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Eli Lieb – «When You Need a Friend»
Eli Lieb wrote this song dedicated to a young life that was lost that touched his life.
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Ohio Bill Could Force Teachers to Out Transgender Students
A bill introduced in May by two Republican legislators in Ohio aims to tighten parental control over transgender children and teens who seek mental health and medical care — even if the kids suffer as a result.
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Swedish Government gives symbolic compensation for forced sterilised transgender people
Compensation is a symbolic remedy for the fact that “In order to determine gender identity in some cases” until 30 June 2013, a requirement for sterilisation or lack of reproduction to establish a change in sex status was established.
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American Medical Association Passes New LGBTQ Policies
Transgender Prisoner Rights and LGBT Family Paid Leave Efforts Get AMA’s Boost.
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South Asia’s Third Gender Court Judgments Set Example
A Netherlands district court cited supreme court judgments from India and Nepal when it ruled the Dutch legislature should provide a way for citizens to legally identify as neither male nor female if they prefer.
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New Book Looks at Lives of Trans Sex Workers in World of Ryan Murphy’s «Pose»
The June 3 debut of Ryan Murphy’s «Pose», set in the late 80s NYC world of black and Latino drag competitions known as «balls» presents a great opportunity to raise awareness of the harsh lives of many trans people of colour, particularly those on the ball culture scene, who do sex work to survive.