Transgender and Intersex Issues

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Added on: 07/13/2019

Popular trans television presenter gunned down in Honduras

07/09/2019

Beloved transgender television presenter, Santiago Carvajal, died on Saturday (6 July)in Honduras after she was shot on Friday. She died at Mario Catarino Rivas Hospital in San…

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Added on: 07/12/2019

LGBT bullying more common than racist bullying in schools – poll

07/04/2019

LGBT bullying is the most prevalent type of bullying in schools, with research showing it was more common than incidents relating to racism, sexism or religion. A…

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Added on: 07/12/2019

Navajo Nation’s LGBTQ Pride Event Celebrates A Return To The Culture’s History

07/11/2019

As the sun dips below the horizon, the colored lights turn on — bathing the Navajo Nation Council Chambers in rainbow hues as the crowd cheers. On…

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Added on: 07/10/2019

How Schools Reinvigorated the Stonewall Revolution

07/09/2019

The groups have always been about a simple, key objective: Stop all the dying. The groups are GSAs—Gender-Sexuality Alliances, though they were originally known as Gay-Straight Alliances—and…

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Added on: 07/10/2019

What it’s like to be transgender in China

07/10/2019

Chao Xiaomi considers the question: “Why are you not happy that you were born a man?” That’s because, she says, “in order to live like a man…

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Added on: 07/08/2019

Delhi HC dismisses plea seeking rules for LGBT marriage

07/08/2019

The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking directions to the government to frame family laws for LGBT relationships and form a…

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Added on: 07/07/2019

Male, female…other?’ Japan form-makers consider possible LGBT discrimination in their terminology

07/07/2019

The term “sexual minority” in Japanese refers to anyone who falls under the LGBT+ umbrella, and while lesbian and gay people have been fighting hard for equality…

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Added on: 07/06/2019

Cambodia: Government urged to draft LGBT laws

07/01/2019

Government officials and members of the LGBT community met on Thursday to discuss the drafting or revision of laws and policies in order to facilitate their rights….

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Added on: 07/06/2019

Botswana seeks to overturn ruling that legalized gay sex

07/06/2019

Botswana’s government will appeal a high court ruling that decriminalized homosexuality, potentially resuscitating a law that punished gay sex by up to seven years in prison. Last…

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Added on: 07/05/2019

Venezuela’s transgender community fears hormone shortages

07/05/2019

André Bellorín has fought a long battle for the body that matches his identity. He has been through two operations, a bitter conflict with his mother and…

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Added on: 07/04/2019

Jamaica could see its first trans Member of Parliament

07/03/2019

A 29-year-old activist in Jamaica is vying to become the first openly trans Member of Parliament (MP) to sit in the country’s House of Representatives. Rich Richards…

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Added on: 07/03/2019

The nations where it’s still criminal to be gay (as India marks an awkward anniversary)

07/02/2019

Tuesday marks 10 years since India decriminalised gay sex, but it’s unlikely the milestone will be celebrated. That’s because the 2009 lower court ruling was short-lived; overturned…

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Added on: 07/03/2019

LGBTI Asia: From Myanmar tragedy to Pakistan progress

07/02/2019

Homophobic bullying in Myanmar. Rainbow socks in Singapore. A first for trans people in Pakistan. This is a brief roundup of LGBTI news from countries that have…

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Added on: 07/03/2019

More than 200 companies tell Supreme Court to apply job discrimination laws to sexual orientation, gender identity

07/02/2019

More than 200 companies urged the Supreme Court on Tuesday to apply the nation’s job discrimination laws to sexual orientation and gender identity. In three major civil…

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Added on: 07/02/2019

Anti-LGBT hate crimes are rising, the FBI says. But it gets worse

06/28/2019

Friday marked 50 years since protesters fought back against a police raid of New York’s Stonewall Inn and catalyzed the modern gay rights movement. But despite decades…

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Added on: 07/01/2019

Protests in Pakistan after father arrested for murder of transgender daughter

07/01/2019

The transgender community in Pakistan are leading protests after a 19-year-old transgender woman was found “riddled with bullets” beside a river bank. The teenager’s father has been…

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Added on: 06/30/2019

Video: LGBT activists talk openly about life in Morocco

06/29/2019

In collaboration with the Arab Foundation for Freedoms and Equality (AFE), Human Rights Watch released a video, Monday, June 24. The footage, published on the Human Rights…

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Added on: 06/30/2019

Pioneers launching Pride in Bermuda, St. Lucia, Uganda, India

06/29/2019

Activists in Bermuda and St. Lucia are planning those nations’ first Pride celebrations, while a fund drive is under way for Uganda’s seventh Pride, which is held…

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Added on: 06/29/2019

Gov’t promises support for LGBTIQ community

06/28/2019

Some 150 people, including representatives of the government and relevant ministries, the LGBTIQ community (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer), local authorities, ambassadors, parents and guardians…

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Added on: 06/29/2019

With ball gowns and dance, LGBT+ refugees in Kenya cast aside woes to celebrate

06/27/2019

LGBT+ refugees in Kenya – some dressed in sequined ball gowns and slinky black evening dresses – cast aside their troubles on Thursday to eat lunch, dance…

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Added on: 06/27/2019

Brazil’s Biggest Employer of Trans People Flies Its Pride Flag

06/26/2019

With some 11,000 workers, the Guararapes Confeccoes SA is the biggest employer in Rio Grande do Norte state on Brazil’s northeast coast. In a typical month, the…

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Added on: 06/27/2019

Middle East Survey Sees Patchy Progress in Views on Women’s and LGBT Rights

06/26/2019

More men than women in Iraq say they have been sexually harassed, while only 6% of Lebanese people think being gay is acceptable, according to a major…

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Added on: 06/27/2019

“The Deceased Can’t Speak for Herself:” Violence Against LGBT People in Malaysia

06/26/2019

The New Year rang in little cheer for transgender women in Malaysia. On January 1, a trans woman was killed in Klang, a Kuala Lumpur suburb, the…

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Added on: 06/27/2019

Gay Nigerian ex-priest honored for supporting asylum-seekers

06/26/2019

A gay Nigerian former priest has received an award in recognition of his work supporting LGBTI African refugees. John Adewoye is a lifeline for many across the…

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Added on: 06/26/2019

Section 377 is History but Young LGBT Indians Need Concrete Policies to Protect them from Bullying

06/24/2019

The picture is bleak for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth in India. Many face harassment and bullying, and to avoid humiliation and violence they often skip…

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Added on: 06/25/2019

Drive for LGBT+ equality feared stalling 50 years after Stonewall

06/25/2019

When Tree Sequoia joined hundreds of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people rioting in downtown New York 50 years ago, same-sex relations were illegal in more than…

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Added on: 06/24/2019

Ukraine holds largest gay pride event to date in Kiev

06/23/2019

Thousands have marched through the Ukrainian capital for its annual gay pride event, the largest and most peaceful the country has seen. Ukrainian politicians joined the celebration…

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Added on: 06/23/2019

‘Fear and shame holding LGBT community back’

06/23/2019

Patna may have taken giant strides in many fields, but there are areas where it still lags behind other cities. The inclusivity of the lesbian, gay, bisexual…

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Added on: 06/23/2019

Struggle among progress as countries restrict LGBTQ rights

06/23/2019

The world has been transformed in many ways in the 50 years since the uprising at the Stonewall Inn, with major shifts in the past decade alone…

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Added on: 06/23/2019

How the US shapes queer activism in Liberia

06/22/2019

As the sun set over the Atlantic Ocean, dozens of queer Liberians and their friends and family gathered on a stretch of beach outside Monrovia, the West…