Transgender and Intersex Issues

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Added on: 02/15/2023

Brianna Ghey: Trans girl’s killing must lead to end of ‘merciless war’ on trans community

02/14/2023

The killing of Brianna Ghey, a trans teenage girl from Warrington, comes amid a “wider atmosphere of hostility towards trans people, perpetuated through apathy and malice”. Brianna…

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Added on: 02/14/2023

Transgender Discrimination Continues in Kuwait, Despite a Court Ruling

02/13/2023

A year ago, Kuwait’s Constitutional Court overturned a law that criminalized “imitating the opposite sex,” ruling that Article 198 of the penal code, which authorities had used…

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Added on: 02/14/2023

Amendments to ‘Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2018’ discussed

02/13/2023

The Meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights was held here at the Parliament House on Monday with Senator Walid Iqbal in the chair. The…

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Added on: 02/13/2023

Disinformation on SOGIE bill spreads as Filipino queers face real-world discrimination

02/12/2023

MANILA, Philippines – Speaking at the podium during a Senate session on Wednesday, February 8, Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva paused to grab a plastic bag sitting on…

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Added on: 02/12/2023

It is time for action to protect the rights of Hong Kong’s LGBTQ community

Ten years ago, a judgment by Hong Kong’s top court was hailed as a breakthrough for the city’s transgender community. Last week, another landmark ruling was rightly…

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Added on: 02/12/2023

In a first for India, transgender couple become biological parents

02/11/2023

A transgender couple are the first in India to become parents biologically, after one of the partners gave birth on Wednesday in Kerala state. The birth of…

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Added on: 02/11/2023

Center for Religion and Public Life petitions Parliament to reject Anti-LGBTQ Bill

02/11/2023

The Center for Religion and Public Life (CRPL-Ghana) has petitioned the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Parliament not to pass the bill against Lesbians, Gays,…

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Added on: 02/10/2023

Kerala transgender couple’s ‘tears of joy’ as baby born early

02/09/2023

A transgender couple from the southern Indian state of Kerala, whose pregnancy photos made global news, have welcomed their baby with “tears of joy”. Ziya Paval said…

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Added on: 02/08/2023

Missouri lawmakers weigh proposal coined ‘most extreme Don’t Say Gay bill’ in the U.S.

02/07/2023

Missouri school employees would be banned from talking about gender and sexual orientation under a proposal heard by a Senate committee Tuesday morning. Senate Bill 134, put…

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Added on: 02/08/2023

Rishi Sunak reshuffle: Where does prime minister’s new cabinet stand on LGBTQ+ rights?

02/07/2023

Rishi Sunak has announced a reshuffle of his cabinet, with equalities minister Kemi Badenoch being handed an even meatier role in government amid the on-going discussion around…

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Added on: 02/08/2023

LGBT Brazilians compete in country’s first drag king contest

02/07/2023

At a downtown Sao Paulo tattoo studio, drag performer Hinacio King has a six-pack contoured onto their abdomen and their breasts tightly tapped down to transform into…

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Added on: 02/07/2023

Transgender rights: top Hong Kong court says in landmark ruling government breached rights of 2 trans men by preventing them from changing ID cards

02/06/2023

Hong Kong’s top court handed down a landmark ruling on Monday finding that authorities’ refusal to allow two transgender people to use their preferred gender on their…

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Added on: 02/07/2023

Intersex children should be allowed informed consent on surgeries, ABA House says

02/06/2023

A resolution asking medical professionals to obtain consent from minors with intersex traits before doing medical or surgical intervention was approved Monday by the ABA House of…

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Added on: 02/06/2023

Finland takes “major step” towards protecting trans rights

02/05/2023

The passing of legislation in Finland that abolishes the requirements for trans people to endure invasive medical and psychiatric procedures before they can have their gender recognised…

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Added on: 02/06/2023

‘Nervous’ couple makes history as India’s first-ever trans parents to be: ‘We’re about to realise my dream’

02/25/2023

A trans couple in India has made history by announcing they are expecting their first child. Trans woman and dancer Ziya Paval announced on Instagram that her…

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Added on: 02/05/2023

How antisemitic tropes are being used to target the LGBTQ community

02/04/2023

Over the past year, a new front for hate has opened up across Canada and the United States, with drag performances and gender-affirming care providers becoming targets…

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Added on: 01/03/2023

Missouri inmate may be 1st openly transgender woman executed in U.S.

