Transgender and Intersex Issues

Global News

Added on: 12/07/2022

LGBTQ Politics in Kazakhstan: A Cross-Cutting Electoral Cleavage?

12/6/2022

For many decades domestic politics in Kazakhstan has pivoted around monolithic state structures, dependent on such a concentrated leadership elite, that outside observers might surmise the country…

Global News

Added on: 12/07/2022

Ukraine’s only transgender correspondent has become a local legend

12/6/2022

I was shocked when I learned of LGBTQ Nation reporter Sarah Ashton-Cirillo – the only openly transgender war correspondent working in Ukraine. It was May, and I…

Global News

Added on: 12/06/2022

Sport New Zealand reveals new guidelines for transgender inclusion in community sport

12/5/2022

Sport New Zealand has released new guidelines for the inclusion of transgender people in community sport, allowing athletes to compete in the gender they identify with. The…

Global News

Added on: 12/04/2022

Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ community has long struggled to find a ‘safe space’

12/03/2022

Finding a place for rainbows in a sea of red has often been a struggle for those who identify as LGBTQ+ in Colorado Springs, a city with…

Global News

Added on: 12/04/2022

Pageant celebrates transgender life in India

12/03/2022

Anilya Boro may not have won the crown at India’s Miss Trans NE pageant this year, but having her parents there in support was a validation in…

Global News

Added on: 12/04/2022

Influential Iraqi cleric launches anti-LGBTQ campaign

12/03/2022

An influential Iraqi cleric who announced his withdrawal from politics four months ago has broken a period of relative silence to launch an anti-LGBTQ campaign. Shiite cleric…

Global News

Added on: 12/03/2022

Japanese girl publishes children’s book to make LGBTI community visible

12/02/2022

Ui, a 12-year-old Japanese girl, discovered the existence of transgender people while watching a program on public television. Unable to find any children’s books on the subject,…

Global News

Added on: 12/02/2022

Russian drag queens ‘ready for the worst’ as LGBTQ law looms

12/01/2022

Backstage at a bar in Moscow, a troupe of drag queens surrounded by make-up palettes and sparkling costumes join hands before taking to the stage for what…

Global News

Added on: 11/30/2022

Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ bill sparks spike in “legally sanctioned” extortion

11/29/2022

Last year, Ghana’s parliament introduced a controversial new anti-LGBTQ bill that could further criminalise same-sex acts and identities. Although homosexuality was initially outlawed under colonial rule –…

Global News

Added on: 11/29/2022

Activists mark 1 week chained together in Caracas demanding LGBTI rights

11/28/2022

Transsexuals may not change their names in Venezuela, where soldiers are imprisoned if they openly express their homosexuality and neither the constitution, the laws not protests have…

Global News

Added on: 11/29/2022

South Korea’s LGBTQ community confronts crushing headwinds in fight for equality

11/28/2022

Lesvos rolls out of bed each morning before the sunrise, heads to work, then punches her time card at exactly 6 a.m. By day, she’s a chef…

Global News

Added on: 11/28/2022

Military dad & trans daughter sue for right of military dependents to get gender-affirming surgery

11/27/2022

A 21-year-old transgender college student is suing the Department of Defense (D0D) and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin for denying her gender-affirming surgery under her dad’s military health…

Global News

Added on: 11/27/2022

I spoke to 100 LGBTQ+ Afghans fearing for their lives under the Taliban. This is what I learned

11/26/2022

Filmmaker Dan Hall accidentally found himself in contact with more than a hundred queer people in Afghanistan living under Taliban rule. He shares some of their stories…

Global News

Added on: 11/26/2022

South Korea’s supreme court rules on legal transgender recognition

11/25/2022

In a victory for LGBTQ rights, South Korea’s supreme court ruled that transgender people have the right to change their legal sex status, regardless of whether they…

Global News

Added on: 11/25/2022

Former ‘detransitioner’ fights anti-transgender movement she once backed

11/24/2022

Ky Schevers is fighting back against the anti-trans movement she once took part in. Schevers was assigned the sex of female at birth and later chose to start gender-affirming…

