Transgender and Intersex Issues

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Added on: 06/08/2022

In Russia’s shadow, LGBTQ people across the Baltics fight for their rights.

06/07/2022

Surrounded by thousands of people wearing rainbow flags, glitter and sparkly outfits, Eddie Balčiūnaitė prepared to take part in one of the biggest marches the Baltic countries…

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Added on: 06/07/2022

Fight looms over transgender treatments in Medicaid.

06/06/2022

National and state legal and LGBTQ-advocacy groups are preparing to fight a move by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration to deny Medicaid coverage for treatments such as hormone…

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Added on: 06/07/2022

A year after landmark HC ruling, lesbian couples still face discrimination.

06/06/2022

Suffering from gender dysphoria since adolescence, R Ramya, 24, is in the process of a sex change to transition to identify as a male. Growing up in…

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Added on: 06/06/2022

Greece’s LGBTTQQIAAP Community, Youth Struggle for Acceptance

06/05/2022

ATHENS – It’s not easy being gay in Greece and it’s even tougher for gender queer children and youths during a time when many people are questioning…

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Added on: 06/06/2022

Thailand: Bangkok sees first LGBTQ Pride march in years

06/05/2022

A celebratory march made its way through the Thai capital of Bangkok on Sunday, the first of its kind in almost 16 years. The “Naruemit Pride 2022” event…

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Added on: 06/05/2022

GOP passes bill aiming to root out ‘suspected’ transgender female athletes with genital inspection

6/3/22

House Republican lawmakers in Ohio passed a bill at 11:15 p.m. Wednesday night that would ban transgender girls and women from participating in high school and college…

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Added on: 06/05/2022

85 YEARS ON, A PIONEERING LGBTQ RESEARCHER’S IDEAS ABOUT SEXUALITY TAKE ON NEW MEANING

6/3/22

Historians are rediscovering one of the most important LGBTQ activists of the early 20th Century — an Asian Canadian named Li Shiu Tong. You probably don’t know…

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Added on: 06/02/2022

BBC article claiming cis lesbians ‘pressured into sex by trans women’ found to be misleading

06/01/2022

A story by the BBC claiming cis lesbians are being “pressured into sex” by trans women fell below the broadcaster’s editorial standards, the company’s complaints team has found. The…

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Added on: 06/02/2022

Meet Charlie Amáyá Scott, a transgender Indigenous scholar and social influencer

06/01/2022

Navajo Nation citizen Charlie Amáyá Scott, 27, is a transgender social media influencer, scholar and advocate. Scott, of Aurora, Colorado, who uses she and they pronouns, leverages her…

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Added on: 06/01/2022

Gay/Trans ‘Panic’ Defense Leads to Accused Killer’s Acquittal.

05/31/2022

A Virginia man has been acquitted of murder after using what amounted to a gay/trans “panic” defense, outlawed in the state just a month after the victim’s…

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Added on: 05/31/2022

Youth group’s new zine showcases 2SLGBTQ+ talent in rural Ontario.

05/30/2022

When Mabe Kyle was in their teens, they didn’t think that 2SLGBTQ+ people existed in rural Ontario, but years later, the youth group that Kyle co-founded has…

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Added on: 05/29/2022

Pakistani film on transgender dancer wins Cannes honour

5/28/22

“Joyland”, the Pakistani film featuring a daring portrait of a transgender dancer in the Muslim country on Friday won the Cannes Queer Palm prize for best LGBT,…

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Added on: 05/28/2022

NYU’s Nursing School Finally Has a Course on Queer and Trans Health

5/27/22

LGBTQ+ people across the U.S. are facing bigger challenges than ever before in obtaining necessary and competent healthcare, but students at one nursing school want to change…

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Added on: 05/28/2022

ACT move to end non-consenting intersex medical intervention

5/27/22

The ACT Government has released a draft bill outlining plans to end non-consenting medical interventions on intersex children. The legislation was developed after consultations with experts and…

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Added on: 05/28/2022

Jewish Queer Youth is growing. For closeted Orthodox and Sephardic teens, that ‘means the world.’

