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Added on: 12/11/2021

Transgender and intersex rights are human rights

12/10/21

As South Africa marked International Human Rights Day on 10 December, activists called on the government to escalate efforts to promote legal gender recognition and end intersex…

Global News

Added on: 12/08/2021

Trans people waiting years for gender healthcare as demand surges

12/07/2021

When British tattoo artist Eva Echo found the courage to come out as transgender, she quickly sought specialist medical care to help her transition. More than four…

World Voices

Added on: 11/30/2021

Aritha Wickramasinghe — Equality Director at iProbono, Sri Lanka

Phillip Baumgart

Alturi Contributor

How did you initially become involved in activism? I was passionate about human rights from a young age. Yet, I was primarily focused on child abuse and…

Global News

Added on: 11/28/2021

Dutch government apologizes for discredited transgender law

11/27/21

The Dutch government made a public apology Saturday for a now discredited and scrapped law that required transgender people to undergo surgery and sterilization if they wanted…

Global News

Added on: 11/28/2021

Brazilian film traces suffering of LGBTQIA community in 1980

11/27/21

The 52nd International Film Festival of India (Iffi) saw the Asian premiere of a film on the LGBTQIA community, ‘The First Fallen’, by Brazilian filmmaker Rodrigo de…

Global News

Added on: 11/27/2021

UNM Sociology Professor Takes Part In White House Intersex Awareness Event

11/26/21

Associate Professor Georgiann Davis from the Department of Sociology at The University of New Mexico was an invited speaker at a recent virtual roundtable event with the…

Global News

Added on: 11/27/2021

Jamaican health minister calls for an end to anti-LGBT discrimination

11/26/21

Jamaica’s minister of health and wellness told a recent public forum organized by the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper that LGBT Jamaicans should not face discrimination in accessing mental…

Global News

Added on: 11/23/2021

Cameroon: Violent Mob Savagely Tortures Intersex Person for Hours

11/22/2021

A group sexually assaulted, beat, and humiliated an intersex person in Cameroon’s capital of Yaoundé on November 15. The victim suffered bruises all over her body, HRW…

Global News

Added on: 11/17/2021

Israeli Blood Drives Drop LGBTQ-friendly Wording Amid Pressure From Religious Groups

11/16/2021

Israel’s Magen David Adom blood bank will restore the original wording of its forms for blood donors, after pressure from religious groups over the use of gender-neutral…

Global News

Added on: 11/17/2021

In 102 anti-trans bills in 7 states, the word ‘transgender’ appears just 7 times. It’s not an accident.

11/16/2021

Over three special legislative sessions this year, Texas legislators introduced 47 proposed bills that aimed to restrict transgender kids’ access to sports or gender-affirming care, plus three…

Global News

Added on: 11/16/2021

Trans Army veteran rejected by multiple nursing homes almost couldn’t find help anywhere

11/15/2021

A U.S. Army veteran was rejected by dozens of long-term care facilities, with some even saying that she’s being denied care because she’s transgender. When Lisa Oakley…

Global News

Added on: 11/11/2021

A Discriminatory System Killed a Transgender Man in Egypt

11/10/2021

August 26 should have been a day of celebration for Ezz Eldin, a 26-year-old transgender man, but it ended in tragedy. He bled to death after he was prematurely…

Global News

Added on: 11/10/2021

LGBTQ American Indians report high levels of depression and abuse, study finds

11/09/2021

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender American Indian and Alaskan Native (AIAN) adults have higher levels of mental health issues, physical abuse and economic instability than their non-LGBTQ…

Global News

Added on: 11/09/2021

As anti-LGBTQ+ crackdowns persist across Africa, these activists continue to fight

11/08/2021

Across Africa, queer people face oppression, discrimination and violence for their identities. A 2020 report by the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) reveals…

Global News

Added on: 11/09/2021

Sudan LGBT organizations condemn military coup

11/08/2021

Sudan has been undergoing a democratic transition since the overthrow of dictator Omar al-Bashir in April 2019. Last year, the Transitional Legislative Council passed a series of…

