Category: Transgender Rights
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Global Call to Reform Japan’s Law on Transgender People
A leading international health organisation has urged the government of Japan to reform its legal recognition procedure for transgender people.
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Praise for period poverty provision in Moray schools
Councillors have May 29th 2019 praised the roll-out of free sanitary products in schools.
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Pennsylvania Name Change Law Challenged on Behalf of Three Transgender Women
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) Pro Bono partner Reed Smith in end of May 2019 filed a court challenge to Pennsylvania’s name change law, which bars name changes for people who have certain felony convictions.
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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.