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Michael Baggs

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London
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Covers:  Youth issues, LGBTQ+, mental health, entertainment, identity, news, music.
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Doctor Who: 'I wanted The Doctor to whisk me away from everything awful'

Doctor Who: 'I wanted The Doctor to whisk me away from everything awful'

A new Doctor Who podcast spin-off series is making the show more female and LGBTQ+ than ever before. Doctor W…

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Mental health in Runcorn: 'We're just two lads who want to help'

Mental health in Runcorn: 'We're just two lads who want to help'

Keelan Densmore's friend Curtis Enamu died on 7 March 2018. They both lived in Runcorn, a town of just over 6…

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Gay and Muslim: Family wanted to 'make me better'

Gay and Muslim: Family wanted to 'make me better'

When Asad came out as gay in 2020, some family members discussed taking him to see an imam to make him "bette…

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Escape from a serial killer

Escape from a serial killer

In 2002, 15-year-old Kara Chamberlain was kidnapped at gunpoint, held for 18 hours, drugged and assaulted. Af…

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'Lockdown isolation helped me come out as LGBT'

'Lockdown isolation helped me come out as LGBT'

"I'll be coming out of this pandemic as a completely different person," says 19-year-old Nathan. "If I was to…

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Online bullying: 'I've blocked nearly 10,000 abusive accounts'

Online bullying: 'I've blocked nearly 10,000 abusive accounts'

"I'd say at worst I was receiving 100 death threats a day online," Phoebe Jameson tells Radio 1 Newsbeat. "I …

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Viola Davis: 'In my world, there are a lot of Ma Raineys'

Viola Davis: 'In my world, there are a lot of Ma Raineys'

"We're so used to seeing black characters defined by white people," Viola Davis tells Radio 1 Newsbeat. "And …

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Trans Day of Remembrance: 'When one of us is hurt, we all feel it'

Trans Day of Remembrance: 'When one of us is hurt, we all feel it'

Among the banners carried by thousands of trans people and their supporters at London Trans Pride in 2020, it…

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'My stammer has made 2020 more difficult'

'My stammer has made 2020 more difficult'

Zoom quizzes, online lectures and working from home has been a challenge for all of us in 2020, but it's been…

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The New Mutants: Director's X-Men dream 'cut in half by Hollywood reality'

The New Mutants: Director's X-Men dream 'cut in half by Hollywood reality'

Before we go any further I want to say there's no Captain America in this article, no Spider-Man, and only th…

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Mr Gay England: The trans man competing 'against an idea of male beauty'

Mr Gay England: The trans man competing 'against an idea of male beauty'

By Michael Baggs Newsbeat reporter Being judged on his masculinity is something Chiyo feels every time he ste…

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Naya Rivera: Why Glee's Santana was so important to young LGBT women

Naya Rivera: Why Glee's Santana was so important to young LGBT women

"Watching Naya Rivera in Glee was like: That's me, that's a little bit of me up there." Millions of people wa…

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STIs: Lockdown 'once in a lifetime opportunity' for sexual health

STIs: Lockdown 'once in a lifetime opportunity' for sexual health

No parties. No pulling. No new sexual partners. Self-isolation has meant a huge change in a lot of people's s…

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Marvel Comics at 80: From bankruptcy threat to billions at the box office

Marvel Comics at 80: From bankruptcy threat to billions at the box office

For an 80-year-old, this one's still going strong: shooting lasers out of its eyes, adventuring through space…

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Pokemon: 'Ash Ketchum failing for 22 years taught me being a loser is OK'

Pokemon: 'Ash Ketchum failing for 22 years taught me being a loser is OK'

By Michael Baggs Newsbeat reporter We're told to never give up on our dreams - but grafting for 22 years? Tha…

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Fyre Festival: Inside the world's biggest festival flop

Fyre Festival: Inside the world's biggest festival flop

Fyre Festival was the most talked about festival experience of 2017, but not because anyone had any fun there…

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Scott Johnson death: It's 'inconceivable' my brother killed himself

Scott Johnson death: It's 'inconceivable' my brother killed himself

By Michael Baggs Newsbeat reporter Australian police have offered a $1m (£570,000) reward for information lea…

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Black Pride: Why we need an event to celebrate being black and gay

Black Pride: Why we need an event to celebrate being black and gay

Hundreds of thousands of people will line the streets on Saturday to celebrate the LGBT community at Pride in…

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