Global News

Added on: 11/06/2021

Spain extends free IVF treatment to single women and LGBT+ community

11/5/21

Spain has extended the availability of free IVF treatment to single women and the LGBT+ community. Health minister Carolina Darias signed an order on Friday granting more…

Global News

Added on: 11/04/2021

NSW government announces inquiry into Sydney’s unsolved gay and transgender hate crimes, murders

11/03/2021

The NSW government has announced an inquiry into brutal hates crimes committed against members of Sydney’s gay community over 40 years. In July 1989, 25-year-old newsreader Ross…

Global News

Added on: 11/03/2021

The Better Lives Project to educate on intersex variations

11/02/2021

The Better Lives Project has been launched to educate midwives and parents about the needs of children born with variations of sex characteristics. Intersex is the umbrella…

Global News

Added on: 11/03/2021

Supreme Court turns down Northern California Catholic hospital appeal over transgender patient

11/02/2021

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is declining to wade into a case involving transgender rights and leaving in place a lower court decision against a Catholic hospital…

Global News

Added on: 11/02/2021

LGBTQ Activists Create Día de Muertos Altar To Honor Trans Victims Who Died While in ICE Custody

11/01/2021

As many of us sit down with friends and family to celebrate Día de Muertos, and honor those we’ve lost, it’s also an important reminder to honor…

Global News

Added on: 10/29/2021

Tunisia: Attack on Director of LGBT Group

10/28/2021

Two police officers apparently brutally attacked the director of a Tunis-based LGBT rights group on October 21, 2021, Human Rights Watch said today. The attack on Badr…

Global News

Added on: 10/27/2021

Brazil’s anti-LGBTQ president claims COVID-19 vaccines cause AIDS

10/26/2021

Brazil’s anti-LGBTQ President Jair Bolsonaro claimed that the COVID-19 vaccines cause AIDS in a video posted to social media, which Facebook and other platforms deleted days later…

Global News

Added on: 10/27/2021

Intersex people have been challenging ‘gender-normalizing surgery.’ Doctors are starting to listen

10/26/2021

Bria Brown-King, 29, a Pennsylvania native, was raised as a girl. As Brown-King got older, however, they realized they were developing differently. “I didn’t have the feminizing…

Global News

Added on: 10/26/2021

Restrictions on transgender student athletes’ participation in school sports signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott

10/25/2021

Texas’ transgender student athletes will be restricted from playing on K-12 school sports teams that align with their gender identity under a bill Gov. Greg Abbott signed…

Global News

Added on: 10/25/2021

Transgender Pages Pulled From Russian Teen Health Book

10/25/2021

A Russian publishing house has removed a section on transgender people from the Russian-language edition of a health guide aimed at teenage girls to avoid running afoul…

Global News

Added on: 10/20/2021

‘I have accepted my fate’: the hidden abuse in Uganda’s LGBT community – in pictures

10/19/2021

In a country where gay sex is against the law, it can be almost impossible for the LGBT community to access services tackling domestic violence – and…

Global News

Added on: 10/19/2021

LGBT+: Indian medical institutions are asked to amend textbooks with unscientific content

Medical institutions in India should not teach from books that contain content that discriminates against LGBT+ people, the Indian National Medical Commission (NMC) has said. The NMC—India’s…

Global News

Added on: 10/19/2021

Australia Moves Closer to Ending Harmful Intersex Surgeries

10/18/2021

The Australian Human Rights Commission issued a report today analyzing the persistent practice of medically unnecessary non-consensual surgeries on children born with variations in their sex characteristics….

Global News

Added on: 10/13/2021

Trans Man Fights Japan’s Sterilization Requirement

10/12/2021

A Japanese transgender man, Gen Suzuki, 46, has filed a court request to have his legal gender recognized as male without undergoing sterilization surgery as prescribed by…

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Added on: 10/13/2021

Medical student creates app for improving transgender individuals’ experience with health care

10/12/2021

Rutgers is endorsing the beta launch of TranZap, a web-based application designed by a Rutgers medical student for the transgender community to leave reviews for health care…