Transgender and Intersex Issues

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Added on: 02/23/2019

Iran: activist charged with normalising same sex relations

02/22/2019

Rezvaneh Mohammadi, gender equality activist’s first court session was held in Tehran’s Revolutionary Court Branch 28 on February 18, 2019, presided by the notorious Judge Moghiseh, according…

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Added on: 02/21/2019

Iceland’s Intersex Children at Risk As Without New Protection, Activist Says

02/19/2019

The future health of Iceland’s intersex children has been put at risk with the removal of protections from a draft law that promotes transgender rights, the country’s…

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Added on: 02/20/2019

Gujarat Govt Establishes Transgender Welfare Board; Housing, Education & Other Issues To Be Taken Care Of

02/19/2019

A Transgender Welfare Board has been established by the Gujarat government, which has been constituted by the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment. The community’s housing, education,…

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Added on: 02/20/2019

Inside Monica Roberts’ Mission to Identify Transgender Murder Victims

02/19/2019

Monica Roberts does in 30 minutes what reporters have been failing to do for years. She identifies murder victims who are transgender. Whenever she discovers through Facebook…

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Added on: 02/19/2019

‘We are equal’: Thai party candidate aims to be first transgender Prime Minister

02/15/2019

Pauline Ngarmpring wants to become Thailand’s first transgender prime minister to bring hope to the marginalised and make political life accessible for future LGBT people. As Pinit Ngarmpring,…

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Added on: 02/18/2019

LGBTQ Armenians Face Reign of Terror

02/16/2019

On Monday, there was another gay-bashing in Armenia, this time against a member of Right Side NGO, a trans activism organization. Max Yarzhapetyan was walking on the…

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Added on: 02/15/2019

How British Feminism Became Anti-Trans

02/07/2019

The most vocal trans-exclusionary voices are, ostensibly, “feminist” ones, and anti-trans lobbying is a mainstream activity. Case in point: Ms. Parker told the podcast “Feminist Current” that…

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Added on: 02/14/2019

Japan Launches First LGBTI Safe House

02/12/2019

Japan opened its first LGBTI safe house in Tokyo this week. Nijiiro House supports LGBTI people who have fallen into homelessness due to their sexuality or gender…

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Added on: 02/13/2019

Mexico: LGBT Activist Oscar Cazorla Found Dead: Promoted Zapotec ‘3rd gender’

02/12/2019

A defender of LGBT rights and proponent of muxe culture in Oaxaca has been found dead in an apparently violent attack. Óscar Cazorla was at home in…

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Added on: 02/13/2019

Faith Leaders Urge Government to Support LGBTI Education in Schools

2/12/2019

More than 50 members of religious organisations, campaigners and education leaders have signed an open letter asking the Department of Education (DfE) to support LGBT+ education in…

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Added on: 02/12/2019

“This Is Me”: Nippon Television’s Tanio Toshimi on Being True to Oneself

02/08/2019

Transgender commentator Tanio Toshimi debuted on News Zero around the time that Diet member Sugita Mio made headlines for describing the LGBT community as childless and “unproductive.” While LGBT…

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Added on: 02/11/2019

LGBTQ HATE INCIDENTS UP 54% IN 2018

02/10/2019

Harassment of members of the LGBTQ community increased dramatically in 2018, with a 54% increase in reported incidents of homophobia, the Nir Katz Center revealed on Sunday…

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Added on: 02/11/2019

Two transgender women joined migrant caravan. Only one survived journey to San Francisco.

