As its name suggests, metadata is data about data. Metadata is used in a variety of contexts, often for cataloging information, like tagging keywords in a video so it’s easy to find later. When it comes to computers, people often first think of "file metadata," which includes details about when...

Good medicine is guided by the values of the patient, not those of a clinician, politician or commentator. The Cass Review, lacking expertise and compromised by implicit stigma and misinformation, doe...

Sophie Ellis-Bextor has criticised increasing levels of transphobia in the UK and overseas in a new interview.

Exclusive - Spending by so-called 'conversion therapy' groups has increased by 165% since the government first promised to ban the ‘cruel and abusive’ practice

The code change that has been proposed does not ban negative depictions of transgender people, however. Public comment is open until October 14.

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A new investigation has revealed significant lobbying efforts by gender critical groups.

“These issues significantly undermine the validity of the Cass Review’s recommendations, such that the Review fails to fulfil its aims as commissioned and should not be used as the basis for policy.”

Speaking at Georgetown Law, Chief Justice John Roberts denounced “ad hominem” criticism of the justices.

The Handmaid’s Tale author spoke out as she accepted the freedom to publish prize at the British Book awards Margaret Atwood has said she cannot remember another point in her lifetime “when words themselves have felt under such threat”. “Words are our earliest human technology, like water they appear insubstantial, but like water they can generate tremendous power” the 85-year-old novelist said in her acceptance speech for the freedom to publish prize at the British Book awards. Continue reading...