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- 1UOC researcher says calling being trans a trend contradicts biology▼Emilia Redolar, UOC: "Saying that being trans is a trend goes against biology: the brain always fights to fit in"
Emilia Redolar, a researcher at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC), argues that claims that being trans is a social trend run counter to biology. She says the brain always works to fit the body and identity together, and that framing trans identity as a fashion ignores neuroscience. Her comments come amid ongoing public debate over trans identity and youth.
- 2Italian newspaper ties Paris unrest to Italian left●Oggi a Parigi, domani a Roma. Francia a ferro e fuoco: saldatura tra gauche, ProPal e islamici. E qui Landini e Salis so
Italian daily Tempo Web's front page for October 3 argues that protests in Paris reveal an alliance between the French left, pro-Palestine movements and Islamist groups, and claims figures like Maurizio Landini and Ilaria Salis are fuelling the same tensions in Italy. It also says Elly Schlein is defending her position in the Democratic Party as the sole challenger to Giuseppe Conte.