Gender

Italy’s Giorgia Meloni denies she is anti-women as credentials questioned

Far-right leader posted sexualised clip of herself during election campaign, favours curbs on abortion and is against ‘pink quotas’

Angela Giuffrida in Rome

29, Sep, 2022 @4:00 AM

Iran launches airstrike against Kurdish group in northern Iraq

Deadly attack comes in response to KDPI support for ongoing protests over Mahsa Amini death in custody

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

28, Sep, 2022 @5:35 PM

Virgin Atlantic staff can choose which uniform to wear ‘no matter their gender’

Airline reflects diversity of workforce with policy on its Vivienne Westwood-designed outfits

Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

28, Sep, 2022 @10:36 AM

Andy Burnham says nationalising railways ‘a no brainer’ – as it happened

Latest updates: all the developments from UK politics as the Labour party conference starts in Liverpool

Andrew Sparrow

25, Sep, 2022 @6:00 PM

We must raise boys’ attainment – but not at the expense of girls | Letters

Letters: Heather Box suggests a year off between school and university; Derrick Cameron says the way boys and girls are raised should be examined; and Andrew Castleton recommends a form of national service

Letters

23, Sep, 2022 @4:44 PM

The young Australian who changed trans rights for children: ‘Everything I do, I do for the kids’

Georgie Stone has made headlines ever since she was 10, first in the courts and then becoming Neighbours’ first trans actor. She talks about her life, ahead of a new Netflix documentary

Michael Sun

21, Sep, 2022 @5:30 PM

If I mention the ‘modern male struggle’, do you roll your eyes? It’s time to stop looking away | Gaby Hinsliff

Progressives should take these problems seriously, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Gaby Hinsliff

20, Sep, 2022 @9:00 AM

From doing laundry to washing the dishes: unpaid work is bad for our mental health | Sophie Brickman

Women do the majority of unpaid labor – and it creates a taxing mental load

Sophie Brickman

16, Sep, 2022 @12:41 PM

Alok Vaid-Menon: ‘I was too much, too feminine, too hairy, too brown. I have been cruel to myself’

Six years ago, the American gender-nonconforming writer was punched by a stranger on a Melbourne tram. Now they’re back in Australia to speak about why they forgive him

Sian Cain

15, Sep, 2022 @5:30 PM