Transgender and Intersex Issues

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Added on: 02/05/2024

Opponents of Alberta’s proposals for transgender youth protest in weekend rallies

02/04/2024

EDMONTON – Groups opposed to Alberta’s planned policies around transgender youth held rallies in Calgary and Edmonton over the weekend, with many of the attendees warning the…

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Added on: 02/04/2024

Two 16-year-olds sentenced for ‘sadistic’ murder of transgender teen in England

02/03/2024

The two 16-year-old convicted of murdering a transgender teenager in northwest England nearly a year ago were handed life sentences Friday with minimum prison terms of 20…

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Added on: 02/03/2024

Meet the newscaster in drag making LGBTQ+ history on Mexican TV

02/02/2024

Guillermo Barraza buzzed with a nervous energy as he watched himself transform. Hands delicately painted stripes of bright pink eyeshadow onto Barraza’s angular face as newscasters and…

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Added on: 02/03/2024

Kentucky’s first transgender elected official wants you to get involved in local politics

02/02/2024

Kentucky legislators passed some of the nation’s worst anti-LGBTQ+ laws in 2023. Alongside bans on gender-affirming care for minors and bans on teaching LGBTQ+ topics in public…

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Added on: 02/02/2024

Coming out as trans can be tough in regional Australia. Here’s how these three teens did it

02/01/2024

Eliott had heard too many horror stories about trans kids coming out in small country towns. But when he did, he was surprised by what happened. He was…

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Added on: 02/02/2024

Ghana opposition head expresses anti-LGBTQ stance ahead of elections

02/01/2024

Ghana’s former president and leading opposition presidential candidate John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday expressed his opposition to LGBTQ+ rights but did not say if he would support…

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Added on: 02/01/2024

Tennessee Republican proposes bill of rights for individuals wishing to detransition

01/31/2024

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — A Tennessee Republican introduced legislation proposing a bill of rights for individuals who received gender reassignment surgeries and later wish to detransition. Republican Caucus Chair…

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Added on: 02/01/2024

Alberta’s new transgender rules: From restricted treatments to pronouns and parental rights

01/31/2024

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced a new pronoun disclosure policy for schools on Wednesday, in addition to other restrictions on transgender treatments and sports. The pronoun policy…

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Added on: 02/01/2024

Gay, teenaged and online: LGBTQ+ Indians fight for safe space

01/31/2024

The suicide of a 16-year-old Indian boy who hit a wall of online abuse after posting selfies in saris and makeup has galavanised calls for social media…

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Added on: 02/01/2024

Sierra Leonean Trans Activist Finds ‘Home’ On The Island of Lesvos

01/31/2024

It all started with a broken heart. Roxy* kept her queerness to herself as she was growing up in Freetown Sierra Leone. Her mother – a pastor…

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Added on: 01/31/2024

Florida bars transgender people from changing the sex on their driver’s licenses

01/30/2024

Florida will no longer allow transgender people to change the sex on their state driver’s license to reflect their gender identity, a policy change that muddles whether…

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Added on: 01/31/2024

Doski Azad: Murder of trans woman still haunts LGBTQ+ Iraqi Kurds

01/30/2024

Doski Azad dared to live openly as a transgender woman in Iraqi Kurdistan, but her murder two years ago shattered the enclave’s reputation as a relatively liberal…

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Added on: 01/30/2024

‘Chaos campaign’: how an Armenian enclave became the center of an anti-LGBTQ+ battle

01/29/2024

On a gray afternoon last June, the school board in Glendale, California, was preparing to make what was once a routine vote to honor June as LGBTQ+…

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Added on: 01/30/2024

The Brazilian bishop who took the first step toward the Catholic Church embracing gays and transgender people

01/29/2024

The next lesbian, gay, or transgender person to be the godparent of a baby baptized in a Catholic parish, or in a cathedral, in any corner of…

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Added on: 01/29/2024

Michigan and Ohio GOP legislators discuss ‘endgame’ of banning all trans health care

