Transgender and Intersex Issues

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Added on: 02/19/2023

Spain approves controversial LGBT and abortion laws

02/17/2023

Spain’s parliament on Thursday passed legislation which makes it easier for trans people to change their gender, expands access to abortion procedures and grants menstrual leave to…

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Added on: 02/18/2023

Transgender prison row heightens safety fears in Scotland’s LGBTQ+ community

02/17/2023

The furore surrounding the placement of transgender offenders in Scottish prisons has sharpened personal safety fears across Scotland’s LGBTQ+ community, the Guardian has been told. Soon after…

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Added on: 02/18/2023

Bill would restrict transgender people from military service

02/17/2023

Florida Senator Marco Rubio on Thursday introduced legislation that would disqualify most people with a history of gender dysphoria from serving in the U.S. Military. The bill…

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Added on: 02/18/2023

Transgender Persons Act

02/17/2023

What was considered to be a historic act in the country’s history is now being amended to erase any minor gains or goodwill that was generated. On…

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Added on: 02/18/2023

Spain passes transgender law allowing minors treatment without parental consent

02/17/2023

After its passage in the Senate, Spain’s lower house passed the Law for the Real and Effective Equality of Trans Persons and for the Guarantee of LGTBI…

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Added on: 02/17/2023

Changing gender identity: Countries that make it easy

02/16/2023

Spain on Thursday joined a small but growing club of nations that allow people to change their gender on their ID card through a simple administrative declaration. Several…

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Added on: 02/17/2023

U.S. Republicans target transgender youth healthcare in legislative push

02/16/2023

Feb 16 (Reuters) – Republican legislators across the United States have escalated a campaign to ban certain healthcare for transgender youth, in some cases seeking to charge…

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Added on: 02/17/2023

Spain passes law allowing people to freely change gender from age 16

02/16/2023

After months of sometimes heated debate within the ruling left-wing, Spanish MPs on Thursday gave final approval to a law allowing people to freely change their gender…

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Added on: 02/16/2023

“This Is Why We Became Activists”

02/15/2023

In June 2021, Amani’s girlfriend ended their relationship. Amani told Human Rights Watch that for months prior to the breakup, her girlfriend’s parents had been “refusing to…

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Added on: 02/15/2023

Brianna Ghey: Trans girl’s killing must lead to end of ‘merciless war’ on trans community

02/14/2023

The killing of Brianna Ghey, a trans teenage girl from Warrington, comes amid a “wider atmosphere of hostility towards trans people, perpetuated through apathy and malice”. Brianna…

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Added on: 02/14/2023

Transgender Discrimination Continues in Kuwait, Despite a Court Ruling

02/13/2023

A year ago, Kuwait’s Constitutional Court overturned a law that criminalized “imitating the opposite sex,” ruling that Article 198 of the penal code, which authorities had used…

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Added on: 02/14/2023

Amendments to ‘Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2018’ discussed

02/13/2023

The Meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights was held here at the Parliament House on Monday with Senator Walid Iqbal in the chair. The…

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Added on: 02/13/2023

Disinformation on SOGIE bill spreads as Filipino queers face real-world discrimination

02/12/2023

MANILA, Philippines – Speaking at the podium during a Senate session on Wednesday, February 8, Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva paused to grab a plastic bag sitting on…

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Added on: 02/12/2023

It is time for action to protect the rights of Hong Kong’s LGBTQ community

Ten years ago, a judgment by Hong Kong’s top court was hailed as a breakthrough for the city’s transgender community. Last week, another landmark ruling was rightly…

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Added on: 02/12/2023

In a first for India, transgender couple become biological parents

02/11/2023

A transgender couple are the first in India to become parents biologically, after one of the partners gave birth on Wednesday in Kerala state. The birth of…

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Added on: 02/11/2023

Center for Religion and Public Life petitions Parliament to reject Anti-LGBTQ Bill

02/11/2023

The Center for Religion and Public Life (CRPL-Ghana) has petitioned the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Parliament not to pass the bill against Lesbians, Gays,…

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Added on: 02/10/2023

Kerala transgender couple’s ‘tears of joy’ as baby born early

02/09/2023

A transgender couple from the southern Indian state of Kerala, whose pregnancy photos made global news, have welcomed their baby with “tears of joy”. Ziya Paval said…

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Added on: 02/08/2023

Missouri lawmakers weigh proposal coined ‘most extreme Don’t Say Gay bill’ in the U.S.

