Transgender and Intersex Issues

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Added on: 08/20/2024

Did the Supreme Court just overrule one of its most important LGBTQ rights decisions?

08/19/2024

The Supreme Court handed down a brief and very odd opinion on Friday that seemed to abandon its landmark civil rights decision in Bostock v. Clayton County…

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Added on: 08/20/2024

Joburg Murder Sparks Transphobic Victim Blaming

08/19/2024

The horrific murder of Clement Hadebe, a queer individual in Johannesburg, has sparked a flood of hateful, victim-blaming transphobic bigotry on social media. Reports of Hadebe’s death,…

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Added on: 08/19/2024

Taiwanese public largely rejects gender self-identification, survey finds

08/18/2024

A new study published in Archives of Sexual Behaviour reveals that an overwhelming majority of Taiwanese respondents strongly oppose gender self-identification for transgender women. Gender self-identification, particularly for transgender…

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Added on: 08/18/2024

West Bengal: LGBTQIA community stages protest over Kolkata rape-murder

08/18/2024

Amid widespread outrage and demands for justice following the rape and murder of a woman trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, members…

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Added on: 08/17/2024

Supreme Court rejects Biden administration’s request to enforce new civil rights protections for LGBTQ+ students

08/16/2024

The Supreme Court on Friday turned down a request from the Biden administration to enforce parts of a new federal rule meant to protect LGBTQ+ and pregnant…

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Added on: 08/16/2024

Texas sues Biden again to block federal protections for transgender workers

08/15/2024

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton returned to court on Thursday to press his case against the Biden administration’s workforce protections for transgender employees. Texas’s lawsuit, filed in federal court on…

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Added on: 08/14/2024

LGBTQ asylum-seekers chase a life of safety and peace after rape and death threats

08/13/2024

Michelle Carranza, 22, did not want to be another trans woman murdered in her native Honduras. “They don’t accept us there. They kill us, they discriminate us,…

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Added on: 08/13/2024

Ballroom Is Still About Black Queer Joy

08/12/2024

Every Saturday between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m., the Washington Neighborhood Center in Sacramento, California, vibrates with house beats. Unknowing neighbors peer in curiously, but for those…

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Added on: 08/13/2024

Council Of Europe Urges Bulgaria To Scrap LGBTQ ‘Promotion’ Ban

08/12/2024

The Council of Europe’s human rights commissioner on Monday said he was “deeply concerned” by an LGBTQ “promotion” ban passed by Bulgaria’s parliament, urging President Rumen Radev…

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Added on: 08/13/2024

First trans athlete at Paralympic Games says her participation ‘is an important symbol of inclusion’

08/12/2024

Valentina Petrillo is gearing up to become the first out transgender athlete to compete at the Paralympic Games, and has noted that her participation “is an important…

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Added on: 08/12/2024

The trans community experiences a surge of hope within deep election anxiety, report finds

08/11/2024

With so much talk about the trans community, much of it in the form of vitriol from the right, there are few platforms for the actual voices of…

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Added on: 08/10/2024

Nigerian transgender TikToker found dead

08/09/2024

Nigerian police are investigating the death of a Nigerian transgender TikToker known as “Abuja Area Mama”. The beaten and bruised body of 33-year-old transgender woman was found…

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Added on: 08/10/2024

Federal judge rules that Florida’s transgender health care ban discriminates against state employees

08/09/2024

A federal judge has ruled that Florida’s transgender health care ban discriminates against state employees and violates their civil rights. Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker ruled…

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Added on: 08/10/2024

Mexico City will now give harsher punishments to anti-trans murderers

08/09/2024

Mexico City, Mexico has passed a local law banning murders against transgender women, a practice referred to in the country as transfemicidio (transfemicide). Murderers convicted under the…

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Added on: 08/09/2024

Transgender voters more ‘hopeful’ about election following Biden exit, poll shows

08/08/2024

WASHINGTON (TND) — Transgender Americans have a more “hopeful” emotional state following President Joe Biden’s decision to exit the presidential election, according to a new poll by LGBT health…