01/28/2024

Several Republican legislators from Michigan and Ohio were recorded in an online forum planning to try to ban trans health care for everyone, regardless of age. The discussion was hosted…

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Added on: 01/29/2024

Germany’s transgender community confronts surge in far-right disinformation

01/28/2024

The transgender community in Germany faces an escalation in disinformation, primarily fueled by far-right groups amid attempts to pass the country’s Self-Determination Act. This legislative proposal, designed to ease the legal…

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Added on: 01/28/2024

Bangladesh professor fired for spreading misinformation about trans people

01/27/2024

A leading organization advocating for the rights of LGBTQ people in Bangladesh has come to the defense of a university that fired a professor who spread misinformation…

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Added on: 01/27/2024

Transgender US veterans sue VA for access to gender-affirming surgery in medical benefits

01/26/2024

The Transgender American Veterans Association (TAVA) filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday against the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), in which they are asking the VA…

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Added on: 01/27/2024

Quebec issues first X gender drivers’ license

01/26/2024

Quebec has finally issued its first drivers’ license with an X gender marker, after years of advocacy and legal action by queer activists—but it could be years…

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Added on: 01/26/2024

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas taking legal action against World Aquatics

01/25/2024

The US swimmer Lia Thomas, who rose to global prominence by becoming the first transgender athlete to win a NCAA college title, is taking legal action in…

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Added on: 01/24/2024

World Health Organization Named Former Prostitute, ‘Genderf**king’ Theorist To Transgender Health Expert Board

01/23/2024

The World Health Organization (WHO) established an expert advisory group on transgender health, seeking guidance from a transgender former prostitute who called the line of work “empowering”…

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Added on: 01/24/2024

Hungary PM says ‘no money in the world’ would make him accept LGBTQ+ ‘propaganda’

01/23/2024

Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orbán has claimed that ‘no money in the world’ would make him accept LGBTQ+ “propaganda” after the EU froze funding to the country…

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Added on: 01/23/2024

Non-binary NYC marathon winner loses out on prize money just months after fighting to compete

01/22/2024

Non-binary marathon runner Cal Calamia made headlines last year when they became the first winner of the New York City Marathon’s non-binary division – but he’s still…

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Added on: 01/22/2024

Ohio is poised to become the 2nd state to restrict gender-affirming care for adults

01/22/2024

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced proposals this month that transgender advocates say could block access to gender-affirming care provided by independent clinics and general practitioners, leaving thousands…

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Added on: 01/21/2024

In Brazil, murders of transvestites and trans people led crimes against the LGTBI population in 2023

01/20/2024

At least 257 people from the LGTBI population were murdered in Brazil last year, of which 49.42% of the victims belonged to transvestite and transgender groups, according…

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Added on: 01/20/2024

Russia’s Internal Affairs Ministry has reportedly begun calling transgender people in for questioning

01/19/2024

Russia’s Internal Affairs Ministry has begun calling transgender people in for questioning in St. Petersburg and the Arkhangelsk region, reports human rights organization Sphere. Police officers are…

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Added on: 01/19/2024

Long-sought IDs give trans Indonesians the right to vote

01/18/2024

JAKARTA, Jan 19 (Openly) – At 53, Mak Luké, a transgender woman, will go to the polls for the first time when Indonesia holds an election on…

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Added on: 01/19/2024

Indonesian trans women hold fashion show against plastic pollution

01/18/2024

In the heart of Jakarta’s slums, a vibrant transgender community is using fashion to shine a light on their lives and the challenges of living in a…

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Added on: 01/18/2024

The Supreme Court is running away from transgender rights cases

01/17/2024

For the third time in the last year, the Supreme Court unexpectedly turned away a case asking it to diminish the rights of young transgender Americans in much of the…

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Added on: 01/17/2024

Supreme Court stays out of fight over transgender student bathroom access

01/16/2024

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined for now to weigh in on the contentious issue of bathroom access for transgender students by rejecting an Indiana school district’s…