• We have legal challenges battling ongoing efforts to strip health care from transgender and nonbinary people, legal challenges against sports bans, and legal challenges against attempts to censor discussion of LGBTQ+ issues in schools. (lambdalegal.org)
  • Transgender and nonbinary people are often sidelined at Pride. (news4jax.com)
  • Transgender and nonbinary people are front and center this year at Pride festivals where they've often been sidelined. (news4jax.com)
  • Uplifting trans voices and fighting for trans liberation must be at the forefront of our movement" when the rights of transgender and nonbinary people are "under a coordinated attack," Johnson said. (news4jax.com)
  • The degree of legal recognition provided to transgender people varies widely throughout the world. (wikipedia.org)
  • In many countries, some of these modifications are required for legal recognition. (wikipedia.org)
  • In some jurisdictions, transgender people (who are considered non-transsexual) can benefit from the legal recognition given to transsexual people. (wikipedia.org)
  • In others, a diagnosis of "gender dysphoria", or simply the fact that one has established a non-conforming gender role, can be sufficient for some or all of the legal recognition available. (wikipedia.org)
  • Not all transgender or transsexual people feel gender dysphoria or gender incongruence, but in many countries a diagnosis is required for legal recognition, if transgender people are legally recognized at all. (wikipedia.org)
  • Instead of a gender recognition certificate (GRC) requiring a medical diagnosis, a person would be able to get one by declaring they were living in a new gender, known as self-ID. (heraldscotland.com)
  • This week, Greece's parliament will start debating proposed legislation to amend the country's law on legal gender recognition - or the ability of transgender people to be legally recognized according to their gender identity. (hrw.org)
  • Blanketly denying transgender children the possibility of legal recognition in their preferred gender risks condemning them to stigmatization, exclusion, and discrimination during some of their most important formative years, including during their education. (hrw.org)
  • If Greece's justice minister and parliament want to make Greece amongst the leaders with respect to transgender legal recognition, they should make the necessary amendments to bring this legislation closer in line with Greece's international and European human rights obligations and remove the bill's fundamental flaws. (hrw.org)
  • The ban on legal recognition of transgender people was passed just as the pandemic's first wave hit Hungary. (nbcnews.com)
  • A transgender person must obtain a certificate of identity as proof of recognition of identity as a transgender person and to invoke rights under the Bill. (prsindia.org)
  • [4] Further, the Court directed central and state governments to grant legal recognition to transgender persons, address issues of social stigma and discrimination, and provide social welfare schemes for them. (prsindia.org)
  • From a press release - Today the Movement Advancement Project (MAP) released Banning Medical Care and Legal Recognition for Transgender People, the fifth in MAP's report series, Under Fire: The War on LGBTQ People in America. (windycitytimes.com)
  • One component of the Southern Poverty Law Center's (SPLC) decision to list the legal powerhouse organization Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) as an anti-LGBT hate group is the substance of their work abroad, which has recently included defending - albeit unsuccessfully - European laws requiring the sterilization of transgender citizens seeking administrative recognition of their preferred gender. (splcenter.org)
  • In 1985, the Netherlands was among the first European nations to adopt legislation granting transgender people - individuals whose gender identity differs from the sex assigned them at birth - legal recognition of their gender identity, albeit under onerous legal conditions. (splcenter.org)
  • Tamil Nadu has amended the legislation that governs it's police force and inserted a clause banning any harassment of LGBTQIA + (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex and Asexual) people, likely becoming the first state in India to enact a specific legal provision against police violence on the marginalized community. (hindustantimes.com)
  • In June, HRC, the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization, also released a guidebook designed to inform LGBTQ+ people on relevant state laws and to help them stay safe when living, working and traveling in the U.S. (windycitytimes.com)
  • The Human Rights Campaign is America's largest civil rights organization working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people. (windycitytimes.com)
  • Currently, openly gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer candidates occupy political offices at most levels of government, including the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, state Congressional chambers, and state governorships. (kron4.com)
  • This ground-breaking collection reflects the growing momentum of interest in the international legal community in meshing the insights of queer legal theory with those critical theories that have a much longer genealogy - notably postcolonial and feminist analyses. (lu.se)