01/02/2023

Unless Missouri Gov. Mike Parson grants clemency, Amber McLaughlin, 49, will become the first openly transgender woman executed in the U.S. She is scheduled to die by…

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Added on: 01/02/2023

Sanjana Tiwari, dost tumhari: Transwoman who works to uplift lives of others like her

01/01/2023

Sanjana Tiwari, who was forced into the sex trade because of poverty, is now an autorickshaw driver and economically independent. As a volunteer activist, she is now…

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Added on: 01/02/2023

LGBTQ Group Pushes For Workplace ‘Protection’ In Mauritius

01/01/2023

Collectif Arc-en-Ciel, an LGBTQ Group in Mauritius is aggressively pushing for protection for its members. It is also fighting for similar rights as its heterosexual counterparts in…

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Added on: 01/02/2023

How new Title IX rules could affect California’s transgender and nonbinary students

01/01/2023

It took Xander nearly a decade to try community college again. The incoming American River College student first attempted higher education in North Carolina in 2013. But…

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Added on: 01/01/2023

Mamba’s 21 most-read queer stories of 2022

12/31/2022

The year that was 2022, thankfully, saw a decline in the number of reported LGBTIQ+ hate crimes in South Africa, compared to 2021. There were nonetheless still…

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Added on: 12/31/2022

U.S. appeals court upholds Florida high school’s transgender bathroom ban

12/30/2022

A sharply divided federal appeals court on Friday upheld a Florida high school’s policy forbidding transgender students from using bathrooms that accord with their chosen identities. In…

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Added on: 12/30/2022

2021 was supposed to be the ‘worst year’ for LGBTQ rights — then came 2022

12/29/2022

Last year, the nation’s largest LGBTQ advocacy organization, the Human Rights Campaign, labeled 2021 the “worst year” for LGBTQ rights in modern U.S. history, citing a record…

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Added on: 12/29/2022

3 Major LGBT Developments Of 2022 You Need To Know

12/28/2022

As the year 2022 comes into an end, the LGBTQ community has found itself in upheaval in the United States and in the world as many continue…

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Added on: 12/29/2022

Russia’s Media Regulator Granted Powers to Block all LGBT Sites

12/28/2022

The Russian government has granted its media regulator the authority to block websites containing “LGBT propaganda” without a court order, according to a decree published on Monday….

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Added on: 12/29/2022

Uganda: Claims that LGBTQ+ people are “recruiting” schoolchildren

12/28/2022

Annet Kezaabu, is the chairperson of the Anti-Pornographic Control Committee at the Directorate of Ethics and Integrity. It has reportedly warned that members of the LGBTQ+ community…

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Added on: 12/26/2022

Donnelly pressed over use of UK clinic for children with gender-identity issues

12/25/2022

Documents released under a Freedom of Information request show Mr Donnelly was contacted by a representative from Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI) and an individual, whose name…

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Added on: 12/25/2022

Elon Musk challenged by Tesla investor with trans child: ‘You’re punching down’

12/24/2022

In the same month that he tweeted mocking pronouns, and urged people to follow conspiracy theorists QAnon, Musk reportedly told investors he would not “censor” his views…

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Added on: 12/24/2022

La Tianguis Sexo Disidente: the radical, queer, Mexican flea market

12/23/2022

Every day, in the centre of Mexico City, a flea market takes place. At the market, trans girls and queer folx gather under a railway, selling clothing,…

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Added on: 12/23/2022

Gender self-determination to be granted in Spain, Scotland

12/22/2022

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s lower house of Parliament Thursday passed a law that allows people over 16 years of age to change their legally registered gender without…