Transgender and Intersex Issues

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Added on: 11/03/2019

‘Casa Nem’ on Copacabana is a Sanctuary for Rio’s Transgender and LGBT

11/03/2019

In Casa Nem a party is being prepared, so the house is bustling. Everybody is getting dressed or helping somebody else. But this is not your average…

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Added on: 11/03/2019

I have a transgender child in Texas. I know gender affirming parenting can save a child’s life.

11/03/2019

Politicians in my state are cruelly using a custody case to promote discrimination against transgender people and perhaps criminalize their loving parents. My son, Jeremy, is transgender….

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Added on: 10/30/2019

Miss France contest opens to transgender contestants

10/29/2019

The rules of the Miss France contest no longer prevent transgender people from participating, the director of the Miss France pageant, Sylvie Tellier, said in a recent…

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Added on: 10/29/2019

‘The Daughters’ Reveals the Lesbians Who Changed History

10/27/2019

“I hadn’t seen a play or history of my people,” says Patricia Cotter—so she wrote ‘The Daughters’ which evokes a grand sweep of lesbian history, including the…

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Added on: 10/29/2019

California poll workers to receive training on how to assist transgender, gender non-conforming voters

10/28/2019

California will train poll workers to better assist transgender and gender non-conforming voters in next year’s presidential elections. The state has partnered with Equality California, the nation’s…

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Added on: 10/28/2019

This trans intersex person explains why they didn’t need surgery to be ‘fixed’

10/27/2019

A trans intersex person has explained, in a moving opinion piece for Intersex Awareness Day (October 26), why they didn’t need surgery to be “fixed”. There are…

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Added on: 10/27/2019

Texas Is Afraid Of A 7-Year-Old Transgender Girl

10/26/2019

What did 7-year-old Luna Younger of Dallas do that has mobilized conservatives and Christian fundamentalists across Texas into action? She declared, at age 3, “I’m a girl.”…

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Added on: 10/27/2019

Lawyer who announced the launch of the anti-trans LGB Alliance is thrown under the bus by her law firm

10/26/2019

Lawyer Allison Bailey of Garden Court Chambers, who describes herself as “gender critical”, wrote a tweet on Tuesday (October 22) announcing the launch of the group. She…

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Added on: 10/26/2019

LGBTQ+ Community Rallies Against Anti-Trans ‘LGB Alliance’

10/25/2019

A new lesbian, gay, and bisexual alliance group was blasted by on social media for excluding trans and nonbinary communities. The “LGB Alliance” group launched Tuesday evening…

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Added on: 10/26/2019

In Bolsonaro’s Brazil, the fashion industry emerges as a center for LGBT resistance

10/25/2019

Sam Porto and his mirror have never gotten along. When the transgender man was growing up in Brazil, the sight of his developing breasts disgusted him. But…

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Added on: 10/24/2019

The Nations With the Highest Levels of LGBT Acceptance (and Lowest)

10/23/2019

An updated study from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law ranked the world’s nations by levels of LGBT acceptance. The current report updates and expands…

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Added on: 10/21/2019

Praying to wake up in a girl’s body: LGBT group hosts transgender women explaining why, how they transitioned

10/20/2019

Three individuals who transitioned from male to female shared their journeys recently when the Oak Park Area Lesbian & Gay Association hosted a Transgender Education Panel at…

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Added on: 10/21/2019

‘They paid a guy to kill me’: health workers fight homophobia in Uganda

10/21/2019

Maria Nantale is enjoying a beer at a rickety wooden bar after a long day’s work. “Forty people tested today,” she reflects. “Found three positives. One of…

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Added on: 10/17/2019

School transgender support guidelines published

10/16/2019

The first detailed guidelines for schools in Northern Ireland on how to support transgender pupils have been published. The guidance is from the Education Authority (EA). It…

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Added on: 10/16/2019

Federal judge overturns ObamaCare transgender protections

10/15/2019

A federal judge on Tuesday overturned ObamaCare protections for transgender patients, ruling that a 2016 policy violates the religious freedom of Christian providers. Judge Reed O’Connor in…