  • Beyond the push in the human rights field to ensure respect for the rights of people with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities, queer legal theory provides a means to examine the structural assumptions and conceptual architecture that underpin the normative framework and operation of international law, highlighting bias and blind spots and offering fresh perspectives and practical innovations. (lu.se)
  • The contributors to the book use queer legal theory to critically analyse the basic tenets and operations of international law, with many surprising, thought-provoking and instructive results. (lu.se)
  • Countries around the world have changed their policies on legal gender to ones based on rights and a person's self-identification, not the approval of any doctor, judge or other authority. (hrw.org)
  • In addition, the person's gender must not match the gender assigned at birth, and includes trans-men, trans-women, persons with intersex variations and gender-queers. (prsindia.org)
  • In 2014, the Supreme Court recognised a transgender person's right to self-identification as male, female or the third gender. (prsindia.org)
  • As a result, the rights and privileges of transgender people are now much less dependent upon a person's surgical history. (srlp.org)
  • It defines hate crime as "any criminal offence which is perceived, by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by a hostility or prejudice based on a person's race [or religion, sexual orientation, disability or transgender status]. (city-journal.org)
  • Some Prides are putting transgender people front and center at events where they've often been sidelined because of a historical emphasis on gay and lesbian rights, along with the same sorts of prejudice and misinformation held by many straight, cisgender people about trans lives. (news4jax.com)
  • In May, the government reversed regulations allowing transgender and intersex citizens to change the gender listed on legal documents. (nbcnews.com)
  • The law puts trans and intersex people "at risk of harassment, discrimination, and even violence in daily situations when they need to use identity documents," according to Human Rights Watch . (nbcnews.com)
  • The Bill includes terms like 'trans-men', 'trans-women', persons with 'intersex variations' and 'gender-queers' in its definition of transgender persons. (prsindia.org)
  • This will include trans-men, trans-women, persons with intersex variations and gender queers. (prsindia.org)
  • Some countries have enacted laws protecting the rights of transgender individuals, but others have criminalized their gender identity or expression. (wikipedia.org)
  • Lambda Legal helped negotiate with the Virginia Office of Vital Records after the Office initially refused to change the sex designation on a transgender man's birth certificate unless he provided evidence that he had undergone phalloplasty. (srlp.org)
  • In his first week in office, President Biden signed two executive orders expanding the rights of transgender people. (wesa.fm)
  • These laws came out of an earlier period when the medical and psychological fields had only just started to grapple with the rights of transgender people. (splcenter.org)
  • Gay people "can do what they want, but they cannot get their marriages recognized by the state," Orbán said in 2016 interview. (nbcnews.com)
  • In August 2016, the government introduced the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016 in Lok Sabha. (prsindia.org)
  • While the Obama Administration repealed the ban on transgender troops in 2016, former President Donald Trump effectively reinstated it in 2019 (though the ban was overturned by the Biden Administration in 2021). (kron4.com)
  • According to the Trans Murder Monitoring Project, Brazil has one of the highest transgender-related homicide rates in the world (Balzer/LaGata & Berredo, 2016). (bvsalud.org)
  • Transgender is an umbrella term for persons whose gender identity as revealed in their feelings and behavior is not congruent with their biological make-up. (irishcentral.com)
  • According to the World Health Organisation, 'transgender' is an umbrella term that includes persons whose sense of gender does not match with the gender assigned to them at birth. (prsindia.org)
  • We must demand better from our elected officials and reject harmful anti-transgender legislation appearing at the local, state and federal levels because it is clear that fatal violence disproportionately affects transgender women of color. (hrc.org)
  • This epidemic of violence that disproportionately targets transgender people of color -- particularly Black transgender women -- must cease. (hrc.org)
  • To that end, Stacker talked to experts and sifted through data from the National Conference of State Legislatures, the Williams Institute, and theMovement Advancement Project to examine how voter ID laws disproportionately impact transgender and nonbinary voters. (arcamax.com)
  • Nationally, despite some marginal gains in state and local policies that support and affirm transgender people, recent years have been marked by anti-LGBTQ attacks at all levels of government. (hrc.org)
