Transgender and Intersex Issues

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Added on: 02/13/2021

Discharged transgender soldier struggles to make a return

2/12/21

Byun Hee-soo, South Korea’s first transgender soldier, who was discharged from the military last year after undergoing gender reassignment surgery, is battling her way back into the…

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Added on: 02/12/2021

8 Bills Across 7 States: Coordinated Anti-Transgender, Anti-LGBTQ Legislative Push Ramps Up In State Houses Across The Country

02/11/2021

The legislative fight to pass discriminatory anti-transgender legislation is ramping up in state houses across the country, with a significant number of bills expected to have hearings…

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Added on: 02/10/2021

In a nation wracked by violence, Kay Trans Ayiti welcomes trans Haitians

02/09/2021

Yaisah Val, a pioneer trans activist in Haiti, describes trans advocacy and the challenges of life in the impoverished Caribbean nation. “I am Yaisah Val. My organization…

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Added on: 02/09/2021

Thailand Is Not the LGBTQ Paradise We Think It Is

02/08/2021

Thailand is consistently hailed as one of the most LGBTQ-friendly countries in the world. It holds international transgender beauty pageants, offers quality gender reassignment surgery, and was…

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Added on: 02/09/2021

Putrajaya says opposing US president Biden’s global pro-LGBT initiative

02/08/2021

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 — Putrajaya yesterday said it is opposing a call by newly-minted US President Joe Biden’s for the superpower’s agencies to protect the rights…

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Added on: 02/09/2021

Lawmakers In 19 States Cloning Idaho’s Transgender Athlete Bill

02/08/2021

Feb. 3, Utah House Representative Kera Birkeland, R-Morgan, introduced HB302, which would require public school athletes to play on teams which aligned only with their sex at…

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Added on: 02/09/2021

Spain proposes making it easier for trans citizens to change gender

02/08/2021

Spain’s Equality Ministry has drafted a law which would allow transgender people to change their gender identity. On Wednesday (3 February) the Spanish Equality Ministry introduced a…

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Added on: 02/08/2021

Mangaluru: In a first, Congress elects transgender as office-bearer

02/07/2021

Life has been a roller-coaster ride for 32-year old Sanjana Chalavadi, but consistency and dedication made her the first one from the community to become a general…

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Added on: 02/07/2021

G25 opposes proposal to introduce heavier punishments for LGBT community

2/7/21

G25 Malaysia joins the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) and other civil society groups in opposing the proposal by the deputy minister (religious affairs) in the…

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Added on: 02/06/2021

Transgender Navy SEAL: Biden order ‘going to give a lot of other individuals that chance to finally be themselves’

2/5/21

When Navy SEAL Ashley Nefzger heard rumblings that President Joe Biden could sign an executive order to repeal a Trump-era ban on most transgender Americans joining the…

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Added on: 02/04/2021

LGBT Members Across India Reaching Delhi In Support Of Chakka Jaam

02/04/2021

Thousands of farmers camping in the national capital since November 2020 against the central government’s three farm bills have gained national and international momentum. Navya Singh, a…

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Added on: 02/04/2021

LGBT+ history month: forgotten figures who challenged gender expression and identity centuries ago

02/04/2021

Non-binary and trans people have always been here, not least in every recorded society from the ancient world onwards. Why is it then that they’re often absent…

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Added on: 02/04/2021

New York Repeals ‘Walking While Trans’ Law

02/03/2021

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill Tuesday that repeals a state anti-loitering law, commonly called the “walking while trans” ban, that critics say police used…

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Added on: 02/04/2021

What’s next for these transgender asylum seekers stranded in Mexico?

