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This month, we have a historic opportunity to improve trans rights. The government is currently consulting the public on whether it should make it easier for trans people to have their gender legally recognised through the Gender Recognition Act.

As Chicago awaited a decision in the murder trial of Police Officer Jason Van Dyke for the 2014 killing of Laquan McDonald last week, the city’s school-kids were preparing for something they had never seen in their lives.

Spend any time in Amsterdam, and it soon becomes apparent that its reputation as one of Europe’s premiere destinations for debauchery and bacchanalian pursuits remains alive and well. The red light district, freely available drugs of all kinds, and the proliferation of super strong beers have turned the city centre into a late night playground for the lads’n’ladettes-on-tour brigade, noisily slurring and vomiting their way between cheap dive bars and seedy alleyways.

The National Front's new clean-cut image looks a lot like the international movement exemplified by Southern and Molyneux. Canadians Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux brought to New Zealand a taste of the alt-right attitudes currently shaping the political landscape of North America, and now Jordan Peterson, another Canadian, looks set to repeat the dose with his planned visit to New Zealand early next year.

I wasn’t sure what I expected entering the house of Gabbi, Adrian and Bernie – a polyamorous triad, who work as sex workers and are active and enthusiastic members of New Zealand’s fetish scene. It's not that I was expecting to find chains hanging from the ceiling, or handcuffs on every bedpost - it’s just that I wasn’t prepared to find a home that was quite this… wholesome.

Behind the stereotypical ‘Fortune Cookie’ costume, there’s a three-dimensional character with Cambodian roots.

Though the fight for gender parity is happening in many industries, few have experienced as much controversy over gender as game development. In the last five years, the gender gap of gamers has closed considerably—with women now representing 45 percent of gamers. But the industry itself is still very much male-dominated. According to recent surveys, 74 percent of people working in game development are men.

This man holds the world record for crushing nuts with his butt. Writer/Producer of this cutdown

Twenty years on, we should see more ambitious shows making a jump to the big screen.

Meet the ultra-Orthodox Jews who want to see Israel dismantled. Writer/Producer of this cutdown

We spoke to the director of ‘Mr. Gay Syria’ about representation and the need for refugee stories with human faces.

Conspiracist respecter and ‘Behind the Curve’ creator Daniel J. Clark makes a case for empathy at Hot Docs April 30.

Working in the dairy industry is hard work. It requires a huge amount of dedication to work before dawn every day in often harsh and difficult conditions. That hard work was once an investment New Zealand farmers made, as they earned their way to achieving one of the age-old dreams of this country—becoming a farm-owner.

Will Netflix become home to the festival films that used to just disappear?

It's too simplistic to suggest that the arts can solve the mental health crisis, but there's hope that more funding and more debate around the issues could help improve our wellbeing.

20 years later, it stands up as J Lo’s career high point, a Clooney reset, and one of the best Elmore Leonard adaptations we’ve got.

Creators reflect on big breaks, shitty editors, bankruptcies, drawing porn, and a T-Rex on the edge of space.

The 25-year-old 'Atlanta' writer/producer Stefani Robinson gives her advice on how to break into the business.

On The VICE Guide to Right Now, VICE's daily podcast, we're bringing you the final installment of our Black History Month special series, highlighting black entrepreneurs across diverse fields throughout the month of February. In this episode, we'll hear from Cathy Hughes, founder and chairperson of Radio One, the largest African American owned and operated broadcast company in the nation.

On The VICE Guide to Right Now, VICE's daily podcast, we're diving into the fourth installment of our Black History Month special series, highlighting black entrepreneurs across diverse fields throughout the month of February. Today, we’ll hear from Tristan Walker, the founder and CEO of the haircare brands Bevel and Form, both of which were created specifically for people of color.

I interviewed Christopher Gray, the founder of Scholly, on today's episode of 'The VICE Guide to Right Now Podcast.' After earning $1.3 million in scholarships toward his college education, Gray developed the app to make the process easier for other students around the country.

On The VICE Guide to Right Now, VICE's daily podcast, I spoke with Ariell Johnson as part of a special Black History Month series, highlighting black entrepreneurs. Ariell is the owner of Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse in Philadelphia and is the first African-American female owner of a comic book store on the East Coast.

Shock has emerged as the signature emotional response to the organized confusion of the Trump era. The president is at war with the same agents of federal law enforcement investigating his old campaign. Just months after an alt-right rally in Charlottesville ended in death, emboldened white supremacists are littering college campuses with propaganda. And an immigration system that was already broken has been thrown into even more chaos by a White House bent on vindictive, nativist policies. All