  • A constitutional amendment before the Hungarian Parliament would effectively ban LGBTQ people from adopting, drawing the ire of human rights activists. (nbcnews.com)
  • Not only do they further stigmatize transgender people and same-sex couples raising children, Dombos said, they also make outreach to LGBTQ youth nearly impossible. (nbcnews.com)
  • Linds Jakows, Co-Founder of 603 Equality, said, "Today, the LGBTQ people, parents, students, healthcare and social service providers, and faith leaders who love trans people are showing up to share our stories with elected officials. (glad.org)
  • We shouldn't have to convince them that LGBTQ, and especially, trans people of all ages should live free from discrimination. (glad.org)
  • Canadian rock icon Bryan Adams has joined the chorus of condemnation against anti-LGBTQ legislation by cancelling his concert this week in Mississippi. (yahoo.com)
  • Major corporations have spoken out against what appears to be a wave of anti-LGBTQ legislation sweeping the United States. (yahoo.com)
  • In the past decade, Canadian provinces have enshrined rights for LGBTQ people. (yahoo.com)
  • Two bills that would allow individuals and businesses to use religion to challenge or opt out of laws, including laws that protect LGBTQ people from discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations. (yahoo.com)
  • There are currently very few explicit federal legal protections for transgender or gender-expansive people. (hrc.org)
  • At Lambda Legal, we work to defend and expand protections for transgender and non-binary people of all ages through impact litigation, policy work, advocacy, and public education. (lambdalegal.org)
  • Without comprehensive equal rights legislation at the federal level, LGBTQ+ people are subject to an inconsistent patchwork of legal protections in their states and local communities. (hrc.org)
  • Instead, ADF International attorneys Roger Kiska and Robert Clarke argued, much like their colleagues in the context of the U.S., that anti-discrimination protections and rights to privacy outlined in the ECHR do not extend to the LGBT community and, in this case specifically, transgender Europeans (Kiska is now with the London-based Christian Legal Centre). (splcenter.org)
  • While there have been dramatic changes regarding the acceptance of LGBT lifestyles, the support of transgender people has a long way to go. (irishcentral.com)
  • It suggests expanding the concept of hate crime to include prejudice against the disabled and LGBT people. (city-journal.org)
  • In November 2019, ahead of Transgender Day of Remembrance, HRC Foundation released " A National Epidemic: Fatal Anti-Transgender Violence in America in 2019 ," a heartbreaking report honoring the trans people killed and detailing the contributing and motivating factors that lead to this tragic violence -- a toxic mix of transphobia, racism and misogyny. (hrc.org)
  • They are covered under the state's hate crimes legislation. (hrc.org)
  • The Rev. Heidi Carrington Heath, Executive Director of the NH Council of Churches, said, "Targeting the state's transgender youth is a violation of the religious beliefs and principles of hundreds of churches and faith communities across the Granite State. (glad.org)
  • But Mr Yousaf declared it was a matter of principle to challenge the veto, and as 'First Activist' he would do so, provided his legal advice wasn't fatal to the idea. (heraldscotland.com)
  • We hope this law is strongly implemented to end this," said Grace Banu, a Dalit and transgender rights activist. (hindustantimes.com)
  • It is a time when many of us recommit to activist goals beyond anti-violence: some of us will continue to work for non-discrimination legislation, some for transgender access to health care, others for safe-school policies. (gendertalk.com)
  • Among the crowd was transgender activist Marsha P. Johnson, who later founded Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR), an organization that provided resources for LGBTQ+ youth and sex workers. (kron4.com)
  • The basis for much of Britain's censorious legislation is the concept of protected characteristics-identities deemed vulnerable and enshrined in the Equality Act of 2010. (city-journal.org)
  • Unfortunately, the protection of a select group of people in the name of "equality" has made equality under the law no longer tenable, and the Equality Act itself has wound up chilling freedom of speech. (city-journal.org)
  • After the events at Stonewall-which the NYPD eventually apologized for in 2019 -more and more people pushed for LGBTQ+ equality. (kron4.com)
  • Protecting and promoting human rights is essential to advancing rights and achieving equality for all people regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity. (lu.se)
  • Tamil Nadu has amended the legislation that governs it's police force and inserted a clause banning any harassment of LGBTQIA + people. (hindustantimes.com)
  • No police officer shall indulge in any act of harassment of any person belonging to the LGBTQIA + Community and the persons working for the welfare of the said community," said the order issued by the government. (hindustantimes.com)
  • You also learned that nearly all transgender people have experienced bullying, harassment, assault, or sexual violence at some point in our lives. (gendertalk.com)