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Added on: 10/16/2019

India’s HIV-positive trans people find ‘new strength’ in technology

10/15/2019

Shoved, cursed and ridiculed, Nisha’s hospital visits were always stressful as a transgender woman and got worse after she was diagnosed as HIV-positive. But a new app…

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Added on: 10/14/2019

Trans community’s ability to vote threatened by Boris Johnson’s voter ID plans

10/13/2019

The UK prime minister Boris Johnson will tomorrow (October 14) unveil voter ID proposals to make showing photo ID compulsory in order to vote. The controversial voter…

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Added on: 10/07/2019

UK Transgender law reforms ‘will happen’ insists government

10/06/2019

After reports that a public consultation on the matter had been abandoned, equalities minister Liz Truss is reportedly committed to completing the process in a way that…

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Added on: 10/05/2019

‘Born to Be’ Review: Intimate Portrait of Transgender Surgery Pioneer Gets It Right

10/04/2019

“Not every patient wants to have a surgical transition. Transition can take many forms,” says Dr. Jess Ting in an early interview in “Born to Be,” a…

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Added on: 10/04/2019

No, there’s no such thing as ‘rapid onset gender dysphoria’

10/03/2019

Australian experts have debunked ‘rapid onset gender dysphoria’ in a strongly-worded position statement. The phrase emerged in 2018 and posits that a “social and peer contagion” is…

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Added on: 10/01/2019

Transgender boxer becomes new face of Everlast

09/30/2019

A transgender man will be the new face of the iconic boxing brand Everlast, in a move lauded for showing that there are “many ways to be…

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Added on: 09/30/2019

Transgender Woman in Supreme Court Case Is ‘Happy Being Me’

09/30/2019

Aimee Stephens lost her job at a suburban Detroit funeral home and she could lose her Supreme Court case over discrimination against transgender people. Amid her legal…

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Added on: 09/29/2019

Barbie toymaker Mattel creates gender-neutral dolls

09/25/2019

The toymaker behind Barbie launched a range of gender-neutral dolls on Wednesday which can be styled as either girls or boys, saying children were moving away from…

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Added on: 09/26/2019

Transgender man loses court battle to be registered as father

09/25/2019

A transgender man from Kent who gave birth with the help of fertility treatment cannot be registered as his child’s father, the most senior family judge in…

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Added on: 09/23/2019

‘Yes, I am transgender’: Indonesian singer braves hostility in emotional video

09/23/2019

“It has been my inner turmoil for the last two years, but today I want to be honest. The rumours that you’ve heard out there about me…

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Added on: 09/22/2019

Elizabeth Warren highlights violence against transgender women of color, reads names of those killed this year

09/21/2019

Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-MA., was the penultimate speaker at Friday night’s forum focused on LGBTQ issues, and took the stage with a powerful opening statement. “If elected…

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Added on: 09/19/2019

Myanmar’s ‘tomboys’ stride out of the shadows

09/18/2019

In seventh grade, at school in a small town five hours’ drive north of Yangon, Jel Li developed a crush on another girl. Confused, she wrote her…

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Added on: 09/19/2019

Trans woman defies danger to champion LGBTI rights in El Salvador

09/18/2019

Bianka Rodríguez was leaving a San Salvador shopping centre when a man with a gun came up and forced her into his car. He proceeded to drive…

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Added on: 09/18/2019

Transgender sex workers feel under attack. These women are working to protect their own.

09/16/2019

With a bag of condoms and a stack of business cards, Tamika Spellman began a route she knew by heart, peering out the window of her Lincoln…

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Added on: 09/17/2019

Jamaica tops Caribbean countries for human rights violation, Guyana comes second

09/16/2019

Jamaica has recorded the most incidents of human rights violation when compared to its Caribbean neighbours. According to the regional civil society-led human rights reporting mechanism, the…