Transgender and Intersex Issues

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Added on: 11/21/2023
The Indian military is considering hiring transgender individuals to fill a variety of defense roles, according to a recent report by Indian Express. Sources said a joint…

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Added on: 11/20/2023
Bridget Flack’s family remembers her as bright and creative. “She was incredibly artistic, you know, whether drawing or writing or playing music, she loved all of that,” Angela…

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Added on: 11/20/2023
TORVAIANICA, ITALY — Pope Francis’ recent gesture of welcome for transgender Catholics has resonated strongly in a working class, seaside town south of Rome, where a community of…

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Added on: 11/20/2023
11/19/2023
JUCHITAN, Mexico, Nov 19 (Reuters) – Members of southern Mexico’s third-gender ‘muxe’ community celebrated sexual and gender diversity over the weekend, while committing to fighting for LGBTQ…

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Added on: 11/17/2023
11/16/2023
NEW DELHI — The recent judgment of the Indian Supreme Court on marriage equality was, without a doubt, a disappointment for India’s queer community. With a 3:2 majority, the…

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Added on: 11/17/2023
The fiscal year 2024 appropriations process has been littered with anti-LGBTQ attacks. Republican members of the House of Representatives have inserted anti-LGBTQ provisions into all 12 of…

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Added on: 11/15/2023
There are currently 10 transgender inmates behind bars, with one of them having undergone a complete sex change, while the remaining nine are in the process of…

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Added on: 11/15/2023
Thirty-two activists from around the world attended the Human Rights Campaign’s annual Global Innovative Advocacy Summit that took place [Oct. 31 – Nov. 3] in Washington, D.C….

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Added on: 11/15/2023
11/14/2023
To pave the way for the employment of transgender persons in defence roles, the Indian Armed Forces are looking at possible employment opportunities for them and the…

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Added on: 11/14/2023
11/13/2023
A United Nations committee says it is “deeply concerned” about numerous U.S. human and civil rights abuses in a new report, including the ongoing rise in state-level…

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Added on: 11/14/2023
11/13/2023
Just inside the entrance of one Warsaw high school, there’s a red plaque that pronounces it safe for LGBT students. “I chose this school because I just…

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Added on: 11/13/2023
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:  The Kerala Pradesh Transgender Congress (KPTC), which serves as the feeder organisation for the state Congress, underwent a recent overhaul. Despite the state’s pioneering efforts in 2015…

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Added on: 11/13/2023
11/12/2023
Being screamed at was my introduction to the Belong To crowd.” At seventeen Annaig stepped into a community hall to join what she had been told was…

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Added on: 11/12/2023
Born intersex and raised as a boy, Polina has known for years that she wanted to live as a woman. But Russia’s sweeping curbs on gender-affirming healthcare…

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Added on: 11/10/2023
11/10/2023
Nov 10 (Openly) – Born intersex and raised as a boy, Polina has known for years that she wanted to live as a woman. But Russia’s sweeping…

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Added on: 11/10/2023
In its review of the United States’ record on civil and political rights, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRC) condemned a flood of discriminatory state legislation…

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Added on: 11/09/2023
11/08/2023
VATICAN CITY, Nov 8 (Reuters) – Transgender people can be godparents at Roman Catholic baptisms, witnesses at religious weddings and receive baptism themselves, the Vatican’s doctrinal office…

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Added on: 11/06/2023
11/05/2023
As the White House implements a new strategy (first announced in June) to address anti-LGBTQ+ violence and discriminatory laws, Admiral Rachel Levine, assistant secretary for health at…

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Added on: 11/02/2023
11/02/2023
An estimated 5,000 people gathered in Ximending on the evening of October 27 for the fifth annual Taiwan Trans March, making it the largest Trans March to…

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Added on: 11/01/2023
10/31/2023
Two congressional Democrats put forth the first-ever resolution recognizing October 26 as Intersex Awareness Day. The resolution, introduced by U.S. Rep. Becca Balint (D-Vt.) and Mark Pocan…

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Added on: 10/31/2023
10/30/2023
Former US president Donald Trump has pledged to defund schools teaching critical race theory and “transgender insanity” if he is re-elected in 2024. At a rally in…

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Added on: 10/30/2023
10/29/2023
When Pidgeon Pagonis was born in a Chicago hospital 37 years ago, her doctors saw something that alarmed them. “I was born looking female on the outside,”…

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Added on: 10/28/2023
10/27/2023
After this year’s record high of legislative attacks on LGBTQ+ rights, transgender youth across the U.S. are being impacted by adopted policies. The Gulf Coast has the…

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Added on: 10/26/2023
10/24/2023
TOKYO, Oct 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – An unprecedented ruling by a Japanese court this month is buoying hopes in the transgender community that a national law…

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Added on: 10/25/2023
10/24/2023
Government officials and non-profit leaders held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Oct. 24 to celebrate the completion of a supportive housing development in Harlem with services for homeless…

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Added on: 10/25/2023
10/24/2023
Japan’s top court will decide Wednesday on the legality of requiring transgender people to be sterilised in order to change their legal gender. Under rules introduced in…

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Added on: 10/24/2023
10/23/2023
Brennen Yonnie can imagine his future wedding. It takes place on a clear fall day on a mountain on the Navajo reservation, where he and the man…

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Added on: 10/24/2023
10/23/2023
U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak looks poised to shelve plans for a nationwide conversion therapy ban once again, according to reports. Last week, The Times reported that…

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Added on: 10/23/2023
Georgia state employees and their families who are insured by the Georgia State Health Benefit Plan can access transgender-related health care after the state agreed to a…

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Added on: 10/21/2023
10/20/2023
In response to increasing attacks on transgender communities in the U.S., the Hawai‘i Department of Health recently released its “Statement on Transgender Rights and Public Health.” In…