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🇬🇷 BREAKING - Greece has become the first Orthodox Christian country to legalise same-sex civil marriage. 🌈 The landmark bill, drafted by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' government, was passed in parliament on this evening.

Same-sex marriage legalisation: 2001: 🇳🇱 2003: 🇧🇪 2005: 🇪🇸🇨🇦 2006: 🇿🇦 2009: 🇸🇪🇳🇴 2010: 🇵🇹🇮🇸🇦🇷 2012: 🇩🇰 2013: 🇧🇷🇫🇷🇺🇾🇳🇿 2014: 🇬🇧 2015: 🇺🇸🇮🇪🇱🇺 2016: 🇨🇴🇮🇲 2017: 🇩🇪🇲🇹🇦🇺🇫🇮 2019: 🇦🇹🇹🇼🇪🇨 2020: 🇨🇷 2022: 🇨🇱🇨🇭🇨🇺 🇸🇮 🇦🇩🇲🇽 2023: 🇪🇪🇳🇵 Greece just legalised marriage equality! 🇬🇷🏳️‍🌈

We are excited to have this paper in which we amplify Global South authors'voices on a global health platform. gh.bmj.com/content/9/4/e0… @seyeambibola Cynthia R Whitehead (She/Her) Sunitha Swanepoel Ardi Findyartini Ahmed Rashid Africa Global Mental Health Institute

SUNAK: "I will never dismiss or downplay the illnesses people have." SUNAK (53 seconds later): Rising numbers with depression and anxiety are down to an "over-medicalising everyday challenges". 🤔~AA

Tory MP from slave-owning family set to gain £3m from sale of former plantation theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

This week is Black Maternal Health Awareness Week Black women are still more likely to experience trauma during and after childbirth. Black women are 3X more likely to die in childbirth - systemic racism in medical settings plays a huge part in this

Suella Braverman's decision to abandon three post-Windrush reform pledges was unlawful, the High Court hears theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/a…

it's never going to be warm and sunny again is it

"Durban choir to dazzle at New York City's famed Carnegie Hall". Well done to Reddam College in Umhlanga. Choirmaster Russell Scott will be taking 49 student to "bring the house down with the infectious nature of African rhythm" 🎶 🇿🇦 timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/l… via Times LIVE

At long last, King Edward VIII Hospital in Durban has been renamed to Victoria Mxenge Hospital. Now for Addington Hospital to decolonize itself.

Our BMJ Global Health paper "Shapeshifters"-Global South authors experiences publishing in Global North #meded journals featured in UniversityWorldNews Ardi Findyartini Komal A. Cynthia R Whitehead (She/Her) Sunitha Swanepoel Ahmed Rashid Rashmi Kusurkar @SubhaRamani Vishna Devi Nadarajah universityworldnews.com/post-mobile.ph…

It's been a long time coming.. ..London: are you ready for it? Our capital will host more nights of the Eras Tour than any other city across the globe. Heading to Wembley? Look out for these brand-new murals. 👀 #LondonTSTheErasTour

STILL WE RISE 🍾🍾🏆🇬🇧

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There will be women tonight dreading their partner coming home. Football does not cause domestic abuse, but it can become more frequent or severe after big games, with reporting increasing by 38% when England lose. Go to womensaid.org.uk. In an emergency, always call 999.

🚨 This is really important news 🚨 The government has included the Mental Health Bill in today’s King’s Speech. 🎉 After years of campaigning, this is the first step towards a new Mental Health Act.

At least 175 out LGBTQ+ athletes are competing for medals at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, including three from South Africa. mambaonline.com/2024/07/26/par… #OlympicGames #Paris2024

South African psychologists are doing the things! #ICP2024 International Congress done & dusted - I spoke on two invited symposia about politicising, decolonising & using psychological science as a force for progressive social change, especially in the context of queer rights.

I have a forthcoming article, soon to be published in the "Annual Review of Critical Psychology", in which I put forward a theory of (South African) xenophobia that I term "Afrophobic Hypernationalism". We must unpack why SA has consistently high anti-migrant sentiment.