Global News

Added on: 11/23/2022

Events bring awareness to asexual and intersex communities

11/22/2022

The week of Oct. 23 was dedicated to two LGBTQ awareness periods: Asexual Awareness Week and Intersex Awareness Day. The former, also known as “Ace Week,” occurs…

Global News

Added on: 11/23/2022

In First, Israel Issues Guidelines to Schools for Dealing With LGBTQ Students

11/22/2022

For the first time, Israel’s Education Ministry has issued guidelines to schools regarding LGBTQ students and families. The document, released on Tuesday, requires schools to train teachers…

Global News

Added on: 11/22/2022

How Noah Scheffel Is Bringing Transgender People Into Tech Careers In Brazil

11/21/2022

To say that 2019 was a life-changing year for Noah Scheffel is an understatement. That year, the Brazilian technologist had been impacted by transphobic attitudes in his…

Global News

Added on: 11/22/2022

Should Pre-K Kids Learn About Drag Queens and ‘Intersex’? MD School District Says Yes

11/21/2022

One of Maryland’s wealthiest school districts has moved forward with an LGBTQ-inclusive book list for elementary school students while allegedly declining to recommend several children’s books that…

Global News

Added on: 11/21/2022

Clear spike in anti-trans rhetoric sets stage for violence like Colorado Springs shooting, experts say

11/20/2022

A rapid increase in recent anti-trans and anti-gay rhetoric and protests set up violence like the overnight murders at Colorado Springs’ Club Q, political scientists and activists…

Global News

Added on: 11/21/2022

Mothers of LGBTQ children join forces in Latin America

11/20/2022

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Fabu Olmedo is so nervous about clubs and restaurants in Paraguay that before a night out she often contacts one to make sure…

Global News

Added on: 11/21/2022

Pakistan’s transgender activists seek rights and protection

11/20/2022

Karachi (AFP) – Hundreds of transgender activists and their supporters protested in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi Sunday to campaign for equal rights and raise awareness of discrimination…

Global News

Added on: 11/20/2022

Mothers of LGBTQ children join forces in Latin America

11/20/2022

Fabu Olmedo is so nervous about clubs and restaurants in Paraguay that before a night out she often contacts one to make sure that she’ll be let…

Global News

Added on: 11/20/2022

First openly transgender NFL cheerleader Justine Lindsay a ‘face of the possible’

11/19/2022

After becoming a member of the Carolina Panthers TopCats cheerleaders in March, Justine Lindsay had heard that there was nothing like the team’s first home game of…

Global News

Added on: 11/16/2022

NHS Scotland ‘plans to remove ”barriers” to irreversible operations for transgender patients and make a ”single opinion” enough to refer for surgery in most cases

11/15/2022

NHS Scotland is planning to remove ‘barriers’ to irreversible operations for transgender patients, a report has revealed. The new transgender treatment rules, which The Telegraph says it…

Global News

Added on: 11/16/2022

Venezuela is still a dangerous place to live as an LGBTQ person

11/15/2022

I’m a 20-year-old woman living in a town called Guatire, not far from Venezuela’s capital city, Caracas. Gay sex was legalised here in 1997, but Venezuela is…

Global News

Added on: 11/14/2022

1,000 hold rally in Tokyo in call to protect rights of transgenders

11/13/2022

Hundreds of people rallied in Tokyo to highlight the urgency of calls to protect the rights of transgender people. Organizers estimated that about 1,000 people, Japanese and foreign…

Global News

Added on: 11/14/2022

‘Anatomy inventory’ fosters more inclusive care for transgender, non-binary patients

11/13/2022

PHILADELPHIA — Taking an “anatomy inventory” during visits can help cultivate a more supportive environment for transgender and non-binary patients to discuss their gender identity and the…

Global News

Added on: 11/13/2022

As Texas cracks down on trans youth, some families feel trapped

11/11/2022

Every morning, Mary’s eight-year-old daughter Paige walks into school in the Texan city of Austin with a legal letter in her rucksack, neatly packed with her schoolbooks…

Global News

Added on: 11/12/2022

Dubbed torture, ID policies leave transgender people sterile

11/11/2022

She was the only woman soldier working in the guard room, surrounded by men who harassed and frightened her after she said she was transgender. She tried…