Transgender and Intersex Issues

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Added on: 02/21/2021

Abuse and hate speech against LGBTI people rises across Europe and Central Asia

2/21/21

There has been a “stark rise” in abuse and hate speech against LGBTI people in the Europe and Central Asia region, including from politicians, says a new…

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Added on: 02/21/2021

Yokkao Founder Philip Villa Supports Transgender Fighter Nong Rose in Fight for Inclusivity

2/21/21

Thai trans woman Muay Thai fighter, Nong Rose Baan Charoensuk is on a mission to strive for transgender rights in Thailand and around the world. She now…

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Added on: 02/20/2021

Why Jammu’s transgender community hit the streets in protest

2/19/21

Several groups of the community came together at Bikram Chowk on January 21, 2021 to take out a nude protest. Four transgender persons were allegedly abudcted and…

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Added on: 02/18/2021

State anti-transgender bills represent coordinated attack, advocates say

02/17/2021

Bills in at least 20 states are targeting the transgender community in what LGBTQ advocates say is an organized assault by conservative groups. On Thursday, the North…

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Added on: 02/17/2021

LGBT+ History Month event for teens hijacked by ‘homophobic, transphobic and racist slurs’ and pornography

02/16/2021

An LGBT+ History Month seminar for under-18s was interrupted by a cyber attacker who shouted homophobic, transphobic and racist slurs. Education non-profit Academus Education was hosting a…

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Added on: 02/17/2021

Transgender Woman Is Killed in ‘Vicious and Violent Attack’ in Her Miami Apartment

02/16/2021

An attack that a police detective describes as “very vicious and violent” has authorities searching for the killer of a 45-year-old transgender woman found dead two weeks…

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Added on: 02/17/2021

More European politicians found using homophobic hate speech

02/16/2021

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Homophobic language and hate speech against transgender people are on the increase among European politicians, an advocacy group said on Tuesday as…

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Added on: 02/17/2021

LGBTQ people now protected under the Fair Housing Act

02/15/2021

For the first time, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people are now protected from housing discrimination under federal law. The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced…

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Added on: 02/17/2021

A Support Group for Trans Newcomers that Goes ‘Beyond Borders and Binaries’

02/15/2021

Trans, non-binary and gender divergent immigrants and refugees living in British Columbia now have a support group to call their very own. Beyond Borders and Binaries, a…

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Added on: 02/17/2021

British children in limbo over gender therapy after court ruling

02/15/2021

LONDON, Feb 15 (Openly) – Almost as soon as she could speak, Nina told her parents she was not a boy and she has lived as a…

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Added on: 02/17/2021

A wave of killings against transgender people in Puerto Rico

02/15/2021

Forty-four transgender or gender non-conforming people were killed in the United States in 2020. Six of those people were killed in Puerto Rico alone. This January, the…

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Added on: 02/17/2021

ID changes proposed to include transgender, intersex and non-binary identities

02/16/2021

A new draft policy suggests a major review of the identity management system to the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) in order to include various categories to…

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Added on: 02/15/2021

Plight of marginalised : Trans community gets vocational training

02/14/2021

For transgender person, Bali Jetty, learning the art of embroidery brought gradual respite from the banality of the stereotypical roles. Unfortunately, the transcendence proved to be short-lived…

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Added on: 02/15/2021

How to come out when ‘gay’ isn’t in your language? LGBT website provides translation resources for sexual minorities in Asia

02/14/2021

When 13-year-old Tien wants to tell his mother he’s gay, he goes to the library. But he quickly realises there aren’t any appropriate words for homosexuality in…

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Added on: 02/15/2021

Flurry of bills aim to set limits on transgender kids – and their doctors

02/14/2021

Sam Edelman felt like a girl for as long as he could remember, his dad said. As Sam’s 18th birthday approached, and after years of researching hormone…

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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…