Category: Health
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New Health Guidelines Propel Transgender Rights
The World Health Organisation (WHO) approved a major change to its global manual of diagnoses on May 25, 2019, that will greatly benefit transgender people around the world, Human Rights Watch said today.
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TLDEF Condemns Trump-Pence Administration Attempt to Roll Back Transgender Health Care Protections
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) today spoke out against proposed new regulations from the Trump-Pence Administration that attempt to sanction health care discrimination against transgender people.
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China: Transgender People Risk Their Lives With Dangerous Self-surgery
Transgender people in China are performing highly dangerous surgery on themselves and buying unsafe hormone treatments on the black market because it is almost impossible for them to access the health care they urgently need, Amnesty International said in a new report.
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First ever LGBTQ support group for stroke survivors launches in Manchester
The Stroke Association is launching its first ever LGBTQ support group for stroke survivors in Greater Manchester, at LGBT Foundation on Monday 18 February, and is encouraging people to join them.
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HIV and hepatitis in Europe: no time for complacency, says MEP
To mark European Testing Week (23-30 November) and World Aids Day (1 December), Daniele Viotti MEP, co-chair of the LGBTI Intergroup, got a rapid HIV test inside the European Parliament in partnership with the Belgian NGO Ex Aequo.
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Florida: HIV Care Lacking for Transgender Women
Florida fails to deliver basic HIV services to many transgender women, endangering their health and contributing to an uncontrolled HIV epidemic in the state, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Florida and federal HIV officials talk a lot about the importance of reaching “high risk” groups like transgender women. Human Rights Watch investigated whether the reality on the ground is matching the rhetoric – it isn’t.