02/10/2019

Moments before paramedics rushed Roxsana Hernandez out of an ICE jail in New Mexico, Charlotte consoled her dying friend. They’d known each other only a few months,…

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Added on: 02/11/2019

Amnesty: Ukrainian Authorities ‘Slow To React’ To Attacks Against Journalists, Rights Advocates

02/10/2019

Ukraine has failed to prevent or investigate “numerous” human rights violations committed last year against rights activists, political opponents, and ethnic minorities, according to Amnesty International. “2018…

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Added on: 02/11/2019

LGBTQ pride and Mexican culture in sweet harmony

02/09/2019

Mariachi music is one of Mexico’s most beloved forms of music. It’s also among the most traditional. After coming out as a gay man, Carlos Samaniego found…

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Added on: 02/07/2019

Anastasia Pirveli: Georgia’s Transgender Star

02/05/2019

Every day, I’m in touch with people who could be homophobic. It’s because of my strong way that people are very kind and polite, there are no…

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Added on: 02/06/2019

LGBTI Community Reaches Out to the Poor with Medicine Bank

02/05/2019

Bebo Kinnar, a transgender from Jamshedpur, grew up as a subject of ridicule and discrimination. But today, her initiative – Dava Daan Jeevan Daan – started in…

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Added on: 02/05/2019

CA would ban infant intersex surgeries under Wiener bill

02/04/2019

California would become the first state in the nation to ban surgeries performed on intersex infants if state lawmakers approve a bill authored by gay state Senator…

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Added on: 01/31/2019

Church of England Faces Calls to Withdraw Trans Welcome Ceremonies

01/29/2019

The Church of England is facing pressure to withdraw guidance for ceremonies welcoming transgender worshippers following a transition after more than 2,000 members signed a letter of…

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Added on: 01/29/2019

Myanmar LGBT Pride Out in Force, But Laws Lag Behind

01/29/2019

This past weekend, pride week kicked off in full force in Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon. A flurry of rainbow umbrellas dotting Yangon harbor, held by fishermen following…

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Added on: 01/28/2019

Holocaust Memorial Day: How the pink triangle became a symbol of gay rights

01/26/2019

As the world marks Holocaust Memorial Day on Sunday (January 27), PinkNews remembers all those in the LGBT+ community that were persecuted by the Nazis—and how the…

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Added on: 01/28/2019

Chandigarh demands right to be different

01/27/2019

The fate of LGBT community of Chandigarh swiveled into a different alley when Dhananjay Chauhan, a transgender student, led the campaign on Panjab University campus for a…

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Added on: 01/28/2019

Reconnecting LGBT and Indigenous struggles

01/26/2019

Historically, the LGBT community and Indigenous people have been closely connected in their struggle for equal and fair treatment in Canada. However, that connection has been partially…

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Added on: 01/26/2019

Nearly one in 50 US teen students see selves as transgender, government reports

01/25/2019

Nearly one in 50 U.S. high school students considers themself transgender, and more than a third of those say they attempted suicide in the previous year, according…

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Added on: 01/26/2019

In the deepness of Siberian closets

01/23/2019

Until recently a flag, painted on the balustrade, contrasted the otherwise concrete-grey waterfront next to the Angara River, which trenches the city of Irkutsk into halves. Its…

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Added on: 01/25/2019

Japan Supreme Court: Trans people must be sterilized before gender change

01/24/2019

The Supreme Court of Japan published a ruling on Thursday (24 January) upholding a law that requires transgender people to be sterilized before changing their gender on official documents. Japan’s law in question…

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Added on: 01/25/2019

Indian transgender politician Apsara Reddy: ‘I want to be looked upon as an equal’

01/22/2019

Apsara Reddy this month became the first transgender person to be appointed as general secretary of the Mahila Congress, the party’s women’s wing. Before plunging into politics,…

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Added on: 01/23/2019

Gabriel’s journey: A transgender Spaniard makes the change

01/22/2019

Gabriel Diaz de Tudanca is a 19-year-old Spaniard who, although born a girl, identified as male from early childhood. “When I was three years old I came…

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Added on: 01/22/2019

Brexit threatens LGBT+ rights: top British lawyer

01/18/2019

The rights of British minority groups are under threat from hardline politicians holding the government to ransom during the Brexit process, leading lawyer Helena Kennedy told the…

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Added on: 01/21/2019

Australian politician Mark Latham pledges to gut transgender rights

01/20/2019

Australian One Nation politician Mark Latham has unveiled a series of new anti-transgender policy pledges. Latham was once the leader of Australia’s centre-left Labor Party, but is…