Transgender and Intersex Issues

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Added on: 10/20/2020

Intersex, HIV/AIDs Status, Citizenship Now Protected Characteristics Under Albanian Discrimination Law

10/20/2020

The Albanian parliament has made amendments to the law “on protection from discrimination” to afford more protection to people living in the country. As per the amendments,…

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Added on: 10/20/2020

The military is having a hard time providing evidence that supports the transgender ban, advocate says

10/19/2020

The military is having a hard time providing documented evidence in support of its transgender ban. In Karnoski v. Trump, one of four challenges to the transgender…

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Added on: 10/16/2020

Rugby latest battleground for trans women as England breaks ranks

10/15/2020

A ban on transgender women competing in international rugby matches will not stop them playing the women’s game in England, the sport’s governing body said on Wednesday…

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Added on: 10/15/2020

LGBT groups in Japan launch petition seeking equality law

10/14/2020

Sexual minority groups and human rights activists launched a petition on Thursday calling for an LGBT equality law in Japan in hopes that it can be enacted…

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Added on: 10/13/2020

Israel to Form Government Committee to Assist Transgender Community

10/12/2020

Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn and Welfare Minister Itzik Shmuli announced an inter-ministerial team to consider ways to ease hardships for transgender people on Monday. The team is…

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Added on: 10/12/2020

NSW protesters defy ban to march against Latham’s anti-trans Bill

10/11/2020

LGBTQIA+ advocates and allies in New South Wales took to the streets over the weekend to march against a transphobic Bill currently before the state’s parliament. The…

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Added on: 10/12/2020

Saving Indigenous Trans Women

10/11/2020

The New Mexico Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women task force held a public meeting on Thursday on the topic of violence against queer and trans people in…

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Added on: 10/10/2020

Largest-ever US study on intersex adult health finds disparities

10/09/2020

The largest-ever American study on the social and mental health of intersex adults was released October 9, revealing that the population experiences major health disparities. “A national…

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Added on: 10/09/2020

Rights group denounces Central America anti-LGBTQ violence

10/08/2020

Human Rights Watch criticized Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala for failing to stop violence against LGBTQ people in a new report published on Wednesday, which also denounced…

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Added on: 10/07/2020

Transgender Voters Face Unique Challenges To Participating In Ohio’s Election

10/07/2020

For many trans people, legally changing their name is a definitive statement of who they are and an affirmation of their identity. The process is not easy,…

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Added on: 10/07/2020

The impact of the anti LGBTQ+movement in Poland on Irish trans masculine people’s healthcare

10/06/2020

As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, I firmly believe that an attack on one of us, is an attack on all of us. I believe that…

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Added on: 10/07/2020

‘Unable to learn’ – Transgender schools in Latin America offer a fresh chance

10/06/2020

MEXICO CITY (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As a transgender girl growing up in Buenos Aires, Viviana Gonzalez dreamt of being a writer, composing poems to console her…

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Added on: 10/06/2020

Transgender Sonorans, Allies Celebrate ‘Historic’ Passage Of Identity Measure

10/05/2020

A measure to allow transgender Sonorans to easily modify official documents to reflect their gender identity has been approved. After a brief presentation from its sponsor and…

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Added on: 10/05/2020

An often ‘isolating’ experience: Students launch trans mentorship program

10/04/2020

A new student-run trans mentorship program has launched at UBC. Fourth-year students Alex Gonzalez and Kip Chow, along with a few other students from the Vancouver and…

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Added on: 10/04/2020

Eight Australian sports commit to implementing inclusion measures for transgender athletes

10/03/2020

Governing bodies of eight sports in Australia have committed to implementing governance that supports a greater level of inclusion for transgender and gender diverse athletes. At a…

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Added on: 10/03/2020

When politicians use hate speech, political violence increases

10/02/2020

Politicians deepen existing divides when they use inflammatory language, such as hate speech, and this makes their societies more likely to experience political violence and terrorism. That’s…

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Added on: 10/01/2020

Derricia Castillo-Salazar – Our Circle, Belize

Ari Weinstein

Alturi Contributor

How did you become involved in LGBTI activism? I started my advocacy journey in HIV/AIDS work when I was about 14 years old. I went to a…

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Added on: 09/29/2020

No One Wants To Testify’: Gruesome Murder Case Highlights Vulnerability Of Russia’s Transgender Population

09/29/2020

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — In June, a high school student discovered a decapitated and dismembered body in a swimming hole on the Mga River just outside St….

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Added on: 09/29/2020

Australia’s fa’afafine community is growing, and they want their voices heard

9/29/2020

Latoya Hoeg had an upbringing some kids can only dream of. Rather than struggling to fit in as a boy, her Samoan family embraced her differences. “I…

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Added on: 09/29/2020

Transgender People Still Criminalized in 13 UN Member States, Report Finds

09/29/2020

At least 13 United Nations member states still criminalize transgender people, while others use morality and indecency laws to crack down on the trans community, a report…

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Added on: 09/28/2020

California requires correctional facilities to house transgender inmates by gender identity

09/27/2020

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law on Saturday a package of measures intended to strengthen protections for LGBTQ people, including one that requires the state’s correctional…

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Added on: 09/28/2020

Government issues gender identity guidance for teachers in England

09/27/2020

Teachers should not tell children that they might be a different gender based on their personality or the clothes they want to wear, new guidance from the…

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Added on: 09/27/2020

Poland’s ruling nationalists cement new coalition deal

09/26/2020

Poland’s ruling nationalists signed a new coalition agreement on Saturday, ending weeks of in-fighting in the three-party alliance over how it will govern over the next three…

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Added on: 09/27/2020

Thousands march in Uruguay for LGBT rights

09/26/2020

Rainbow colours and war cries have rung out at the centre of Montevideo as Uruguayans gathered for the annual LGBT pride parade wearing masks undeterred by the…

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Added on: 09/27/2020

Key Rights at Stake in US Supreme Court Pick

09/26/2020

The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on September 18, 2020 leaves a vacancy on the United States Supreme Court and enormous uncertainty over the court’s future…

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Added on: 09/26/2020

Govt urged to recognise, research on intersex community

09/25/2020

There are growing calls for government to recognise the existence of intersex persons and need for research to guide on the realities of the “hidden” community. Intersex…

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Added on: 09/26/2020

Trans rights activists and Home Affairs minister agree to work together

09/25/2020

Last month, a group of trans, LGBTI+ and allied organisations wrote to the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) over its reduction of vital gender-affirming services during the…

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Added on: 09/25/2020

French court rejects transgender woman’s demand to be recognised as a mother

09/17/2020

France’s highest court has ruled that a transgender woman cannot be officially recognised as the biological mother of the child she conceived with her wife before transitioning….

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Added on: 09/23/2020

Changes to gender recognition laws ruled out

09/22/2020

Ministers have ruled out changes to make it easier for transgender people in England and Wales to have their gender legally recognised. They have rejected calls for…

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Added on: 09/23/2020

A refuge for homeless transgender people is in the works in New Orleans

09/22/2020

A group of advocates in New Orleans have raised more than $400,000 to create what will be the city’s first home for transgender and gender non-confirming people…