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12 August 2015 / Comments Off on Activists welcome third-gender passports in Nepal

Activists welcome third-gender passports in Nepal

Activists have welcomed the option to have an ‘O’ meaning ‘other’ for gender on Nepali passports, instead of M or F. Continue reading

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15 April 2015 / Comments Off on Charities call on Parliament to support action on HIV

Charities call on Parliament to support action on HIV

Charities are calling on Parliament to improve the lives of people living with HIV and help turn the tide on the HIV epidemic. Continue reading

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9 December 2014 / Comments Off on Transgender Parliament candidate comes out

Transgender Parliament candidate comes out

The UK may get its first transgender MP, in Emily Brothers, the Labour candidate for Sutton and Cheam Continue reading

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25 September 2014 / Comments Off on Human Rights Watch: ‘Malaysia must stop institutionalised transphobia’

Human Rights Watch: ‘Malaysia must stop institutionalised transphobia’

Human rights group says that Malaysia should urgently repeal all laws and regulations that discriminate against transgender people Continue reading

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17 July 2014 / Comments Off on European Court delivers fresh blow to transgender rights

European Court delivers fresh blow to transgender rights

The European Court of Human Rights says that countries do not have to respect married transgender people’s right to remain married when they switch gender. Continue reading

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25 February 2014 / 1 comment

Transgender woman subjected to ‘disgusting’ abuse on train

Police hunt four drunk men who subjected a transgender woman to a torrent of abuse as she travelled by train between London and Durham. Continue reading

16 October 2013 / Comments Off on Transgender woman fights for her marriage and gender identity in European Court

Transgender woman fights for her marriage and gender identity in European Court

Finnish citizen Heli Hämäläinen applied for legal recognition of her female gender identity, but was told she would have to annul her marriage first Continue reading

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