02/07/2023

Missouri school employees would be banned from talking about gender and sexual orientation under a proposal heard by a Senate committee Tuesday morning. Senate Bill 134, put…

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Added on: 02/08/2023

Rishi Sunak reshuffle: Where does prime minister’s new cabinet stand on LGBTQ+ rights?

02/07/2023

Rishi Sunak has announced a reshuffle of his cabinet, with equalities minister Kemi Badenoch being handed an even meatier role in government amid the on-going discussion around…

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Added on: 02/08/2023

LGBT Brazilians compete in country’s first drag king contest

02/07/2023

At a downtown Sao Paulo tattoo studio, drag performer Hinacio King has a six-pack contoured onto their abdomen and their breasts tightly tapped down to transform into…

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Added on: 02/07/2023

Transgender rights: top Hong Kong court says in landmark ruling government breached rights of 2 trans men by preventing them from changing ID cards

02/06/2023

Hong Kong’s top court handed down a landmark ruling on Monday finding that authorities’ refusal to allow two transgender people to use their preferred gender on their…

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Added on: 02/07/2023

Intersex children should be allowed informed consent on surgeries, ABA House says

02/06/2023

A resolution asking medical professionals to obtain consent from minors with intersex traits before doing medical or surgical intervention was approved Monday by the ABA House of…

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Added on: 02/06/2023

Finland takes “major step” towards protecting trans rights

02/05/2023

The passing of legislation in Finland that abolishes the requirements for trans people to endure invasive medical and psychiatric procedures before they can have their gender recognised…

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Added on: 02/06/2023

‘Nervous’ couple makes history as India’s first-ever trans parents to be: ‘We’re about to realise my dream’

02/25/2023

A trans couple in India has made history by announcing they are expecting their first child. Trans woman and dancer Ziya Paval announced on Instagram that her…

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Added on: 02/05/2023

How antisemitic tropes are being used to target the LGBTQ community

02/04/2023

Over the past year, a new front for hate has opened up across Canada and the United States, with drag performances and gender-affirming care providers becoming targets…

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Added on: 01/03/2023

Missouri inmate may be 1st openly transgender woman executed in U.S.

01/02/2023

Unless Missouri Gov. Mike Parson grants clemency, Amber McLaughlin, 49, will become the first openly transgender woman executed in the U.S. She is scheduled to die by…

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Added on: 01/02/2023

Sanjana Tiwari, dost tumhari: Transwoman who works to uplift lives of others like her

01/01/2023

Sanjana Tiwari, who was forced into the sex trade because of poverty, is now an autorickshaw driver and economically independent. As a volunteer activist, she is now…

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Added on: 01/02/2023

LGBTQ Group Pushes For Workplace ‘Protection’ In Mauritius

01/01/2023

Collectif Arc-en-Ciel, an LGBTQ Group in Mauritius is aggressively pushing for protection for its members. It is also fighting for similar rights as its heterosexual counterparts in…

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Added on: 01/02/2023

How new Title IX rules could affect California’s transgender and nonbinary students

01/01/2023

It took Xander nearly a decade to try community college again. The incoming American River College student first attempted higher education in North Carolina in 2013. But…

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Added on: 01/01/2023

Mamba’s 21 most-read queer stories of 2022

12/31/2022

The year that was 2022, thankfully, saw a decline in the number of reported LGBTIQ+ hate crimes in South Africa, compared to 2021. There were nonetheless still…