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Generation HIV: the young Britons born HIV positive
In Britain there’s a unique group of young people who’ve had HIV all their lives. They were born in the 90s, when mother-to-child transmission couldn’t be prevented, but HIV positive babies could survive. No other generation will ever...
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Ai Weiwei on Beijing: 'It's a prison for freedom of speech
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was born in Beijing but spent the first 18 years of his life in exile with his family. He now lives and works in the capital, far from the centre but under constant surveillance. In the first of this new series...
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Antony Gormley: 'London is bought, developed and abandoned'
The Turner prize-winning sculptor Antony Gormley is known for placing casts of his own naked body around cities. Now in our special Guardian Cities / Tate series, he takes us on an intimate tour inside ‘his’ London, gives us an exclusive...
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It's my body of armour: my life as a female bodybuilder
Pro-bodybuilder Rene Campbell, 38, is ‘bigorexic’ – devoted to making herself as large as possible by cooking the right kind of food and training as much as she can. Her relentless pursuit of an ever-bigger body gives her self-esteem....
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Street children from around the world: 'Football helps kids take the right path'
There are an estimated 150 million street children around the world. We speak to young people from Pakistan, Burundi and Brazil about the role sport has had in getting them off the streets
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Meet the brewers of the craft beer revolution
Sacre Brew, Purity and Popes – a trio of breweries in the Midlands with different startup stories. The business owners reveal how they’re trying to stand out and grow their brands in the crowded craft beer market
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Drive for women's empowerment: Mumbai's all-female taxi firm
The all-female Priyardarshini Taxi Service was set up in Mumbai in 2008 by the social entrepreneur Susieben Shah, who wanted to support women’s economic empowerment in India. Dhanlaxmi Devendra, a single parent, is one of...
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Paris: where street basketball meets hip-hop
Quai 54 is the biggest street basketball championship in Europe, played in the centre of Paris against a backdrop of the Champs-Élysées and the Eiffel Tower. Iman Amrani had courtside access to the event and went to explore the...
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Pride and prejudice in the UK
According to the 2013 NatCen British Social Attitudes survey, almost a third of British people report that they have some feelings of racial prejudice. A recent Guardian event discussed what racism looks like in the UK today. The debate...
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The orgasm gap
Women are less likely to orgasm than men – but is it really more difficult for women? There’s still ambiguity about what the female orgasm even is, let alone how to have one. In episode three of Vagina Dispatches, we (Mona and Mae) go...
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Stopping periods
Some women have chosen to stop their periods – we (Mae and Mona) are two of them. In episode two of Vagina Dispatches, we speak to a doctor who thinks periods are unnatural, a former Olympian, a menstrual blood artist and a formerly...
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How to Turn Pain into a Pearl
John describes his artistic method and practice, which uses circles as a base to create larger, dynamic murals. He plans to eventually cover the walls of his home with his drawings. John compares this process to the way pain is managed,...
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The Personal Toll of the AIDS Epidemic
John reflects on rhis friendships and romantic relationships in the 1980s and 90s. He discusses the HIV and AIDS epidemic and the impact that had on many of his friends. John explains that friends were dying so quickly that he was not...
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Dating in the Dark
At the age of 30, John Kapellas was married and had a child when he came out as gay. He and his wife decided to stay together but lead a mostly celebate life. In this video, John discusses what that time in his life was like and how his...
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Life Without the Sun
For 53 years, John Kapellas enjoyed the bright sky of the western US, but one day he started to burn, blister and break out in rashes whenever he was exposed to light. Now allergic to the entire spectrum of light, Kapellas has spent the...
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Keeping Hope Alive After Brazil's Elections
The first round of elections concludes and Bolsonaro is ahead, but Monica is still hopeful that the second round may turn out in their favor. Monica's mother explains her thoughts on Monica's political work and the pride she feels in who...
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Believing in a Better Brazil
Bolsonaro wins the election and Monica processes what this means for the country and for her. Despite this additional blow, she commits to keep fighting for a better Brazil and fighting for Marielle. Marielle and Monica part 4
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The Significance of Marielle Franco Street
As the police investigation into Marielle Franco's murder drifts, Monica is a plunged into a new crisis: the probable election of Jair Bolsonaro. Monica and fellow activists explain what Bolsonaro's rise says about their country and...
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The Assassination and Legacy of Marielle Franco
Marielle Franco, a Brazilian LGBT and human rights activist, was killed in March 2018. Her widow, Monica Benicio, continued her fight for better treatment of the poor, the LGBT community and black Brazilians. Monica and other activists...
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A World That Can Hold Many Worlds
Lupita shares how her father's fearlessness inspired her to do the work she does fighting for government accountability and indigenous rights. The people who carried out the Acteal massacre, in which Lupita's family was murdered, have...
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Remembering Acteal and Demanding Better
The experience of losing most of her family in the Acteal massacre emboldened Lupita to become an activist for her community and the indigenous people of Mexico. Through rallies, song, and demonstrations, Lupita energizes others to fight...
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Fighting for Indigenous Rights in Chiapas, México
In a country where indigenous people are increasingly displaced and journalists are killed at an alarming rate, a courageous new voice has emerged: Lupita, a Tzotzil-Maya woman at the forefront of a Mexican indigenous movement. Twenty...
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Gävle's Goats of Christmas Past
Every Advent in Gävle, Sweden, a large, straw goat is built in the center of town. Most years, it burns before Christmas comes. The townspeople of Gävle reflect on the goats, and goat burnings, of decades past and share their hopes for...
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Praying for Sun Through the Harsh Swedish Winter
Worshiping sources of light plays a role in Christianity and in the pagan religions of Sweden. During the long winter months, the people of Gävle have differing opinions on how to cope with the dark and bring back the light. Some enjoy...