Transgender and Intersex Issues

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Added on: 01/21/2019

Medical Students Push For More LGBT Health Training To Address Disparities

01/20/2019

When Sarah Spiegel was in her first year at New York Medical College in 2016, she sat in a lecture hall watching a BuzzFeed video about what…

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Added on: 01/20/2019

Yale announced ‘non-binary’ gender option in response to Trans Rights Coalition Petition

01/18/2019

Registering as “non-binary” is now a non-issue at Yale. A November petition by the Ivy League university’s LGBT community has successfully changed the Student Information System. Students…

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Added on: 01/19/2019

Murdered’ transgender woman from Droitwich was LGBT hero

01/17/2019

Amy Griffiths was discovered dead at her flat in Chalverton Court, Droitwich, on Monday. Police said she had suffered head and throat injuries. Martin Saberi, aged 53,…

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Added on: 01/16/2019

New York bans gay conversion therapy, and passes historic trans protection law

01/15/2019

The state of New York has passed bills banning gay conversion therapy and adding gender identity to its anti-discrimination legislation. The state’s legislative body approved the bills on Tuesday…

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Added on: 01/15/2019

Conservative group sues to block trans women from using faith-based shelter

01/13/2019

A conservative Christian group in the US has urged a district judge to block trans women from using a faith-based women’s shelter. Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) sued…

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Added on: 01/11/2019

Trans people flock to Malta’s new gender clinic

01/09/2019

About 35 people have accessed the services at Malta’s new gender clinic since it opened in mid-November. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health Chris Fearne, said…

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Added on: 01/11/2019

Human Rights Commission warns Depok’s policies produce potential for anti-LGBT discrimination

01/09/2019

State-sanctioned discrimination in Indonesia against the LGBT community and individuals saw a sharp increase towards the end of last year as officials in a number of cities…

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Added on: 01/10/2019

Pushed to Fringes of Indian Society, Delhi’s Trans Women Face Constant HIV Threat

01/07/2019

Boby has lost track of the precise number of times she has been gang-raped. She thinks it is between eight and 10. “Every time it has been…

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Added on: 01/08/2019

Trans Indians ramp up protests against ‘discriminatory’ bill

01/07/2019

Transgender Indians and their allies have been urgently rallying against a transgender bill. They want the bill to be overhauled before it is considered by the upper…

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Added on: 01/07/2019

New Jersey to introduce gender-neutral birth certificates in February

01/06/2019

New Jersey birth certificates will have the option of a third, non-binary gender starting on 1 February. Governor Phil Murphy signed this legislation, the Babs Siperstein Bill,…

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Added on: 01/06/2019

Trans community confront police for taking their sound systems

01/04/2019

Trans women in a small Pakistani city have accused police of illegally confiscating their sound system. Dancing at weddings and other special occasions is often the only…

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Added on: 01/06/2019

In this UK city, new sex education lessons are a victory for trans rights

01/05/2019

The city of Brighton and Hove in the United Kingdom will be teaching a more inclusive sex education curriculum. School children in the city’s schools will now…

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Added on: 01/05/2019

Life of a gay migrant: Racism exists in the LGBT community too

01/05/2019

Ireland may be known as the land of céad míle fáilte, but a report in the last months of 2018 suggests more needs to be done to…

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Added on: 01/04/2019

Second death of a trans woman in a month shakes Malaysian community

01/02/2019

The death of a trans woman in the Malaysian town of Klang, the second in less than a month, has prompted calls for the government to better…

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Added on: 01/03/2019

The Cape Town Schools Learning from Trangsgender Students

01/02/2019

As an increasing number of young South Africans reveal that their gender identities differ from their sex at birth, schools are learning about the challenges these students…

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Added on: 01/03/2019

Government ‘mishandling’ Trans Rights Reform by Failing to Tackles Health Inequalities, Former Tory Minister Says

01/02/2019

A former Conservative cabinet minister has accused the government of “mishandling” reforms needed to improve the health and quality of life of transpeople. Maria Miller, the chair of the commons women and equalities…

