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Transgender and Intersex Issues

Global News

Added on: 10/12/2023
10/11/2023
GRAPEVINE, Texas — High school teacher Em Ramser felt her stomach drop when she noticed an empty seat in her second-period English class one morning in January…

Alturi Blog

Added on: 10/12/2023
Alturi Project Strategist
There is an underreported and counterintuitive effect of denying abortion access: When abortion is safe, legal, and accessible, the abortion rate is typically lower. When abortion is…

Global News

Added on: 10/11/2023
Kuujjuaq, an Inuit town in northern Quebec, has been hosting 2SLGBTQ+ pride parades for the past few years – but Two-Spirit youth from the community say a…

Global News

Added on: 10/10/2023
10/09/2023
Clad in a Barbie-pink shalwar kameez, influencer and doctor Mehrub Moiz Awan reels off endless examples of harassment she’s received since becoming the sharp-tongued figurehead of Pakistan’s…

Global News

Added on: 10/09/2023
10/08/2023
The upcoming Inner West Council meeting anticipates a notice of motion, requesting council to further commemorate international Transgender Day of Remembrance this November. The motion created by councillor,…

Global News

Added on: 10/07/2023
10/06/2023
Belgium’s deputy prime minister, who ranks as one of Europe’s most senior transgender politicians, has urged Rishi Sunak not to join “the real bullies” after remarks made…

Global News

Added on: 10/05/2023
10/04/2023
Political and religious leaders who have long fought to put God and prayer back in schools are seizing on a growing backlash against transgender people to advance…

Global News

Added on: 10/04/2023
The United Kingdom’s National Health Service announced plans to bring back sex-specific language and spaces to the nationalized health system in an effort to bolster women’s rights…

Global News

Added on: 10/02/2023
10/01/2023
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan’s fifth annual march in support of transgender rights will be held in Taipei on Oct. 27. The event organizer, Taiwan Tongzhi (LGBTQ+) Hotline…

Global News

Added on: 10/02/2023
MILAN (AP) — Donatella Versace slammed the Italian government for what she described as anti-gay policies in a heartfelt and personal speech that referenced her late brother, Gianni…

Global News

Added on: 10/02/2023
CHENNAI: Two transwomen have been creating a silent revolution in their classrooms by opening the eyes of their students about the dangers of untouchability. The two of…

Global News

Added on: 10/01/2023
09/30/2023
For drag king Percy Non Grata, the stage isn’t just where he loves performing and doing “ridiculous” things, it’s also where he found a “beautiful” community and…

Global News

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…

Global News

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…

Global News

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…

Global News

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…

Global News

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…

Global News

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…

Global News

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…

Global News

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…

Alturi Blog

Added on: 09/20/2023
Alturi Project Strategist
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…

Global News

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…

Global News

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,…

Global News

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…

Global News

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….

Global News

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…

Global News

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,…

Global News

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…

Global News

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…

Global News

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…