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After the cabaret drag scene helped define my identity as a gay man, performing made me realise 'Asifa' was more just a stage name – it was my true identity
Extending the Brexit process will lift uncertainty in Westminster, but will do little to reassure businesses and consumers there is light at the end of the tunnel
The town doesn't just tolerate its LGBT+ community, it values and embraces us
Fitting our lives into neatly boxed-off categories doesn’t reflect the lived experience, frustration and alienation you face with a disorder
Just as we did with baby leave for MPs and the introduction of proxy voting, we have to bring parliament into the real world and ensure that everyone working in it is protected.
Imprecise use of medicine costs lives. If we can target drugs more effectively, we’ll deliver better outcomes for patients while making huge strides in securing the NHS’s future.
We have a responsibility to our youngest citizens to remove the ‘blockers’ in their lives, and this will require a whole new level of political priority and commitment.
The far right agitator seeks to fund his lifestyle off the back of his social media following – never has spreading hate been so fashionable, public, or profitable
No, I do not know Prakash from the cornershop and no, I don't want to hear your Apu from The Simpsons
When I become physically unwell, even just a bit, I spiral