Patrick Strudwick

London

Special Correspondent @theipaper. Previous LGBT Editor BuzzFeed News. Specialist Journalist of Year 2018. Rep @unitedagents [email protected]

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Articles

‘I asked 60 gyms if trans people like me could join - this is what happened’

1 week ago | inews.co.uk | Patrick Strudwick

When Evan Wade emailed a gym in Stoke-on-Trent to enquire about membership, he wasn’t expecting to be asked about his genitals. But just days after the Supreme Court ruled that the terms “woman” and “man” applied to biological sex only, Evan, 28, contacted the women’s gym to see if he would be welcome – and received a response asking “what genitalia you have”. Born female, Evan began transitioning five years ago and presents as a man with a deep voice and a beard from testosterone treatment.
Our biggest LGBT charity is in crisis. Are we just going to let it collapse?

3 weeks ago | inews.co.uk | Patrick Strudwick

Blood is in the water. Every expedient politician (and pundit) can see it, smell it, and sense an opportunity. After the Supreme Court ruling, which effectively removed trans women from the definition of woman in the Equality Act, the new British sport is: who can make the most rabble-rousing, dog-whistling jabat trans women? The answer was surprising. Bridget Phillipson, who identifies as the Women and Equalities minister, evidently believes that some people are more equal than others.
Our biggest LGBT charity is in crisis. Are we just going to let it collapse?

3 weeks ago | archive.is | Patrick Strudwick |Ian Birrell |Yasmin Alibhai-Brown |Emma Barnett

Blood is in the water. Every expedient politician (and pundit) can see it, smell it, and sense an opportunity. After the Supreme Court ruling, which effectively removed trans women from the definition of woman in the Equality Act, the new British sport is: who can make the most rabble-rousing, dog-whistling jabat trans women? The answer was surprising. Bridget Phillipson, who identifies as the Women and Equalities minister, evidently believes that some people are more equal than others.
I’m a top psychiatrist. We now know how high gay suicide levels are. Here’s how to fix it

3 weeks ago | inews.co.uk | Patrick Strudwick

One of the world’s leading psychiatrists has called on the British government to implement radical new policies, including specialist training for all medical students, to reduce the number of gay people taking their own life. Dinesh Bhugra CBE, a former president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, told The i Paper that among lesbian, gay and bisexual people in England and Wales are more than double that of heterosexuals “should be a wake-up call” to the authorities.
People assume that life is now fine for gay people - it's not

1 month ago | inews.co.uk | Patrick Strudwick

Dear heterosexuals,You know that gay guy who works with you – the fun, smiley person who lights up the place? He’s more than twice as likely to harm himself as your other colleagues. And that lesbian relative of yours – the one who always seems so self-assured? She’s more than twice as likely to kill herself as any other member of your family.
‘My case led to gay marriage rights across the US, now I’m fighting to save them’

1 month ago | msn.com | Patrick Strudwick

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'My case led to gay marriage rights across the US, now I'm fighting to save them'

1 month ago | inews.co.uk | Patrick Strudwick

“I could hear people sobbing around that courtroom,” says Jim Obergefell revisiting the moment 10 years ago when his landmark case won at the US Supreme Court. For the first time in America everyone, regardless of their sexuality, would now be able to marry. “Our attorney said he’s never seen so many attorneys crying. That feeling that our relationships are finally getting the same respect and rights that straight people have enjoyed since before the founding of our country.
US gay marriage ‘at serious risk’ under Trump, says man whose case legalised it

1 month ago | msn.com | Patrick Strudwick

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US gay marriage 'at serious risk' under Trump, says man whose case legalised it

1 month ago | inews.co.uk | Patrick Strudwick

Same-sex marriage in America is “at serious risk” under the Trump administration, according to the man who won the landmark case that introduced it across the country a decade ago. Jim Obergefell, who took his fight for equal marriage to the Supreme Courtin 2015, told The i Paper in an exclusive interview that the rights established in Obergefell v Hodges “could unravel very quickly”. Those who think same-sex marriage rights are safe “are fooling themselves”, he added.
Kevin Spacey 'victim' sues actor and Old Vic theatre over alleged abuse

Feb 12, 2025 | inews.co.uk | Patrick Strudwick

Hollywood star Kevin Spacey is facing new legal action after being sued by a former actor who alleges he was groped by Spacey following a performance at London’s Old Vic theatre. Lawyers representing Ruari Cannon have filed documents to the High Court claiming damages against Spacey for the impact of the alleged incident in 2013 when he was 21. Mr Cannon, whose testimony has never before been tested in court, first revealed his experiences in The iPaper last year.