UK Supreme Court struck fair balance on biological sex ruling
On Wednesday five justices of the UK Supreme Court (UKSC) decided that a woman is a person born biologically female. The judgement is long and technical and the UKSC was ...
Transgenders
Transgender US service members to be removed from military
Transgender service members will be separated from the US military unless they receive an exemption, according to a Pentagon memo filed in court on Wednesday, essentially banning them from joining ...
Transgender girls challenge Trump’s ban on them playing female sports
Two transgender girls in New Hampshire on Wednesday set in motion the first legal challenge to President Donald Trump’s executive order that would ban them from participating in school ...
Trump takes aim at DEI, Covid expulsions and transgender troops
US President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders on Monday to remove diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) from the military, reinstate thousands of troops who were kicked out ...
Judge denies New York county’s request to let it enforce trans sports restrictions
A federal judge on Thursday denied a request by New York’s Nassau County to let it enforce new restrictions on transgender athletes at county sports venues without facing legal ...
Italy’s transgender women thank pope for making them feel ‘more human’
The run-down beach town of Torvaianica is about 35 kms (20 miles) south of the Vatican.
But for transgender women who live there it had seemed light years away until a rapprochement ...
Miss Netherlands’ first transgender winner becomes target of hate speech
Rikkie Valerie Kolle, the first transgender woman to be crowed Miss Netherlands, once saw her success in the pageant as a symbol of her nation’s openness. Then she was ...
Trans advocates in Russia brace for proposed gender surgery ban
Elle Solomina is 36, but she says her life truly began in 2021, when she changed her gender to female in her official Russian identification documents.
The IT worker is now watching ...
Georgia ban on transgender healthcare is challenged in lawsuit
Four Georgia families sued the state in federal court on Friday to stop a law that bans transgender youth from receiving hormone therapy, joining a wave of challenges to similar ...
Slovaks near vote on banning legal recognition for transgender people
Slovakia’s parliament is expected to vote soon on a legal change that would make it impossible for transgender people to change their gender on official documents, removing legal recognition ...
Athletics-World governing body bans transgender women athletes
World Athletics has banned transgender women from competing in elite female competitions and tightened testosterone restrictions for other athletes, the governing body said on Thursday.
World Athletics president Sebastian Coe ...
West Virginia to ask US Supreme Court to allow transgender athlete ban
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said on Thursday the state will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to allow enforcement of a law banning transgender athletes from female sports ...
British government to block Scottish gender reform law
The British government will block a bill passed by the Scottish parliament that makes it easier for people to change their legal gender, its Scottish Secretary Alister Jack said on ...
‘Our duty is to build an open and inclusive society’ Drakou tells Pride attendees (with videos)
The efforts made by the government to protect and further promote the rights of LGBTI+ people, have moved from words to deeds, Justice Minister Stephie Drakou said on Sunday in ...
Trans athlete Ivy slams FINA policy as ‘unscientific’
Transgender cyclist Veronica Ivy questioned the move by swimming’s governing body FINA to restrict the participation of trans athletes in elite women’s competitions, telling Reuters that there had ...
Gender X to appear on US passport applications – State Dept
Americans will be allowed to choose an X for gender on their passport applications beginning on April 11, the US State Department said on Thursday as the Biden administration marked a “...
UK lawmaker comes out as first transgender member of parliament
A lawmaker in Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party said on Wednesday he planned to change his gender identity to become Britain‘s first openly transgender member of parliament, ...