Category: Transgender Rights
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TLDEF to Celebrate 15 Year Anniversary at Annual Transgender Advocacy Awards
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) will commemorate 15-years of service at this year’s Transgender Advocacy Awards, set for Tuesday, June 12, (6:30 – 8:30 PM) at the Manhattan Penthouse in New York City.
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Parabéns! Portugal votes to respect the rights of trans and intersex people
The Portuguese parliament has voted to adopt a ground-breaking law which better protects and respects the right to self-determination and bodily integrity of trans and intersex people.
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Gender-affirming surgery ‘significantly improves quality of life’, new study says
Approximately 75 percent of transgender women showed an improved quality of life after surgery, a study out of Germany found.
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Pakistan’s first school for transgenders to open
Walking on the path of social reform, Pakistan is to inaugurate country’s first ever institute for educational and vocational training for transgender community.
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USA : Philadelphia Declares March 31st ‘Transgender Visibility Day’
The City of Philadelphia has declared March 31st Transgender Visibility Day.
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Stop Anti-Trans Delegate Bethany Kozma from Representing the U.S at CSW
Following in last year’s footsteps, the Trump administration has yet again appointed a known anti-trans activist to its official delegation to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). The CSW is the largest meeting of governments, UN agencies, civil society, and other stakeholders, on progressing women’s rights and gender justice globally.