Transgender and Intersex Issues

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Added on: 11/27/2020

Transgender Pakistanis find solace in a church of their own

11/26/2020

Pakistan’s Christian transgender people, often mocked, abused and bullied, say they have found peace and solace in a church of their own. Shunned by other churches, they…

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Added on: 11/26/2020

Norway outlaws hate speech against trans people

11/25/2020

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Norway’s parliament outlawed hate speech against transgender people on Tuesday, expanding its penal code which has protected gay and lesbian people since…

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Added on: 11/26/2020

Finland’s feminist prime minister Sanna Marin comes out swinging for trans people’s right to self-identify

11/25/2020

Sanna Marin, Finland’s prime minister, has spoken out about plans to reform the Trans Act to enable trans people to legally self-identify. When asked whether she sees…

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Added on: 11/25/2020

Placement of trans woman in men’s prison inhumane, unlawful: Activists

11/25/2020

Activists have strongly condemned law enforcement officials for placing a transgender woman in a men’s detention facility, calling it an insensitive move against the special needs and…

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Added on: 11/25/2020

Argentina’s army now has a 1% transgender quota while the US still bans transgender service members

11/24/2020

While the U.S. still bans transgender people from serving in the military, a new employment quota for Argentina’s army will soon require the service’s personnel to be…

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Added on: 11/25/2020

Trump’s ban on transgender troops hurts military, former top service physicians say

11/24/2020

The Trump administration’s ban on transgender troops has harmed the military’s ability to protect the nation, according to former military surgeons general. Three top former military health…

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Added on: 11/25/2020

Tasmania’s Attorney-General leaves door open to amendments to state’s landmark gender reform legislation

11/24/2020

Attorney-General Elise Archer has told a budget estimates committee she will not rule out amendments to Tasmania’s landmark transgender reforms regarding birth certificates. State Liberal parties members…

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Added on: 11/25/2020

LGBTQ support lends ‘new taste’ to Thai politics

11/24/2020

It takes Siraphob Attohi three hours to transform from a harried student into his drag queen persona Masala Bold — a wisecracking MC, who raises calls for…

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Added on: 11/24/2020

Trump’s ban on transgender troops hurt the military, former service surgeons general say

11/22/2020

President Trump’s order banning many transgender people from serving has eroded the military’s ability to fight and win wars by narrowing its recruiting pool and lowering morale…

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Added on: 11/22/2020

Native American LGBT+ youth are at a terrifyingly high risk of suicide: ‘There’s an urgent need to de-colonise systems’

11/22/2020

New research from the Trevor Project shows that LGBT+ youth from American Indian and Alaskan Native backgrounds are 2.5 times more likely to report a suicide attempt…

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Added on: 11/21/2020

Intersex lesbian born with testicles and a vagina insists ‘people like me are not freaks’

11/20/2020

Courtney Skaggs, 29, is genetically male but was also born with a clitoris. However, her body rejected its male hormones and she now lives as an ‘intersex…

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Added on: 11/19/2020

Trans People at Risk in Honduras

11/18/2020

William Alejandro Martínez, a trans man from Honduras, stood up for his rights when military police officers stopped him in Comayagüela in May 2019 and asked to…

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Added on: 11/19/2020

Anti-Trans LGB Alliance launches insidious email campaign

11/18/2020

The anti-trans pressure group LGB Alliance Ireland has urged schools to ignore a vital anti-LGBT+ bullying campaign, claiming it raises “safeguarding” concerns. The Irish branch of the…

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Added on: 11/18/2020

LGBTQ advocates call 1st Islamic school for transgender students in Bangladesh a “positive step,” but not enough

11/17/2020

The first madrassa, or Islamic school, specifically for transgender students in Bangladesh opened last week in the capital city of Dhaka. It was a first not only…

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Added on: 11/16/2020

Draft laws impacting children’s and transgender rights in Russia withdrawn from State Duma

11/16/2020

The authors behind two separate packages of amendments to Russia’s Family Code have withdrawn their initiatives from the State Duma following backlash over proposed changes that would…

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Added on: 11/16/2020

Historic first as trans flag raised across Dublin city to mark Transgender Awareness Month

11/16/2020

The month of November is observed globally as Transgender Awareness Month with Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) being held November 20, which memorialises victims of transphobic violence….

