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Netherlands’ Prime Minister Rob Jetten warns of a ‘very well-organised enemy’ pushing anti-gay agenda (EXCLUSIVE)

Speaking in his cover interview with Attitude, Jetten called on the public to remain resilient and reject the harmful messages being spread by the far right

Rob Jetten for Attitude magazine and Nicolás Keenan

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Netherlands’ Prime Minister Rob Jetten shares hopes for children with fiancé Nicolás Keenan (EXCLUSIVE)

"I was quite sure that I would never get this love of my life that I would want to marry and have kids with," Jetten told Attitude

Neil Amin-Smith from Clean Bandit as Britain's Special Advisor to the Chancellor

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Who is Neil Amin-Smith? Andy Burnham’s economic adviser who used to be in Clean Bandit and dated Olly Alexander

Since leaving the British music group in 2016, he's pursued a very different career, which has now landed him a top job at No. 10

Nigel Farage speaking at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference

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Financial investigation into Nigel Farage resumes after by-election win

The by-election was held yesterday (13 August), with the Reform UK leader securing 22,239 votes

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Greater Manchester mayor declines to commit to new EHRC trans guidance

“I am working through what the guidance means in terms of the transport services that I am in control of,” she said

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Zack Polanski says he ‘didn’t do anything wrong’ over Nigel Farage guillotine post

Speaking on BBC Newsnight, the Green Party leader explained the image appeared on his account by mistake after he accepted a collaboration request on Instagram

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Hunter Biden claims Republican ‘closeted gay mafia’ fuelling anti-LGBTQ+ politics

"That internal conflict creates so much vitriol inside a person that they take it out on the rest of the world," said Biden

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Show me the receipts: Examining prime minister Andy Burnham’s history of LGBTQ+ allyship

He's built up one of the most consistently pro-LGBTQ+ records in politics. But is there anything lurking in the archives? Let's find out

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Bake Off’s Prue Leith says she fears for Reform MP son Danny Kruger after Ann Widdecombe’s death

The Great British Bake Off judge spoke about her concerns during an interview with Times Radio, days after Widdecombe's death

Carl Cashman in his Attitude cover shoot

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Lib Dem leader Carl Cashman interview: ‘About 90 per cent of my Instagram followers are gay men’ (EXCLUSIVE)

It's not just his good looks or to-camera videos about local planning policy that have magnetised the gays

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Boy George slams Suella Braverman as ‘dangerous’ in row over puberty blockers to trans youth

George slated the politician as "misinformed, ignorant and right wing in the most hideously smug manner"

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Carl Cashman vows Lib Dems are ‘fiercely pro-trans rights’ (EXCLUSIVE)

"We are a party that is fiercely pro-trans rights because trans rights are human rights," Cashman tells Attitude

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Liverpool Lib Dem leader Carl Cashman calls for ‘positive masculinity’ as he covers Attitude (EXCLUSIVE)

Cashman talks to Attitude for his inaugural cover interview, ahead of this year’s PEUGEOT Attitude PRIDE Awards Europe, supported by British Airways

Tammy Searle and Jenny Knight from Elect The Dolls

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Elect The Dolls: the Green Party campaign getting trans people in power

Delving into the results of the Green Party’s Elect The Dolls campaign with Eden Hills, Jenny Knight and Tammy Searle

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Scottish Greens make history as first transgender MSPs elected

Q Manivannan was returned on the Edinburgh and Lothians East regional list, while Iris Duane secured a seat representing Glasgow

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Terrence Higgins Trust CEO: Nigel Farage is wrong about HIV – and the policy he attacks is one that’s working (EXCLUSIVE)

"You cannot end an epidemic while drawing lines around who deserves treatment, because the virus does not recognise the lines," Angell writes for Attitude

Steven Braines as himself and as Sandra Spitz

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Drag queen and pro wrestler Sandra Spitz to stand in Newham local elections

Spitz is a drag wrestling character with a fictional backstory involving a magician husband and a parasitic twin

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Trump administration opens investigation into trans admissions at Smith College

The inquiry will assess whether the college complies with Title IX, which bans sex-based discrimination at federally funded institutions

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EU moves closer to so-called conversion therapy ban as MEPs vote in favour

More than 1.2 million people signed the petition, exceeding the threshold required to trigger an official response

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Wes Streeting must ‘listen to trans young people’ after NHS restrictions, say 10 LGBTQ+ groups

The letter was coordinated by TransActual and backed by groups including Mermaids, Gendered Intelligence and The Proud Trust