Transgender and Intersex Issues

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Added on: 05/02/2019

LGBTs visit US-Mexico border, meet asylum seekers

05/01/2019

President Donald Trump threw asylum seekers and immigration advocates another wrench April 29, proposing new restrictions targeting the United States’ southwestern border. Late Monday, Trump ordered acting…

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Added on: 04/30/2019

Bangladesh gives voting rights to hijra community

04/29/2019

Bangladesh will allow parts of the transgender community to vote under their proper gender identity. Officials have introduced hijra as a third gender option on voting forms…

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Added on: 04/30/2019

Hopeful signs for LGBT people in the Caribbean

04/28/2019

In the Caribbean, homophobia remains a problem, but LGBT people are seeing increased signs of public acceptance, including politicians coming out in support of their LGBT constituents….

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Added on: 04/30/2019

Trans women march for their rights in conservative Indonesia

04/28/2019

Adhe Jengker marched among 4,000 others at the Women’s March in Jakarta Saturday. A tall trans woman in her late 20s, Jengker carried a poster that said…

World Voices

Added on: 04/27/2019

William Lounsbury – Where Love is Illegal

Max Micallef

Alturi Contributor

Could you give me a brief summary of what the Where Love is Illegal project is about? The Where Love is Illegal project is a campaign to…

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Added on: 04/26/2019

Armenian MPs call for transgender activist Lilit Martirosyan to be burned alive after high-profile speech

04/26/2019

Armenia’s first registered transgender woman has received death threats after making a speech in her country’s national assembly. Lilit Martirosyan became the first member of her country’s…

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Added on: 04/25/2019

Trans voters use correct identity in Indian general election for first time

04/24/2019

Members of Delhi’s transgender and non-binary community have voted for the first time under their correct identity in India’s general election. The Indian election—which takes place from…

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Added on: 04/24/2019

India opens health clinic run entirely for and by LGBT people

04/23/2019

India has opened the doors to its first health clinic run entirely for and by LGBT+ people. The healthcare centre, located in Mumbai, employs LGBT+ receptionists, pharmacists,…

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Added on: 04/22/2019

More needs to be done’ to support North-East LGBT community

04/20/2019

A LEADING campaigner who believe life is improving for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community says that much more needs to be done to bring about…

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Added on: 04/22/2019

Our time to seek justice is now’: Transgender woman speaks for first time since Oak Cliff attack

04/20/2019

A transgender woman made her first public comments Saturday, a week after she was attacked by a large group in east Oak Cliff. Edward Dominic Thomas was…

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Added on: 04/18/2019

Russia transgender woman wins case in rare win for LGBT rights

04/15/2019

When Anastasia, a Russian transgender woman, took her employer to court for firing her after a gender reassignment operation, she did not expect to win. “I knew…

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Added on: 04/18/2019

‘DRAG STORY TIME’ CANCELLED AT IRISH LIBRARY AFTER ‘VIOLENT HOMOPHOBIC’ MESSAGES

04/15/2019

A drag collective have announced their event with Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council has been cancelled due to ‘age appropriateness’. Glitter Hole had arranged to read children’s…

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Added on: 04/16/2019

Millennial activism: Daryl Yang fights for LGBT issues and more

04/14/2019

In 2014, the Health Promotion Board (HPB) published a set of FAQs on youth sexuality and received backlash for being affirming of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender…

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Added on: 04/15/2019

Navy will allow off-duty sailors to ‘live socially’ according to their preferred gender, but not do so on duty

04/11/2019

For transgender people in the U.S. military, April is shaping up to be a bittersweet month. But mostly bitter. Just a few days before the implementation of…

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Added on: 04/15/2019

Barbados: No jail time for violent attack on trans activist

04/09/2019

Brandon Coward, who attacked Barbadian trans woman Alexa Hoffmann with a meat cleaver on February 18, 2018, was today convicted in the Oistins Magistrates Court by Magistrate…

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Added on: 04/10/2019

Japan’s first transgender prefectural assembly member elected in Hokkaido

04/09/2019

Japan’s first transgender prefectural assembly member has been elected in local elections here on April 7. The new member, Ayako Fuchigami, was designated male at birth and…

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Added on: 04/09/2019

LGBT activist Harish Iyer joins Congress, says queer people need to get into politics

04/09/2019

LGBT activist Harish Iyer on Tuesday announced he is joining the Congress party. “I have officially joined the Congress and look forward to working with the Mumbai…

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Added on: 04/08/2019

Two-Spirit: Meet the Native Americans embracing their LGBT+ tribe members

04/06/2019

The sound of drums, singing and prayers marks the opening of a powwow in Phoenix on a Saturday afternoon. Marchers carry the flags of the United States…

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Added on: 04/08/2019

‘It’s dangerous to go out now’: young, gay and scared in Brunei

04/06/2019

Draconian new laws have spread unease rather than outright panic in a population that is used to finding ways around legislation. A day after it became legally…

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Added on: 04/04/2019

As India election nears, officials urge trans Indians to vote

04/02/2019

India is seeking to increase participation by its transgender citizens in the elections that are scheduled to begin April 11. Although hijra, trans, and other non-binary people…

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Added on: 04/04/2019

LGBT: The pilot who came out as transgender at 58

04/04/2019

Captain Cat Burton always knew she wanted to be a pilot after her father took her in a jet fighter when she was just six months old….

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Added on: 04/02/2019

Transgender guitarist strikes a different note

03/28/2019

Shika Corona strums her guitar on a Kuala Lumpur stage, the crowd dancing as she launches into a chorus, “Gender doesn’t lie between your thighs!” Shika, 42,…

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Added on: 04/02/2019

Letter to Prime Minister Plenković on Balkans Trans and Intersex Pride March

03/27/2019

We write to urge you to provide appropriate security and protection to ensure the rights to freedom of assembly and expression are protected during the March 30,…

Global News

Added on: 04/01/2019

The LGBT advocate set to be an MP

04/01/2019

Ranked 9th on the Future Forward Party (FFP) list, award-winning filmmaker and LGBT advocate Tanwarin Sukkhapisit will almost certainly become Thailand’s first transgender MP. She has been…

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Added on: 03/31/2019

For many Native Americans, embracing LGBT members is a return to the past

03/29/2019

The sound of drums, singing and prayers marked the opening of a powwow in Phoenix on a Saturday afternoon this month. Marchers carried the flags of the…

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Added on: 03/31/2019

Transgender band plays upbeat songs in conservative Malaysia

03/28/2019

Shika Corona strums her guitar on a Kuala Lumpur stage, the crowd dancing as she launches into a chorus, “Gender doesn’t lie between your thighs!” Shika, 42,…

Global News

Added on: 03/28/2019

Trump’s transgender ban on the military gets full legal blessing

03/27/2019

The Trump administration’s long-wished-for transgender military ban now is officially – and legally – cleared to proceed. Different variations of the ban have been floating in legal…

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Added on: 03/26/2019

For transgender people, visiting family in Mexico often means hiding their gender identity

03/23/2019

In the pictures, Jess Enriquez Taylor wears artful makeup and her hair is carefully styled. But her face was bare as she rode the bus toward the…

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Added on: 03/26/2019

Political Rocks Stars Turn Up Heat Ahead of Thai Elections

03/23/2019

From an upstart entrepreneur to a transgender person hoping to find a political voice for the LGBT community, this Sundays Thai election is proving inclusive even if…

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Added on: 03/25/2019

Seeing yourself on the big screen

03/22/2019

Shin Thant tried to create a metaphor for the experience of feeling culturally excluded and vilified on the big screen. It went like this; A transgender person…