Lucy L Middleton
@Miditun
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Writer/journalist 🖊💻 | LGBTQ+ correspondent at the Thomson Reuters Foundation @TRF @ContextNewsroom | Formerly @DailyMirror @MetroUK @DeutscheWelle @Openly
London, England
Joined October 2009
Hello. Remember when I was worrying about travelling solo? Well. I’m in an airport queue so here’s the story of one of the most magical weekends I’ve ever had. It’s called: How I went to a massive family wedding in Guatemala with a man I met the night before.
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Why is Kenya no longer a safe place for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers? And what happens to those left to live in limbo? My colleagues @SadiyaAnsari and @enriqueanarte travelled to Nairobi for answers. Watch their brilliant documentary here:
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NEW: As the first lawsuits against executive orders are filed, I spoke to LGBTQ+ groups across the U.S. as they cope with the tumultuous change in office. Read the story: Editing by @anastasiabogota and @EJWulfhorst
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Looking to speak to U.S. citizens who currently hold a passport with an 'X' marker. If that's you and you're comfortable speaking, please get in touch 📧lucy.middleton@tr.com #journorequest
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LGBTQ+ creators on Facebook and Instagram brace for attacks after changes to community standards ✍️ @adamndsmith
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In Syria, business owners look to a new economic era free of corruption after end of Assad rule ✍️ @NazihOsseiran
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Btw everyone it's @Rishma_Dosani's birthday today, so you should all go and harass her! She'd love it ❤️
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France's state-owned railway has been ordered to stop collecting passengers' gender markers when they buy tickets in a landmark case for non-binary rights. It now means online forms in ALL the EU can't enforce gender markers unless necessary. My story:
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LGBTQ+ Germans fear Elon Musk-backed AfD could reverse rights as the country heads to the polls. AfD has a lesbian chancellor candidate, but the party has become the loudest voice in German parliament against LGBTQ+ rights. 👇 Report by @enriqueanarte
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Meta's new guidelines banning insults about mental illness include a caveat for their usage against LGBTQ+ people. The hateful conduct policy is here:
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Trump could limit references to LGBTQ+ issues across gov. policy, experts say. Project 2025 calls for terms like 'sexual orientation' and 'gender identity' to be removed from multiple areas if thought to interfere with free speech. @dsherfinski reports 👇
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'When The Vivienne wasn’t carving her own path in life, regardless of homophobia and trolls, she was giving back to the community here in the city.' A fitting tribute to a Liverpool star
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From Japan and Brazil, to Ghana and the United States: Here's what you can expect from 2025 on LGBTQ+ rights 👇
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Ghana's new president will decide whether or not to approve the country's anti-LGBTQ+ bill passed last year - which could jeopardise billions of dollars of international financing
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From marriage equality in Estonia and Greece, to anti-LGBTQ+ laws in Georgia and Bulgaria, here's how LGBTQ+ rights changed across Europe in 2024 👇
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"It's the only community I'm aware of with zero political representation - and this has to change" Florin Buhuceanu is the first openly gay candidate to stand in Romania's parliamentary election. My story 👇 @ContextNewsroom @Openly
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Two openly LGBTQ+ candidates are running in Namibia's elections against a backdrop of rising hate crime Read @enriqueanarte's story:
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RT @enriqueanarte: "Honestly, I'm getting old. I really want to see this change in family rights during my lifetime" Florin Buhuceanu is h…
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Today I was part of a panel on the LGBTQ+ digital divide at the ILGA World conference in Cape Town ✨🇿🇦 We spoke about accessing disconnected communities in journalism, protecting against harm, and how media orgs can prevent information deserts in remote parts of the world
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RT @ContextNewsroom: 📈 Under Trump, private prison stocks like GEO Group saw major gains and they bet big on his return. What does this mea…
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