Category: Transgender Rights
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New transgender health centre opens in Coachella Valley
The centre will provide hormone therapy as well as mental health services and support groups.
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IBM Apologises For Firing A Computing Pioneer For Being Transgender 52 Years Ago
Computing Pioneer Lynn Conway has had an incredible career that lay down the groundwork for smartphones and computers as we know them. However, 52 years ago Conway was fired from IBM for being transgender.
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Honduras: Regional Court Hears Trans Murder Case
The government of Honduras has an obligation to conduct an effective investigation into any alleged violation of the right to life, and failure to do so violates the obligation to protect the right to life, Human Rights Watch said today in an amicus brief submitted to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
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Court: School transgender bathroom policy unconstitutional
A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that a Virginia school board’s transgender bathroom ban is unconstitutional and discriminated against a transgender male student who was barred from using the boys bathrooms in his high school.
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Employers most likely to reject transgender people applicants
Employers more often opt out of job applications from transgender people and it’s worst is in male-dominated occupations.
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Panama: Government Takes Step to End Quarantine Gender Discrimination
Protect Transgender People From Police, Security Guard Abuse