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Added on: 01/03/2019

Brazil’s New President Removes LGBTI Concerns from Human Rights Ministry

01/02/2019

Brazil’s new right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro removed concerns regarding the LGBTI community from being considered by a new human rights ministry hours after his inauguration, part of…

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Added on: 01/02/2019

LGBTI group lodges criminal complaint against newspaper for inciting hate

12/31/2018

Dozens of LGBTI activists in Turkey held a protest in central Istanbul calling for justice after the brutal and gruesome murder of trans woman Hande Kader. The…

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Added on: 01/01/2019

Trans woman shot 11 times on way to the gym in Brazil

12/30/2018

A transgender woman was shot 11 times and killed on her way to the gym in Brazil. Nicolly Banks, 26, walked down Liopino Lourenço de Araújo street in Uberlândia, Triângulo Mineiro,…

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Added on: 01/01/2019

Trans people held the first ever trans pride march in Pakistan

12/30/2018

Transgender people gathered in Lahore for the first ever trans pride march in Pakistan this weekend. Taking place on Saturday (29th December), transgender people and their allies took…

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Added on: 01/01/2019

Mainstreaming Trans Employees: Guidelines for Corporate India

12/30/2018

On Monday, December 18, the Lok Sabha passed the problematic Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016, ignoring 27 recommended amendments from activists, trans community members and allies….

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Added on: 12/31/2018

Fun and interesting things LGBT+ science taught us in 2018

12/30/2018

Among various topics worth intellectual consideration, LGBT+ science and research in 2018 gave us a better understanding of gender identity, sexual desire and same-sex reproduction. In the…

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Added on: 12/29/2018

Trans soldier Hannah Graf among those celebrated in New Year’s honors list

12/29/2018

Trans soldier Hannah Graf has been celebrated in the New Year’s honors list among a whole host of exceptional people in the United Kingdom. The honors and bravery list…

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Added on: 12/28/2018

Trans prisoner moved to female prison after year-long court battle

12/28/2018

A trans woman prisoner has been transferred to a female prison in Illinois after a year-long court battle. Deon ‘Strawberry’ Hampton described being treated like a ‘sex slave’ while housed in multiple in male penitentiaries…

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Added on: 12/28/2018

Trans protestors in India demand repeal of controversial bill

12/27/2018

Members of the trans community in Mumbai, India have protested a bill which was designed to protect their rights. The bill has been highly controversial among the trans, intersex,…

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Added on: 12/27/2018

Solongo Batsukh, Mongolia’s transgender beauty queen who refuses to stay hidden despite backlash on social media

12/26/2018

Make-up artist Solongo Batsukh braves Mongolia’s below-freezing temperatures in just a skimpy black dress and light pastel pink coat – the country’s trailblazing transgender beauty queen wants…

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Added on: 12/25/2018

Peep Show’s Robert Webb slams trans charity that saves lives: ‘Mermaids sucks’

12/24/2018

Peep Show star Robert Webb has attacked a UK charity that helps to save trans lives. The British comedian slammed Mermaids in a series of tweets that…

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Added on: 12/25/2018

AIDS council slams Jakim’s ‘conversion therapy’ for LGBTs

12/24/2018

The Malaysian AIDS Council (MAC) has censured a purported revamp of the Malaysian Islamic Development Department’s (Jakim) outreach (Mukhayyam) programme to rehabilitate LGBT persons. Referring to a…

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Added on: 12/25/2018

‘Badhais’ criminalised, LGBT community opposes LS Bill

12/24/2018

At the office of the Shaan Foundation, which works with the LGBT community in the district, transgender persons begin a gathering early in the day, holding a…

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Added on: 12/25/2018

Stonewall hits back at ‘inaccurate’ transgender lottery grant bias claims

12/23/2018

Stonewall has responded to an “inaccurate” article by the Sunday Times about a grant reportedly awarded to the charity by the Big Lottery Fund. The piece claimed…