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Ayman Eckford

Reporter · US

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Sep 8, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Ayman Eckford

    Anti-science, anti-LGBTQ movements go hand in hand (opens the original)

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    A newborn baby died after contracting measles in Pennsylvania last month, and, as if it wasn’t enough grief for his parents, anti-vax activists are trying to track down and harass his family. Apparently, Gov. Josh Shapiro tangled with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over his “inaccurate and misleading claims.” On Aug. 26, RFK Jr., the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, declared that the deaths could be fabricated. We live in peculiar times, when it is government officials, not

  2. Article · Aug 21, 2026 · Ayman Eckford

    Not all trans people are the same (opens the original)

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    It’s interesting how the mainstream media, especially the conservative part of it, likes to write about transgender subculture when they should speak up about trans people. How often do you see mentions of blue or purple hair, Marxism, specific clothing styles and ecology when you see a mention of a trans person? It happens more often than it should. It looks like the mainstream media, even the ones that don’t demonise us, sincerely believe that being trans means sharing a whole bunch of charact

  3. Article · Jul 28, 2026 · Ayman Eckford

    We must not scapegoat refugees after Berlin Pride terrorist attack (opens the original)

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    On Saturday, during Berlin’s Christopher Street Day, one of Europe’s biggest LGBTQ Pride events, a 21-year-old religious extremist drove a van into the crowd and then used a knife to stab multiple people. One person died and 29 others were injured. When I saw this news on social media, I sincerely felt scared, and not because one more bigot used his religion to justify violence against people like me. It has, unfortunately, happened too often. Despite being happy to see the overwhelming support

  4. Article · Jul 20, 2026 · Ayman Eckford

    Sci-fi has long been at vanguard of LGBTQ representation (opens the original)

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    Since I was a teenager, I have liked sci-fi because of the depth with which it explores social issues. At the time, I didn’t know that I was autistic and queer, so I couldn’t see myself in other autistic and queer people. Instead, I saw myself in androids, mutants, telepaths, and sometimes aliens who were portrayed as minorities persecuted by the human majority. It was a universal language for talking about alienation, systemic discrimination, conversion therapy, segregation, and internalized se

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