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‘Damenkneipe,’ or ‘Ladies’ Saloon,’ painted by Rudolf Schlichter in 1923. In 1937, many of his paintings were destroyed by the Nazis as ‘degenerate art.’

July 4, 2017

How the Nazis destroyed the first gay rights movement

John Broich, Case Western Reserve University

The 1920s and early ‘30's looked like the beginning of the end for centuries of gay intolerance. Then came fascism and the Nazis.

April 3, 2017

How ethnic and racial harassment damages mental health

Alita Nandi, University of Essex and Renee Luthra, University of Essex

Hate crime hurts.

At least 70 people died in a bomb blast in Quetta, Pakistan in August – most of them lawyers. Shazaib Akber/EPA

November 1, 2016

What we’ve found by mapping incidents of intolerance across South Asia

Siddharth Peter de Souza, Humboldt University of Berlin; Nida Rehman, University of Cambridge, and Saba Sharma, University of Cambridge

A new tool is tracking attacks on people for their religion, politics, caste, ethnicity, gender, class and sexual orientation.

A step in the right direction. EPA/Yoan Valat

May 16, 2016

Organised religion must join the fight against homophobia

Andrew Fagan, University of Essex and Alan Msosa, University of Essex

Religious leaders have done little to help combat institutionalised homophobia – and some have flat-out encouraged it.

The so-called ‘lamest’ generation has some very real grievances. 'Protestor' via www.shutterstock.com

December 4, 2015

How pervasive anti-millennial sentiment has hurt the cause of student protesters

Sophia A. McClennen, Pennsylvania State University

Why do critiques focus on the flaws of the protesters, rather than the flawed institutions that sparked the protests in the first place?

To dream … the impossible dream. Impossible in Northern Ireland, apparently. Paul Faith/PA Wire

June 2, 2014

Nightmare in Northern Ireland seeing race replace religion as society’s open sore

John Nagle, University of Aberdeen

For the rest of the world, Northern Ireland already has a notorious reputation for religious intolerance and sectarian hatred. This well-worn yarn tells of ancient enmities dividing Irish Catholics and…

Top contributors

John Nagle
Lecturer in Sociology, University of Aberdeen
Sophia A. McClennen
Director, Center for Global Studies, Pennsylvania State University
Renee Luthra
Research Fellow, Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex
Andrew Fagan
Director of Postgraduate Studies, Human Rights Centre, University of Essex
Alan Msosa
PhD Student, University of Essex Human Rights Centre, University of Essex
Siddharth Peter de Souza
PhD candidate in Law, Humboldt University of Berlin
Nida Rehman
PhD candidate in Geography, University of Cambridge
Saba Sharma
PhD Candidate in Geography, University of Cambridge
John Broich
Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University
Alita Nandi
Research Fellow, Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex