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Transgender and Intersex Issues

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Added on: 09/02/2019

Groups argue law doesn’t protect transgender woman from workplace bias

Detroit News
09/02/2019
More than three dozen groups, from Christian colleges to feminists, filed friend-of-the-court briefs urging the U.S. Supreme Court to side with a Michigan funeral home business that…
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Added on: 09/02/2019

Indian state bans unnecessary surgery on intersex babies

Reuters
08/28/2019
An Indian state has banned sex assignment surgery on babies whose sex is not clear at birth, a health official said on Wednesday, in a first to…
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Added on: 09/02/2019

Birth certificate reform passes through Victorian Parliament

OUT in Perth
08/28/2019
The Victorian Legislative Council last night passed an amendment to the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996 (Vic), making it possible for transgender and gender diverse…
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Global News

Added on: 08/31/2019

The (queer) year that was

Hindustan Times
08/31/2019
If you’re a queer Indian, the reading down of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (a colonial-era law that criminalised consensual adult same sex relationships) on…
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Added on: 08/30/2019

Indian State Bans Unnecessary Surgery for Intersex Children

Human Rights Watch
08/29/2019
India’s Tamil Nadu state government has issued an executive order banning medically unnecessary surgeries on children born with intersex variations. The order comes in response to an April…
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Global News

Added on: 08/30/2019

SOGIE bill won’t spoil rights of non-LGBTQ, says former DSWD chief

Inquirer.net
08/30/2019
Rights are not rice cakes that should be divided. This was the case posed by former Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo on Friday, as she took up…
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Global News

Added on: 08/28/2019

Victorian MPs vote to allow trans and gender-diverse to change sex recorded on birth certificate

Guardian
08/28/2019
On Tuesday in Victoria, Australia, a new law was passed to allow trans and gender-diverse people to change their recorded sex on their birth cirtificates. Following much…
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Global News

Added on: 08/26/2019

Transgender Refugee Fears Death for Being Deported to Syria

Al Bawaba
08/25/2019
Alarming stories of terror and heartbreak continue to surface amid Turkey’s ruthless campaign to deport thousands of refugees back to Syria’s Idlib province, which faces a deadly…
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Added on: 08/26/2019

How children became the target in a rightwing culture war over gender

the Guardian
08/25/2019
Evie is like many 14-year-old girls. After school she likes to hang out with her friends, or go home and watch Netflix. She says she would like…
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Added on: 08/24/2019

‘It’s not legal’: UN stands by as Turkey deports vulnerable Syrians

The Guardian
08/23/2019
When summer began, Ward’s* biggest worry was her sick boyfriend. A Syrian with a gentle voice, and all her identity documents in order, Ward thought she could…
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Added on: 08/23/2019

New school transgender rules fire debate in Portugal

Boston 25 News
08/22/2019
New rules on gender identity at schools are causing a stir in Portugal, where some parents are expressing alarm that transgender children will be able to choose…
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Global News

Added on: 08/23/2019

US fundamentalists deliver homophobic leaflets across Birmingham

Metro UK
08/22/2019
A US Christian fundamentalist group have been dropping ‘homophobic and transphobic’ leaflets into homes across Birmingham. Singer Janique James, 23, was shocked to receive the Tradition, Family,…
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Global News

Added on: 08/22/2019

Duterte expressed full support for LGBTQ community in Palace meet Monday

Manila Bulletin
08/20/2019
President Rodrigo Duterte has expressed his full support to the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning) community, neophyte Senator Christopher Lawrence ‘’Bong’’ T. Go said on…
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Added on: 08/21/2019

Trump administration says transgender workers aren’t protected by civil rights

The Independent
08/20/2019
President Trump’s administration has told the Supreme Court that transgender workers are not protected by federal civil rights law and can be fired because of their gender. The…
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Added on: 08/21/2019

In a first for Africa, Kenya census to count intersex people

Reuters
08/20/2019
Kenya will become the first African country to recognize its intersex population in a census on Saturday that counts people born with a sexual anatomy that does…
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Added on: 08/18/2019

America Moved On From Its Gay-Rights Moment—And Left a Legal Mess Behind

The Atlantic
08/17/2019
Roughly half of americans think federal law bans discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Despite four years of nationwide same-sex marriage, despite rapidly growing cultural acceptance…
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Added on: 08/17/2019

Watch: Nepal pride rally calls for better LGBT rights

EuroNews
08/16/2019
Hundreds of people gathered in Nepal’s capital on Friday for the annual gay pride parade. The participants used the event in Kathmandu to call for better rights….
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Added on: 08/17/2019

The Trump Administration Asked The Supreme Court To Legalize Firing Workers Just For Being Transgender

BuzzFeed
08/16/2019
The Trump administration on Friday took one of its most aggressive steps yet to legalize anti-transgender discrimination by telling the Supreme Court that federal law allows firing…
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Added on: 08/16/2019

How Multinationals Can Help Advance LGBT Inclusion Around the World

Harvard Business Review
08/15/2019
As the rainbow flags come down in New York City after the WorldPride and Stonewall 50 celebrations, and as flags go up for pride events in other…
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Added on: 08/16/2019

Mumbai: LGBT people raise clamour for gender-neutral laws

DNA
08/16/2019
Two city youths have decided to take the next step in the assertion of LGBT rights and have more queer-friendly laws in the country. To enable their…
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Global News

Added on: 08/15/2019

Bill to allow transgender people to change birth certificate without surgery clears first hurdle in Victoria

The Guardian
08/15/2019
A bill to allow transgender and gender diverse people to change the sex listed on their birth certificate without surgery has cleared its first hurdle, passing the…
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Added on: 08/14/2019

Australian national newspaper condemned for appalling coverage of transgender issues

Pink News
08/14/2019
Journalist Bernard Lane of The Australian newspaper, announced a gender issues section on the broadsheet’s website on Friday to widespread criticism from LGBT+ advocates. The section so far…
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Global News

Added on: 08/13/2019

Australia Prime Minister Joins Transgender Policy Backlash

US News and World Report
08/09/2019
Cricket Australia (CA) have come under fire for a new policy aimed at making the sport inclusive for transgender and gender diverse players, with Prime Minister Scott…
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Global News

Added on: 08/12/2019

Paraguay is set for historic trans murder trial

Thomson Reuters Foundation
08/09/2019
In a historic first for the conservative South American country, a court in Paraguay on Friday will convene for a murder trial in the death of a…
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Added on: 08/12/2019

Johannesburg holds city’s first black, queer ball

Africa News
08/12/2019
LGBTQ people gathered in Johannesburg recently for the city’s first official black queer ball. Organizers say the event was to create a safe space for people in…
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Added on: 08/11/2019

Meet Mumbai’s LGBTQ heroes without capes

Mid-Day
08/11/2019
In 2012, when the city got its first Gender Reassignment Clinic at Kolkilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Andheri, Dr Dheeraj Kapoor, consulting endocrinologist, was one of the key…
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Added on: 08/11/2019

LGBTQ asylum seekers persecuted at home and in U.S. custody

PBS
08/10/2019
With more than 800,000 migrants currently applying for asylum in the U.S., a growing number of immigrants rights groups are calling attention to the plight of LGBTQ…
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Added on: 08/10/2019

LGBT+ murders at ‘alarming’ levels in Latin America – study

Reuters
08/08/2019
Four LGBT+ people are murdered every day in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to “alarming” new research released on Thursday by a regional network of gay…
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Added on: 08/08/2019

IDF moves to expand integration of transgender troops

Ynet News
08/07/2019
Israel’s army is taking into account a slow but steady growth in number of transgender soldiers going through sex change processes before or during their military service,…
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Added on: 08/07/2019

Effort to Roll Back Transgender Rights Fails in Uruguay

VOA News
08/06/2019
A ballot-box effort to roll back transgender rights in Uruguay failed to draw enough voters to the polls to trigger a national referendum, prompting LGBT+ rights supporters…
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