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Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Communities and equality
Changemakers 2025

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Communities and equality

We salute the people standing up for the marginalised in their community
'I didn't see a future': Trans veteran forced to hide true self for decades under armed forces 'gay ban'
caroline paige, transgender fighter pilot
LGBTQ+ veterans

'I didn't see a future': Trans veteran forced to hide true self for decades under armed forces 'gay ban'

Drag Race star Tia Kofi: 'Trump winning the election? I wouldn't call it iconic…'
My Big Year

Drag Race star Tia Kofi: 'Trump winning the election? I wouldn't call it iconic…'

Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst named Big Issue's book of the year for 2024
Book of the Year 2024

Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst named Big Issue's book of the year for 2024

Drag Race star Tia Kofi: 'We need to stand side-by-side with trans people more than ever'
Drag

Drag Race star Tia Kofi: 'We need to stand side-by-side with trans people more than ever'

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I wound up living in my car after coming out as a lesbian. Now I use music to help people heal
Interview

I wound up living in my car after coming out as a lesbian. Now I use music to help people heal

Drag star Le Gateau Chocolat: 'As a Black drag queen, I'm political… even when I don't want to be'
Drag

Drag star Le Gateau Chocolat: 'As a Black drag queen, I'm political… even when I don't want to be'

Veterans kicked out of armed forces under 'gay ban' to get £75m. But can it right the wrongs?
Craig Jones

Veterans kicked out of armed forces under 'gay ban' to get £75m. But can it right the wrongs?

Pride or safety? This is the reality of being LGBTQ+ on public transport  
Kristian Jackson

Pride or safety? This is the reality of being LGBTQ+ on public transport  

LGBTQ+ rights have come a long way in the last 35 years – but the work is far from done
Simon Blake

LGBTQ+ rights have come a long way in the last 35 years – but the work is far from done

The UK needed Bronski Beat in 1984. Forty years on, their pop and politics remind us to be strong
Lucy Robinson

The UK needed Bronski Beat in 1984. Forty years on, their pop and politics remind us to be strong

Will Ferrell takes a crash course in trans advocacy in new Netflix doc Will & Harper
Will Ferrell and Harper Steele
Film

Will Ferrell takes a crash course in trans advocacy in new Netflix doc Will & Harper

Dylan Mulvaney on womanhood, identity and why there's so much on the line in the US election
Dylan Mulvaney
Comedy

Dylan Mulvaney on womanhood, identity and why there's so much on the line in the US election

What is the meaning of home? It's complicated...
A rendering of what a converted flat could look like in the year 2049
Sonia Solicari

What is the meaning of home? It's complicated...

Marc Almond on being the antidote to Thatcher and why he's probably a queer icon after all
English singer Marc Almond in a low-lit photo with a black background
Music

Marc Almond on being the antidote to Thatcher and why he's probably a queer icon after all

I found strength, joy, resilience and community on the dance floor of queer clubs
Damian Kerlin

I found strength, joy, resilience and community on the dance floor of queer clubs

LGBTQ+ homelessness is worse than people think. This charity is 'on a mission' to create safe spaces
LGBTQ+ rights protest
LGBTQ+ rights

LGBTQ+ homelessness is worse than people think. This charity is 'on a mission' to create safe spaces

Yes, LGBTQ+ Pride still matters. A lot. Here's the many, many reasons why
LGBTQ+ rights

Yes, LGBTQ+ Pride still matters. A lot. Here's the many, many reasons why

Walt Disco: 'Politicians would rather talk about trans people than things affecting everyone'
Walt Disco. Credit: Izzy Leach
Music

Walt Disco: 'Politicians would rather talk about trans people than things affecting everyone'

Queer asylum seekers 'not safe' in UK due to 'institutionalised homophobia' in Home Office, report finds
LGBTQ+ rights

Queer asylum seekers 'not safe' in UK due to 'institutionalised homophobia' in Home Office, report finds

Spades, moustaches and 3D Tetris: The secrets of Glastonbury's legendary Block9 revealed
A dancer at NYC Downlow, located in Glastonbury Festival's Block9
Glastonbury 2024

Spades, moustaches and 3D Tetris: The secrets of Glastonbury's legendary Block9 revealed

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How world's first drag troupe with Down's syndrome is breaking boundaries for people with disabilities
Learning Disability Week 2024

How world's first drag troupe with Down's syndrome is breaking boundaries for people with disabilities

'Making trans people into villains': Tories slammed over pledge to change legal definition of sex
Prime minister Rishi Sunak in Downing Street
General election 2024

'Making trans people into villains': Tories slammed over pledge to change legal definition of sex

From poverty and housing to migrant and LGBTQ+ rights – why 2024 general election has such high stakes
Rishi Sunak after calling the 4 July General Election
General Election 2024

From poverty and housing to migrant and LGBTQ+ rights – why 2024 general election has such high stakes