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Added on: 08/08/2024

Transgender peoples’ legal hurdles with EU freedom of movement

08/07/2024

For transgender individuals, the dream of seamless travel and residence across EU member states is often undermined by a patchwork of legal and bureaucratic barriers surrounding recognition…

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Added on: 08/07/2024

LGBTQ rights groups celebrate Walz as Harris VP pick

08/06/2024

LGBTQ rights groups on Tuesday celebrated Vice President Harris’s selection of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, highlighting his longtime support for LGBTQ equality. Walz,…

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Added on: 08/06/2024

Thailand takes a leap towards marriage equality, but more work needed for trans rights

08/05/2024

This summer, the Thai government passed the Marriage Equality Bill, marking a historic moment as Thailand became the first country in Southeast Asia to legalize same-sex marriage….

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Added on: 08/05/2024

Rebel groups in Colombia are killing trans women in a “social cleansing” campaign

08/04/2024

In Colombia, armed groups are targeting transgender women along with other so-called undesirables in a violent campaign of “social cleansing” across the country. Paramilitaries in Colombia—still operating despite…

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Added on: 08/02/2024

Biden administration rule protecting LGBT students blocked in 26 states

08/01/2024

Aug 1 (Reuters) – A new federal rule protecting LGBT students from discrimination in schools and colleges based on gender identity that took effect on Thursday remained…

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Added on: 08/01/2024

Nepal Supreme Court Rules Trans Woman Is a Woman

07/31/2024

The Supreme Court of Nepal has ruled that Rukshana Kapali, a transgender woman, should be legally recognized on all documents as a woman without having to submit to…

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Added on: 07/31/2024

For trans youth, working in corporate India is a losing battle

07/30/2024

It was a smoggy November morning in 2023. At the Gurugram shelter run by the Transgender Welfare Equity and Empowerment Trust, Ajay*, a trans man in his…

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Added on: 07/31/2024

US judge upholds protections for LGBTQ students in first win for Biden administration

07/30/2024

A federal judge in Alabama on Tuesday refused to block the Biden administration from enforcing new anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ students in four Republican-led states, breaking with…

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Added on: 07/31/2024

Killers of trans people face 70 years in jail under reformed Mexico City law

07/30/2024

Following years of campaigns, the changes, promoted by the ruling Morena Party, were passed by 45 votes to one, making make Mexico City the second of the…

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Added on: 07/30/2024

How do LGBTQ+ groups feel about Kamala Harris’ campaign? ‘Re-energized’

07/29/2024

LGBTQ+ rights groups are praising Vice President Kamala Harris’ “historic” presidential campaign, and what it means for the queer community. Democrats and human rights groups celebrated Harris’…

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Added on: 07/30/2024

Puberty blockers ban imposed by Tory government is lawful, high court rules

07/29/2024

A ban on prescribing puberty blockers in England, Wales and Scotland has been considered lawful by a high court judge. An emergency order implemented by former health…

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Added on: 07/29/2024

Transgender business program honored for helping people build economic power

07/28/2024

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors recognized a local trans nonprofit this week for its program supporting trans and nonbinary entrepreneurs. During its regular meeting at San Francisco…

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Added on: 07/28/2024

Tricked into conversion therapy in Russia for being trans

07/27/2024

On a remote farm in Siberia, a man handed Ada a knife. In front of them was a pig. “Cut it off,” he said. “If you want…

Alturi Blog

Added on: 07/27/2024

PROJECT 2025 AND ITS ASSUMPTIONS ON SEX

Lauren Davis

Alturi Contributor

Created by The Heritage Foundation, the 2025 Presidential Transition Project (famously known as Project 2025) is a book that includes all the policies it wishes to implement…

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Added on: 07/27/2024

Transfemicide becomes a crime in a ‘watershed’ moment for Mexico City

07/26/2024

When the trans sex worker Paola Buenrostro was killed by a client in Mexico City, her friend Kenya Cuevas grabbed the man to stop him fleeing and…