Transgender and Intersex Issues

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Added on: 10/23/2022
10/21/2022
Dozens of students and community members came together in protest at Norman North and Norman High School on Friday over the suspension of a trans student using…

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Added on: 10/19/2022
10/18/2022
California is the first state in the nation to create a sanctuary for transgender youth seeking gender-affirming medical care. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law in…

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Added on: 10/18/2022
10/16/2022
A recent study has declared Brighton as a “safe haven” and a “place to escape” thanks to the work of LGBTQ+ charities and nonprofits. LGBTQ+ mental health…

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Added on: 10/18/2022
Female prison guards at Tires women’s prison found themselves in an impossible position: they were expected to body-search a new inmate who, in spite of having male…

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Added on: 10/16/2022
10/15/2022
A recent school board meeting at which about 1,000 people gathered in Dearborn, Michigan, to pressure district officials to censor books with LGBTQ+ themes was in most…

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Added on: 10/16/2022
Before the fall semester began, Eshe Ukweli emailed her professors. She wanted to make sure they knew her name. Ukweli, a journalism student at Howard University, has…

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Added on: 10/14/2022
10/12/2022
Bosnia and Herzegovina unveiled its first ever strategy to improve the rights and freedoms of LGBT people on Wednesday, a step towards bringing human rights protections in…

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Added on: 10/10/2022
10/09/2022
Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s transgender clinic in Nashville has paused gender affirming surgeries for patients under the age of 18, a top executive at the center told…

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Added on: 10/07/2022
10/06/2022
Erika Hilton, a 29-year-old Sao Paulo city council member, just made history as one of the first two transgender lawmakers elected this week to Brazil’s Congress. But…

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Added on: 10/06/2022
Senior politicians have been accused of perpetuating transphobia and fuelling hate crime against transgender people as official figures reveal such crimes rose by more than 50% in…

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Added on: 10/06/2022
09/29/2022
WARSAW, Sept 29 (Openly) – Polish teacher Maria Kistowska felt a burst of pride when her school came top in a new LGBTQ+ inclusion ranking that seeks…

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Added on: 10/04/2022
10/03/2022
The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday that it will take up a transgender Guatemalan woman’s bid to avoid being deported after a U.S. immigration board said…

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Added on: 10/03/2022
10/02/2022
When transgender activist Erin Reed first started transitioning, she found it difficult to locate gender-affirming health centers that provide informed consent around hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and…

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Added on: 10/02/2022
10/01/2022
A group of GOP lawmakers in Tennessee sent a letter Wednesday to Vanderbilt University Medical Center calling on the hospital’s Pediatric Transgender Clinic — the only one…

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Added on: 10/01/2022
09/30/2022
Pakistan on Friday launched a hotline for transgender people in an effort to protect them from discrimination and harassment, a senior government official said. Trans people in…

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Added on: 10/01/2022
09/30/2022
John Karanja attempted suicide three times before realising that his life, after all, had meaning. Karanja, who was born Dorcas Wangui in 1993, did not notice his…

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Added on: 09/30/2022
Pakistan is considering amending a landmark transgender rights bill passed in 2018 that some legislators and clerics argue contradicts Islamic teachings on gender identity. Rights activists, however,…

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Added on: 09/30/2022
09/28/2022
No one does political rags to riches stories quite like Brazil, but even in a nation where the most celebrated president in decades once shined shoes to…

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Added on: 09/28/2022
09/27/2022
A kiss, a hug or holding hands — acts of fondness by same sex couples in public have always been out of the question in the United…

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Added on: 09/28/2022
Two of America’s most prominent Roman Catholic leaders — Chicago’s Cardinal Blase Cupich and New York’s Cardinal Timothy Dolan — said Tuesday that a Biden administration proposal…

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Added on: 09/28/2022
09/26/2022
Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani on Monday referred the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) (Amendment) Bill, 2022, to the relevant standing committee for debate in order to reach…

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Added on: 09/26/2022
09/25/2022
When she was 10, Georgie Stone became the youngest person in Australia to receive hormone blockers. Stone is transgender and had to go to court to fight for…

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Added on: 09/24/2022
09/23/2022
A religious party in Pakistan has filed a petition against a law that protects the rights of transgender people. Opponents say the legislation could act as a…

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Added on: 09/24/2022
The 25-year-old translator by day and trans drag performer by night felt overwhelming panic and anxiety when several thousand demonstrators gathered and marched Sunday in Turkey to…

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Added on: 09/23/2022
At her campaign headquarters, Brazilian congressional hopeful Duda Salabert gently lays out the newspaper clippings sent to her in August. Her photo is on many of the…

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Added on: 09/21/2022
09/20/2022
In the first Senate session day since July, a resolution voted along party lines condemning controversial Michigan Department of Education (MDE) teacher training videos was adopted in…

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Added on: 09/21/2022
09/20/2022
A growing number of Kenyan labels are embracing genderless fashion, as a younger, more vocal generation calls for greater inclusivity and creativity in clothing designs. In July,…

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Added on: 09/20/2022
09/19/2022
After months of defiance, Montana’s health department said Monday it will follow a judge’s ruling and temporarily allow transgender people to change the gender on their birth…

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Added on: 09/18/2022
09/16/2022
A state district judge on Friday granted a temporary halt into the investigations of families with transgender children who belong to one of the largest LGBTQ advocacy…

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Added on: 09/17/2022
The LGB is divorcing the TQ and there is a court case. While the world’s eyes are on Britain changing monarchs, those of us who are interested…