Transgender and Intersex Issues

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Added on: 09/30/2023
06/29/2023
LGBTQ pride groups in northwestern Ontario are calling for an urgent meeting with Conservative MP Eric Melillo over what they’re calling transphobic policy resolutions passed by the…

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Added on: 09/30/2023
06/29/2023
A federal appeals court on Thursday allowed Tennessee and Kentucky to enforce laws banning gender-affirming medical care for minors, such as puberty blockers, hormones and surgery. By…

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Added on: 09/26/2023
09/25/2023
The Australian Human Rights Commission appears set to bar a lesbian group from hosting an event exclusively for “lesbians born female” after at least 14 activist organizations…

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Added on: 09/26/2023
09/25/2023
The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) on Monday resumed the registration of transgender persons, almost three months after it had halted the process. Following the May…

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Added on: 09/26/2023
09/25/2023
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed several bills over the weekend aimed at bolstering the state’s protections for LGBTQ people, after issuing a controversial veto that was criticized…

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Added on: 09/23/2023
09/22/2023
Transgender athletes are still able to run in the female category of UK women’s races almost six months after a ban was introduced to prevent them from…

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Added on: 09/23/2023
09/22/2023
If you are an English speaker keeping up with the news of the Ukraine war, you have probably heard of Sarah Ashton-Cirillo. The US national arrived in…

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Added on: 09/20/2023
09/19/2023
San Francisco has become a beacon for many LGBTQ asylum seekers — and the LGBT Asylum Project is meeting the need, having provided legal representation for nearly…

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Added on: 09/20/2023
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Turkey  Since Turkey’s democratic government began to decline in 2007, there have been ongoing tensions between the Justice and Development Party (AKP, known for its Islamist roots…

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Added on: 09/20/2023
09/19/2023
As more Canadians are faced with the evolving nature of gender identity, gaps in the ways different groups view the subject are growing, according to a recent…

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Added on: 09/20/2023
09/19/2023
Transgender people are being let down by “extraordinarily long” NHS waiting lists, which are causing a “travesty” of self-harm and suicide, an inquest heard. Alice Litman, 20,…

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Added on: 09/19/2023
Ireland is deeply concerned at the “alarming pushback against LGBTI rights and the rise of violence and hatred towards LGBTI people at home and abroad”, Taoiseach Leo…

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Added on: 09/19/2023
09/18/2023
Surveillance and the threat of imprisonment: Euronews spoke to Russian queer activists who have chosen to stay in the country, despite increasing hostility towards the LGBTQ+ community….

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Added on: 09/18/2023
09/17/2023
Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital opened up India’s first transgender Outpatient Department (OPD) on Sunday inching towards an inclusive and easily accessible healthcare system in the country. Professor…

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Added on: 09/18/2023
09/17/2023
A transgender woman won election to a seat on Nashville’s city council, becoming the first openly transgender person to be voted into political office in Tennessee. Olivia Hill, 57,…

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Added on: 09/16/2023
09/15/2023
Maily Isaro, a transgender woman in the Central African nation of Rwanda, has faced various forms of discrimination since publicly coming out as trans. She lives in…

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Added on: 09/16/2023
09/15/2023
Mexican transgender rights activists Kenya Cuevas and Andrea Luna sat in front of their longtime friend Paola Buenrostro’s pink grave in Mexico City. “You don’t have to…

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Added on: 09/15/2023
09/14/2023
Alice Litman died in May last year, and her family believe the long wait she had to endure played a part. Litman had been referred to an NHS gender…

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Added on: 09/12/2023
09/11/2023
The city authorities informed the Delhi High Court on Monday that over 100 toilets have been built for exclusive use by transgender people in the Capital. “A…

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Added on: 09/12/2023
09/11/2023
The war against queer and trans rights in Canada is ramping up after members of the Conservative Party voted overwhelmingly to advance anti-LGBTQ2S+ policies at their annual…

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Added on: 09/11/2023
09/10/2023
After using their dead name, the doctor opened the door to greet Leighton Schreyer, who was waiting in the exam room to discuss fertility preservation. The rest of…

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Added on: 09/11/2023
When Russian authorities took away Yan Dvorkin’s 10-year-old adopted son last spring, there was nothing he could do but shout in frustration. His crime? He was a…

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Added on: 09/10/2023
09/09/2023
The makers of “Woman Of”, which follows a man transitioning to a woman in socially conservative Poland, hope their film will help ease deep-rooted prejudices in the…

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Added on: 09/09/2023
09/08/2023
Polish director Malgorzata Szumowska and Michal Englert’s transgender drama Woman Of world premieres in Competition at the Venice Film Festival on Friday. As ever the filmmaking team…

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Added on: 09/09/2023
09/08/2023
Referring to the Virginia Department of Education’s (VDOE) 2023 model policies for the treatment of transgender students, attorney Wyatt Rolla of the ACLU of Virginia said Governor…

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Added on: 09/08/2023
09/07/2023
The Iraqi politician who introduced the bill into parliament is absolutely certain: Any behavior that deviates from heterosexuality is a danger to his country. This is why,…

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Added on: 09/06/2023
Assemblymember Matt Haney (D–San Francisco) hosts a press conference to announce that every August hereafter will be known in California as Transgender History Month. California has long…

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Added on: 09/05/2023
09/04/2023
September 3rd marked four months since the state of Manipur has been grappling with ethnic violence. Till August, the death toll had reached close to 190 and…

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Added on: 09/05/2023
09/04/2023
Maksym Chernov, 22, describes himself on Instagram as a queer punk and vegan abolitionist who advocates for the abolition of slavery, both formal and informal. For nine…

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Added on: 09/04/2023
In an incident showing brazen attitude on the part of celebrated Tibetan transgender model Tenzin Mariko, the model and friends got into a scuffle with police in…