Category: Transgender Rights
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TLDEF & Pro Bono Partner Lawyers Support Transgender Americans Letter
TLDEF and pro bono partner attorneys respond to anti-transgender Trump Administration memo…
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OutRight Comments On Rumoured Anti-Trans Memo
The New York Times published an article on October 21st indicating that the Department of Health and Human Services intends to release a memo that would define sex according to biology, based on genitalia or genetic testing at birth.
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«Trans Kids Are Alright»
So much is being thrown around about the reform of the Gender Recognition Act 2004, and also trans inclusion in such a negative way.
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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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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.