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Added on: 11/16/2020

Wait times for trans healthcare are out of control. These activists take matters into their own hands

11/15/2020

Being transgender in Britain in 2020 has at times felt incredibly difficult: not because being trans is in itself hard, necessarily, but because society makes it so….

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Added on: 11/16/2020

Transgender people to gain inheritance rights in Bangladesh says country’s Law Minister

11/15/2020

Transgender people will soon be able to inherit property from their families, Bangladesh’s law minister said Sunday, the latest effort to give the minority group more rights…

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Added on: 11/14/2020

Tell the world we exist: The intersex child on a mission to inform

11/13/2020

When Wen Long van Knippenberg wanted to tell fellow pupils about life as an intersex child in the Netherlands, the presentation was banned by her teacher as…

World Voices

Added on: 11/12/2020

June Chua – The T Project, Singapore

Ari Weinstein

Alturi Contributor

Can you tell me about how you decided to start The T Project? I’d been a sex worker for many years. Sex work is very mundane and…

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Added on: 11/09/2020

Belgium to introduce ‘X’ as third, non-binary gender

11/09/2020

Belgium’s new government will introduce gender-neutrality throughout its term and make it possible for non-binary citizens to use the gender identifier “X.” Federal Justice Minister Vincent Van…

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Added on: 11/09/2020

Tasmanian Liberal members vote to repeal transgender laws

11/08/2020

Tasmanian Liberal party members have voted in favour of repealing the state’s landmark laws on transgender recognition. At the party’s state conference this weekend party members voted…

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Added on: 11/07/2020

Transgender couple wed in Hungary, land of growing homophobia

11/6/2020

The wedding of Hungarian transgender couple Tamara Csillag and Elvira Angyal looked just like any other, with the nervous pair dressing up and heading off to the…

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Added on: 11/07/2020

Transgender in Bangladesh: First school opens for trans students

11/6/2020

Bangladesh’s first religious school for transgender people has opened in Dhaka. More than 150 students will study Islamic and vocational subjects free of charge at the privately-funded…

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Added on: 11/07/2020

Bangladesh opens first Islamic school for transgender Muslims

11/06/2020

The LGBT community faces widespread discrimination in the South Asian country, with a colonial-era law still in place that punishes gay sex by prison terms, though enforcement…

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Added on: 11/04/2020

Alex Kofi Donkor – LGBT+ Rights Ghana

Ari Weinstein

Alturi Contributor

What is it like in terms of self-expression in Ghana? How does that affect LGBT people? There are quite a number of inequalities here, and it streams…

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Added on: 11/02/2020

Trans News, an online magazine for transgenders, launched

11/01/2020

The first edition of Trans News, an online magazine for transgender people, was launched at the Transgender Resource Centre here on Sunday. C. Shanmuga Sundaram, senior manager…

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Added on: 10/30/2020

A mother told Biden about her transgender child. Then came the attacks.

10/29/2020

In Joe Biden’s town hall earlier this month, one of the questions came from a woman named Mieke Haeck, a 42-year-old physical therapist from State College, Pa….

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Added on: 10/28/2020

In conservative Mexico, ‘Muxes’ soccer team tackles outdated LGBT stereotypes

10/27/2020

A soccer team in Mexico’s capital is shooting for greater inclusion for the LGBT community by relying on the widespread love of Latin America’s most popular sport….

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Added on: 10/27/2020

Egyptian officials systemically abuse and torture gays, rights group says

10/26/2020

Malak el-Kashif, a political activist and transgender woman living in Egypt, was arrested at her Cairo home last March after participating in a protest and was then…