possible?' She added that she knew the names of both security guards involved but was not sharing them out of respect for their privacy. Earlier this year Eastwood had her TPN withdrawn following a crisis in her mental health. The unexpected death of her father led to her attempting to self-harm with scissors and a razor blade. She had the life-saving treatment restored after the Record highlighted her fears that she had been left to die. She now awaits a decision on whether an operation that would allow her to eat normally might be attempted. If successful, this would see her returned to prison. Eastwood is serving life for the murder of cellmate Paul Algie, 22, in 2004, in Dumfries Young Offenders Institution when she was just 18 and still living as Daniel Eastwood. Eastwood was close to being released from prison for driving offences when she committed the murder, which she says she regrets every day and will regret until her own death. Ordered to serve a minimum 15 years at the High Court in Glasgow, she has now served more than 20. If an operation were successful, she would almost certainly be returned to Glenochil Prison, where she became seriously unwell after being moved back to the male estate having spent many years among female prisoners. This followed the farce at the start of last year around the rapist Adam Graham, who declared while facing two rape charges that he was transitioning to female and wanted to be known as Isla Bryson and serve his sentence in a female jail. The political fallout from that case led the SPS to review its management of all trans prisoners, and some were moved back into prisons that aligned with their gender at birth. Eastwood had previously been bullied and assaulted by male prisoners after starting to transition in 2017 and was terrified to be back among them. A GeoAmey spokesperson said: 'All allegations regarding staff conduct are subject to internal investigation. 'It would not be appropriate to comment further at this time.'
Toronto Star
29-06-2025
- Politics
- Toronto Star
In photos: Thousands take to the streets at annual Trans March to kick off Toronto's Pride weekend
Thousands of people take to the streets to stand up for Trans rights during the annual Trans March. Nick Lachance/ Toronto Star
