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Added on: 01/23/2021

Doctor hands back medal over Court honour

01/23/2021

The fallout from Margaret Court’s controversial Australia Day honour has continued, with a Canberra doctor handing back her own award in protest. Clara Tuck Meng Soo says…

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Added on: 01/20/2021

Biden appoints Dr. Rachel Levine as assistant secretary of health, a historic first for transgender people

01/19/21

For the first time in history, a transgender person will go before the Senate to be confirmed for a presidential appointment. President-elect Joe Biden has nominated Pennsylvania…

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Added on: 01/20/2021

Romania Slammed for Violating Privacy Rights of Transgender Citizens

01/19/21

Europe’s top rights court held Tuesday that Romania violated the human rights of two transgender men by requiring sex reassignment surgery before recognizing their gender identity. The…

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Added on: 01/20/2021

Pakistan’s transgender people demand respect

01/19/21

Nadra Khan is campaigning for justice after a bank manager rejected her application to open an account. “People make us dance but enjoy bank accounts. The dancers…

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Added on: 01/19/2021

NHS wins right to appeal cruel High Court puberty blockers ruling that restricts healthcare for trans kids

01/18/2021

The Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust, which runs GIDS, the only gender clinic for trans youth in England and Wales, said it would appeal the ruling when…

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Added on: 01/19/2021

New CA Bill Would Limit Genital Surgeries on Intersex Infants

01/18/2021

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A new first-in-the nation bill would limit medically unnecessary surgeries on intersex children in California; that is, on babies born with anatomical differences in…

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Added on: 01/19/2021

Study Details Disparities Impacting Black Queer Americans

01/18/2021

Black LGBTQ adults face more health disparities, discrimination, economic woes, and violence than non-LGBTQ Black adults, according to a new study from the Williams Institute at UCLA….

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Added on: 01/19/2021

Being trans in a pandemic

01/18/2021

Growing up a trans woman in rural northeastern Thailand for the first 16 years of her life, Minty* was often ridiculed and physically abused by elders in…

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Added on: 01/16/2021

Transgender student shares distressing experience of MOE blocking her HRT treatment

1/15/21

Using a throwaway account on reddit/r/SGExams, one transgender student recalled her difficult experience in school, specifically with the Ministry of Education (MOE) allegedly interfering her hormone replacement…

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Added on: 01/16/2021

California bill would ban intersex surgery for young kids

1/15/21

A California lawmaker is trying again to ban some medically unnecessary surgeries on intersex children until they are at least 6-years-old, hoping a narrower focus combined with…

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Added on: 01/13/2021

Popular rabbi warns followers COVID vaccine ‘could make you gay’

01/11/2021

A popular rabbi urged his followers not to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, warning them that doing so, it might “turn them” into homosexuals. Rabbi Daniel Asor’s…

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Added on: 01/13/2021

UNAIDS calls for the LGBT community in Uganda to be treated with respect and dignity at all times

01/12/2020

UNAIDS calls for the LGBT community in Uganda to be treated with respect and dignity at all times. GENEVA, 12 January 2021—UNAIDS is concerned that the vilification…

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Added on: 01/09/2021

First-ever Jamaica transgender strategy looks beyond health

1/8/2021

Imagine using a health-care system that has no concept of you as a person, or of your unique needs. Nurses might not ask important questions. Doctors might…

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Added on: 01/09/2021

There’s no shame in being intersex – and that’s beautiful’

1/8/2021

For years, parents of intersex babies – babies born with a combination of female and male biological characteristics – were encouraged to get “gender normalising” surgery. But…

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Added on: 01/08/2021

Cracey Fernandes and Candacie McEwan – Guyana Trans United

Savita Sukul

Alturi Contributor

Guyana seems to have its ups and downs when appropriately handling the community of people that identify as LGBTI, according to Cracey and Candacie from Guyana Trans…

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Added on: 01/06/2021

Breaking the silence on gender identity in Asia Pacific

01/05/2021

For many lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) people, coming out and being accepted is still a long winding road to go. Rights activist Rukhshana…

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Added on: 01/05/2021

Italy’s coronavirus vaccine rollout will forcibly out transgender and non-binary people

01/04/2021

Italy’s segregated rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine by gender will forcibly out transgender people, campaigners have warned. As part of the EU’s mass vaccination programme, which will…

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Added on: 01/05/2021

‘Queering Cancer’ website creates community for LGBTQ+ cancer patients

01/03/2021

Cancer doesn’t discriminate, but the health care system does. That’s the key message behind a new initiative co-developed by a University of the Fraser Valley professor aimed…

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Added on: 01/03/2021

‘Puberty blockers’ were lifesaving for my daughter – all young people deserve a shot at happiness

1/2/2021

For most of us, the Bell v Tavistock ruling was just another news story. You may not even know what it was. But for a small group…

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Added on: 01/02/2021

Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Veterans Face Elevated Suicide Risks

1/1/2021

A new report published December 28 on JAMA Network Open found that lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) veterans are at greater risk of suicide than the general…

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Added on: 01/01/2021

LGBTQI advocate Richard Lusimbo honored for fighting HIV stigma

12/31/2020

LGBTQI advocate Richard Lusimbo is one of six Ugandans recognized by the International Community of Women Living with HIV / Eastern Africa (ICWEA) for their outstanding role…

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Added on: 01/01/2021

First Person: Vietnamese man finds ‘true voice’ in gay community

12/31/2020

Nguyen Trong Hung opened a café in Son La in northwestern Viet Nam to serve as a meeting place for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and…

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Added on: 12/31/2020

Polish city funds LGBT shelter despite government hostility

12/31/2020

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Authorities in the Polish city of Krakow have become the first to include financial support for an LGBT shelter in a country where…

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Added on: 12/30/2020

Transgender people in China turning to grey market for hormones

12/29/2020

“In China, the channel is hidden,” he tells Sky News. Buying and administering unapproved drugs is risky. Unscrupulous dealers can substitute safe substances for animal hormones. Transgender…

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Added on: 12/30/2020

How LGBTQ+ members of the South Asian diaspora navigate stigma and stress

12/29/2020

When Gurleen Kaur came out as queer to her friends three years ago, she was all too familiar with her family’s expectations—that she marry a man someday….

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Added on: 12/28/2020

Dr. Frank Mugisha – Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG)

Ari Weinstein

Alturi Contributor

Can you tell me about some of this research that you did earlier this year about the impact of COVID-19 on LGBTI communities in Uganda? Uganda is…

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Added on: 12/26/2020

My intersex husband

12/26/2020

Aku finally nailed it. She got married to the love of her life, a 40-year-old man, after two years of courtship without intimacy. As tradition will have…

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Added on: 12/25/2020

People think it’s too easy for trans kids to get treatment. My daughter’s experience says otherwise

12/24/2020

My daughter came out as trans in October. Since then, we’ve been trying to get her the healthcare she needs to feel confident, happy, and safe. It…

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Added on: 12/24/2020

Rejected by her family, this woman has been ‘Queer Santa’ for 22 years

12/24/2020

For the past 22 years, Linda Warren has called herself “Queer Santa.” Each December, the 77-year-old woman suits up in a classic Santa Claus outfit for an…

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Added on: 12/24/2020

Tamara Adrián – Transgender National Assembly Member, Venezuela

Sarah Leistico

Alturi Contributor

How did you initially become involved with activism and policy change? I have known since I was four-years-old that I am transgender. Later in life, after returning…