02/03/2021

Kataleya Nativi Baca, 29, can see the yellow grasslands of San Ysidro, California, from the crests of Tijuana’s hills. The palm trees swaying less than a mile…

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Added on: 02/02/2021

Scottish government withdraws amendment to exempt ‘criticism of transgender identity’ from hate crime law after backlash

02/01/2021

The Scottish government has pulled an amendment that sought to exempt “criticism of transgender identity” from hate crime laws. The country’s justice minister Humza Yousaf announced via…

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Added on: 02/01/2021

UK Supreme Court to hear case for gender-neutral markings on passports in July

01/31/2021

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom have announced they will begin hearing a case for whether gender-neutral markings, like ‘X’, should be allowed on passports. The…

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Added on: 02/01/2021

Eddie Izzard wants to become the UK’s first-ever transgender MP

01/31/2021

Eddie Izzard, the genderfluid stand-up comedian and longtime Labour campaigner, has a simple mission: Become Britain’s first openly trans member of Parliament. Speaking to the Sunday Mirror…

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Added on: 02/01/2021

Three lives, one message: Stop killing Mexico’s transgender women

01/31/2021

Mexico is the second most dangerous country in the world to be transgender, according to human rights groups. Only Brazil has higher rates of transphobia and violence…

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Added on: 01/30/2021

Parents win landmark ruling for transgender Quebecers with right to change official documents

1/29/21

On their farm outside of Montreal, Eby and Jenna are just two parents raising a family. But it’s been a long process to get the courts to…

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Added on: 01/29/2021

Sturgeon trans rights support prompts calls for reform

01/29/2021

Nicola Sturgeon has been challenged to include meaningful reform of gender recognition legislation in her party’s spring manifesto, after she made her strongest statement yet in support…

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Added on: 01/28/2021

Singapore rights groups speak out over arrests for transphobia protest

01/27/2021

Singapore’s LGBT rights groups on Wednesday urged introspection from authorities after police arrested three people for staging a brief peaceful protest against transphobia in the education system….

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Added on: 01/27/2021

LGBT Ugandans: Our health depends on trans nominee in U.S.

01/26/2021

Activists hope that Dr Levine will play a crucial role in focusing attention on and increasing support for left-behind LGBT populations in Uganda, who need improved access…

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Added on: 01/27/2021

After advocacy by transgender women, Aetna agrees to expand insurance coverage for gender-affirming surgeries

01/26/2021

Allison Escolastico, a 30-year-old transgender woman, has wanted breast augmentation surgery for a decade. By 2019, she finally thought her insurance company, Aetna, would pay for it,…

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Added on: 01/25/2021

Biden to lift Pentagon’s ban on transgender people serving in military

01/24/2021

Multiple people familiar with the matter confirm to ABC News that President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order on Monday that will lift the…

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Added on: 01/25/2021

Separate public toilets for trans community to come up soon in New Delhi

01/24/2021

Members of the transgender community will now be able to use public toilets exclusively made for them in New Delhi. In the annual budget for 2021-22, the…

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Added on: 01/25/2021

Brazil’s LGBT refugees tell their stories in the short film ‘Hazte Sentir’

01/24/2021

The short film Hazte Sentir (Make Yourself Heard) documents a moment in the lives of LGBT refugees in Manaus, the largest city in Brazil’s Amazonas state. Cineola…

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Added on: 01/24/2021

The Covid-19 pandemic hasn’t been a “great equaliser” for India’s queer population

01/21/2021

In a nation roiled with socio-political anxieties, Covid-19 amplified our sense of impending doom: a quiet cough ringing alarm bells in our heads, while the morning news…

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Added on: 01/24/2021

Biden takes first major steps to reverse Trump’s attacks on LGBT+ Americans

01/23/2021

Throughout his four-year presidency, Donald Trump worked at every turn to limit the rights of LGBT+ people – and his administration used his final days in office…

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Added on: 01/22/2021

Biden calls for LGBTQ protections in day-one executive order, angering conservatives

01/21/2021

On his first day in office, President Biden issued a sweeping executive order making it clear that gay and transgender people are protected against discrimination in schools,…

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Added on: 01/21/2021

Bangladesh’s first trans school ignites hope for acceptance

01/21/2021

Riya was given away by her parents when she was five after a short spell at school where she was bullied for being different. Unable to accept…