Transgender and Intersex Issues

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Added on: 04/18/2023

Republicans look to extend transgender restrictions to adults

04/17/2023

The Republican-led backlash against rights and health care for transgender children is expanding to adults. Missouri’s Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued an emergency ruling Thursday that…

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Added on: 04/18/2023

Transgender Community in India Today

Margerita Afom

Alturi Contributor

There is no formal definition of third-gender identity in India, and people who identify as neither men nor women are referred to as Hijra. Which, in Western…

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Added on: 04/17/2023

Transgender-related protesters divided by police in Belfast

04/16/2023

Police have been keeping two opposing groups apart at separate transgender-related events in Belfast city centre. Hundreds of people have attended the events near Donegall Quay. A…

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Added on: 04/17/2023

40 professional athletes ask Congress to abandon federal anti-trans sports bill

04/16/2023

Forty professional athletes have signed a letter opposing a piece of federal legislation seeking to ban trans women and girls from participating in women’s sports. H.R. 734 was introduced by Rep….

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Added on: 04/15/2023

Colorado offers safe haven for abortion, transgender care

04/14/2023

A trio of health care bills enshrining access in Colorado to abortion and gender-affirming procedures and medications became law Friday as the Democrat-led state tries to make…

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Added on: 04/12/2023

Nonprofit Group Working to Help Transgender People Escape the U.S.

04/11/2023

A newly formed group launched two weeks ago seeks to help transgender Americans escape the United States. Nearly three dozen applicants have already sought assistance emigrating from…

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Added on: 04/12/2023

LGBTQ rights group wants Canada to ban Fox News Channel for anti-trans claims

04/11/2023

An LGBTQ rights organization wants Canada to ban Fox News from TV programming over anti-trans comments. In an open letter to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission…

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Added on: 04/11/2023

Vietnam to introduce landmark new bill making it easier for trans people to change gender

04/10/2023

In what would be a massive victory for trans rights, a gender identity law could be included in Vietnam’s parliamentary agenda next year. On Monday (10 April),…

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Added on: 04/11/2023

California bill requiring school staff to out transgender students to parents effectively dead

04/10/2023

A California bill that would require school employees to out transgender students to their parents will not get a committee hearing, meaning the legislation is effectively dead….

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Added on: 04/11/2023

Hands off our children, Hungary tells Czech FM amid anti-LGBT law dispute

04/10/2023

Keep your hands off the Hungarian children, Hungarian State Secretary of Foreign Affairs Tamás Menczer told Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský (Pirates, Greens/EFA) who expressed his regrets…

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Added on: 04/10/2023

HRW applauds Africa commission resolution recognizing rights of intersex individuals

04/09/2023

Human Rights Watch (HRW) Thursday applauded the passage of an African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) resolution supporting the rights of intersex individuals. The resolution…

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Added on: 04/10/2023

A transgender teacher in Georgia runs a queer school. Most of her students are trans too, and activism is part of the curriculum.

04/09/2023

In March, Thea Canby, a 38-year-old trans woman who teaches at a queer-centered micro-school in Georgia, was watching a livestream of state lawmakers voting on Senate Bill…

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Added on: 04/09/2023

Court backs teacher firing over transgender students’ names

04/08/2023

An Indiana school district did not violate a former music teacher’s rights by pushing him to resign after the man refused to use transgender students’ names and…

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Added on: 04/08/2023

‘A backwards betrayal’: Biden Title IX proposal draws criticism from LGBTQ community

04/07/2023

Some LGBTQ advocates this week slammed the Biden administration’s proposed revision to Title IX, accusing the president of backtracking on his commitment to protecting transgender young people….

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Added on: 04/08/2023

INDIAN TRANSGENDER MODEL HUMILIATED AND DENIED ENTRY IN THE COUNTRY BY MUSCAT AIRPORT AUTHORITY

04/07/2023

It was the night of February 24th when an Indian model and designer Nin Kala landed at the Muscat International airport to explore the city on a…

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Added on: 04/07/2023

15 governments join EU lawsuit against Orbán’s anti-LGBT law

04/07/2023

Fifteen EU governments have joined the European Commission’s lawsuit against Hungary over a controversial anti-LGBTQ law making what civil society groups have described as the largest human…

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Added on: 04/07/2023

This community in southern Mexico has defied the gender binary for generations

04/07/2023

In the town of Juchitán de Zaragoza, located on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Mexico’s southern state of Oaxaca, one variation of a local legend goes something…

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Added on: 04/07/2023

US Supreme Court rules in favour of transgender track runner

04/06/2023

The United States Supreme Court on Thursday has allowed a 12-year-old transgender girl in West Virginia to continue competing on the girls’ sports teams at her middle school…

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Added on: 04/05/2023

Jayapal reintroduces Transgender Bill of Rights

04/04/2023

U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Seattle) is once again trying to codify federal protections for transgender and gender non-conforming people across the country. This is her second effort…

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Added on: 04/05/2023

UK Equality Act could be amended to make ‘sex’ mean ‘biological sex’

04/04/2023

Trans advocates are incensed after the Equality Human Rights Commission (EHRC) laid out how amending the Equality Act to make sex mean biological sex could impact trans…

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Added on: 04/04/2023

How amateur football in Germany is approaching transgender inclusion

04/03/2023

As sports such as swimming and athletics bring in rules restricting, or even banning, participation for transgender women at the elite level of female sport, world football’s…

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Added on: 04/04/2023

Veto stands: Transgender pronouns OK in North Dakota schools

04/03/2023

Teachers in North Dakota can still refer to transgender students by the personal pronouns they use, after lawmakers on Monday failed to override the governor’s veto of…

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Added on: 04/03/2023

Vancouver police seek witnesses to violent confrontations at transgender rally

04/02/2023

Vancouver police say they are investigating two violent confrontations at a rally in the city marking International Transgender Day of Visibility. Investigators have released images of two people, as…

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Added on: 04/03/2023

In Morocco, YouTube is one tool to attack LGBTQ, vulnerable communities

04/02/2023

RABAT — YouTube can be a space to start a business, educate and build a community. Unfortunately, it is also sometimes used to perpetuate hate among already…

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Added on: 04/03/2023

Defiant transgender children marched on Kansas Statehouse

04/02/2023

TOPEKA — A throng of angry queer and transgender children marched Friday evening on the Kansas Statehouse grounds in joyful defiance of legislators who promote state-sponsored discrimination. As…

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Added on: 04/03/2023

Community survey calls for improved care for transgender Tasmanians

04/02/2023

To mark International Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31st), Equality Tasmania released a landmark report on transgender people’s experiences in Tasmania. The report details the results of a…

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Added on: 04/02/2023

Hong Kong transgender protesters say government is not abiding by landmark ruling

04/01/2023

A group of Hong Kong transgender people staged a small protest on Friday against a delay by authorities in changing the gender indicated on their identity documents,…

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Added on: 04/02/2023

The marginalisation of trans people by the gay community is beyond unhelpful – here’s why

04/01/2023

It’s rarely a good idea to reread diaries from your teenage years. Recently though, I found a passage from my own that made me laugh. At 15,…

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Added on: 04/01/2023

UK Athletics bans transgender athletes from female competition

03/31/2023

UK Athletics has performed a U-turn by announcing an immediate ban on transgender women from competing in the female category across all its events. The decision comes…

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Added on: 04/01/2023

Biden marks International Transgender Day of Visibility by blasting Republicans targeting trans youth

03/31/2023

President Joe Biden is using International Transgender Day of Visibility on Friday to sharply criticize acts of violence and discrimination against Americans who identify as trans and…