5/27/22

Students come to Jewish Queer Youth secretively — through a Google search, a meme on social media, a pamphlet in their local pizzeria, a chat between two…

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Added on: 05/26/2022

Trans woman’s photo used to spread baseless online theory about Texas shooter

05/25/2022

Sam, a transgender woman who lives in Georgia, said that on Tuesday evening, Reddit users started commenting on a photo of her that she had shared on…

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Added on: 05/25/2022

Jamaica man sentenced to half-decade behind bars for threatening to shoot transgender woman on his street: DA.

05/24/2022

Jamaica resident Quame Truitt was sentenced to five years in prison Monday after pleading guilty earlier this month to threatening a transgender woman with an illegal firearm…

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Added on: 05/25/2022

Montana bars birth certificate changes, even with surgery.

05/24/2022

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte’s administration says transgender people can not change their birth certificates even if they undergo gender-confirmation surgery, in defiance of a court order that…

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Added on: 05/24/2022

Indonesia summons British ambassador over LGBT flag.

05/23/2022

The Indonesian authorities summoned Monday the British ambassador, Owen Jenkins, to protest the raising of an LGBT (Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) flag in the embassy, considering…

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Added on: 05/23/2022

Starbucks to pay travel costs for trans employees getting gender-affirming care

05/22/2022

Starbucks has announced plans to cover travel costs for employees who must travel more than 100 miles to access gender-affirming care in the wake of multiple state-led…

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Added on: 05/23/2022

Gay man killed in Cape Town as Parliament considers Hate Crimes Bill

05/22/2022

The family of a man allegedly murdered for being gay is calling for justice as Parliament continues to ponder the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and…

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Added on: 05/22/2022

Same-sex marriage support still up substantially since 2018: survey

5/22/22

As Taiwan approaches the third anniversary of its legalization of same-sex marriage on May 24, support for the right of gay couples to wed has risen to…

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Added on: 05/22/2022

Turkey’s Alevis to open their houses of worship to LGBTQ funerals

5/20/22

The mood at an ordinary symposium organized by various civic groups in mid-May suddenly took a joyous and emotional turn for Turkey’s LGBTQ individuals after a groundbreaking…

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Added on: 05/21/2022

Nigeria’s LGBTQ Community Fights Restrictive Cross-Dressing Bill

5/19/22

Dressed in rainbow-colored vests, members of the LGBTQ community marched in a risky demonstration in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, to protest a bill introduced by lawmakers in Nigeria’s…

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Added on: 05/21/2022

Turkey’s Alevis to open their houses of worship to LGBTQ funerals

5/20/22

The mood at an ordinary symposium organized by various civic groups in mid-May suddenly took a joyous and emotional turn for Turkey’s LGBTQ individuals after a groundbreaking…

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Added on: 05/20/2022

Our Circle Belize Makes Strides Against LGBTQ Discrimination

05/17/2022

The International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia is being celebrated today, May 17. This year’s theme is “Our Bodies, Our Lives, Our Rights.” The theme is…

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Added on: 05/19/2022

Chile’s LGBTQ+ street artists see work defaced with homophobic slurs

05/17/2022

SANTIAGO, May 17 (Openly) – It was meant to be an open-air museum dedicated to Chile’s LGBTQ+ community, but days after the 40-meter (131-foot) mural was completed,…

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Added on: 05/18/2022

Belgium Aims to Combat Anti-LGBTQ Assaults With New Action Plan

05/17/2022

Belgium is adopting a new plan to fight discrimination and ensure more rights for LGBTQ people as it strives to bring down the country’s high rate of…

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Added on: 05/18/2022

Mexico seeks to bring those excluded due to LGBT-phobia into labor force.

05/17/2022

In a country where discrimination prevails despite legal advances, Contrata LGBTIQ has become one of the first Mexican initiatives to integrate the LGBT community, including migrants, into…

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Added on: 05/18/2022

Judge strikes down Tennessee’s transgender bathroom sign law.

05/17/2022

A federal judge struck down a Tennessee law Tuesday that would have required businesses in the state to post warning notices on their public restrooms if they…