Zoe Cross “People with a disability should use a specialist dating site for the disabled. Achieving positive date matching outcomes for people with a visible disability can be challenging.” This essentially was the message a female would-be customer of a dating portal received recently. The woman involved is a BBC journalist and a wheelchair user
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Sunshine Social Welfare Foundation has released new research exploring the experiences of people with facial differences in Taiwan. The findings reveal the scale of appearance-related discrimination, as well as the lasting impact it can have on confidence, relationships and future opportunities.
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Background We hear from our community that facial recognition tech (‘FRT’) does not always work for them. Our 2024 community survey showed that people with facial differences report a range of difficulties with the technology, and the serious harms which can result. These can include difficulty applying for jobs, trouble accessing money through a banking […]
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Melanie shares with us the impact of having her portrait photograph taken, touching on society’s views of difference, and how it feels to be truly seen. Photographer Martina Holmberg wins Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize 2025 with photograph featuring visible difference, a positive move for inclusion and representation in the arts.
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On 24 May 2025, the World Health Organization adopted an important new resolution to recognise skin diseases as a global public health emergency. We explain the background and content of the resolution, and what it might mean for the millions of people across the world living with skin conditions.
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Logan Zelenak is a face equality activist. Logan documents their personal thoughts and experiences around identity with facial difference, illness and plastic surgery, and making choices that feel empowering.
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We are an alliance of not-for-profits working to change that. We amplify the voices of individuals and organisations working with and for this community and we have just released our new position paper: Disfigurement and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
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Facial recognition technology works by mapping key points on a face and comparing them to a database of known faces. The accuracy of these systems heavily depends on the diversity and quality of the data used to train them.
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“I feel like this is just the beginning of representation in all of the media, and to showcase how beautiful differences really are.”
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“I feel like this is just the beginning of representation in all of the media, and to showcase how beautiful differences really are.”
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The Harmful Trope of Facial Differences in Film VillainsBy Tess Buckley “The constant portrayal of individuals with facial differences as villainous or frightening reinforces harmful stereotypes.“ “In the world of cinema, a familiar face often greets us when the villain is revealed – a face marked by scars, burns, or other visible differences. This long […]
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