  • In states with voter ID laws, transgender, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming voters are at particular risk of harassment, questioning, or even being turned away from the polls. (arcamax.com)
  • Victimisation is, in fact, covered by legislation other than that for harassment and sexual harassment, and the definitions and legal requirements differ to a certain extent. (lu.se)
  • The person who feels exposed is the one to determine what (s)he perceives to be discrimination or harassment, not the intent behind the behaviour. (lu.se)
  • Around November 19th and 20th, communities around the nation held Transgender Day of Remembrance gatherings. (gendertalk.com)
  • At the Day of Remembrance, you might have learned that transphobic violence is one part of a larger pattern of social and legal discrimination faced by transgender people. (gendertalk.com)
  • On the Day of Remembrance, the transgender community and its many friends and allies expose those beliefs as a set of lies. (gendertalk.com)
  • Increasingly, legal trends favor an individually-tailored approach that allows medical providers to determine when an individual has completed their transition. (srlp.org)
  • On April 6, it issued a ruling in favor of three transgender people in France who had been barred from changing the names and genders on their birth certificates because they had not been sterilized. (splcenter.org)
  • Globally, most legal jurisdictions recognize the two traditional gender identities and social roles, man and woman, but tend to exclude any other gender identities and expressions. (wikipedia.org)
  • Brazil is one of the most dangerous countries for SGM persons globally. (bvsalud.org)
  • Transsexual is generally considered a subset of transgender, but some transsexual people reject being labelled transgender. (wikipedia.org)
  • But Lambda Legal is fighting back. (lambdalegal.org)
  • The following FAQ is inspired by our March 30 "National Call: Fight Back Against Anti-Trans Hate Across the Country," which discusses what Lambda Legal is doing to counteract the slew of anti-transgender policies and laws across the country. (lambdalegal.org)
  • What does Lambda Legal do? (lambdalegal.org)
  • Lambda Legal represents LGBTQ+ people and everyone living with HIV - in the courts of law and in the court of public opinion. (lambdalegal.org)
  • Lambda Legal has always been at the forefront of change and this year is celebrating 50 years of fighting for LGBTQ+ people and everyone living with HIV. (lambdalegal.org)
  • What is Lambda Legal doing to combat the slew of anti-LGBTQ+ attacks across the country? (lambdalegal.org)
  • What are some of the examples that show that Lambda Legal is fighting for transgender and nonbinary rights? (lambdalegal.org)
  • A poll showed that Delaware Democrat Sarah McBride who is bidding to become the nation's first openly transgender member of Congress leads her primary opponents by a wide margin, The Hill reported. (windycitytimes.com)
  • But those who oppose voter ID laws say these play on fears of demonstrably rare fraud to keep some of the nation's most marginalized people from exercising their constitutional rights. (arcamax.com)
  • 1 This language recognizes that not all transgender people will complete their transition by having surgery, but that they can still be recognized as the new sex if they have completed whatever treatment is necessary as determined by their doctors. (srlp.org)
  • The French sterilization law was the result of a 1990 ECtHR decision (based on a 1982 petition) that ruled the state must provide proper identification for transgender citizens. (splcenter.org)
  • According to the Trans Legislation Tracker , 549 anti-trans bills have been introduced across the country as of May 2023-already setting a new record for a fourth consecutive year. (kron4.com)
  • At the state level, transgender and gender non-conforming people in Missouri are not explicitly protected in employment, housing or in public spaces. (hrc.org)
  • Whether it's transgender grand marshals at the massive New York City Pride parade or a photo display of transgender victims of violence at the much smaller festival in Hastings, Nebraska, many celebrations this June are taking a public stand against state legislation targeting transgender people. (news4jax.com)
  • Republican Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed legislation that would make Texas the most populous state to ban gender-affirming treatments for minors. (news4jax.com)
  • When another country is affirming the state of emergency that LGBTQ+ people in the U.S. are currently living through, it only further validates the grim reality that our community is facing. (windycitytimes.com)
  • This year alone, over 500 anti-LGBTQ+ bills have been introduced in state legislatures throughout the country, with over 220 of those bills specifically targeting transgender people. (windycitytimes.com)
  • Harvey Feldman, Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, said, "This is the third consecutive year that LGBTQ+ people have had to come to the State House to fight for our right to make our own medical decisions, to utilize public spaces such as bathrooms safely, and to be free from discriminatory practices and laws. (glad.org)
  • As a Christian minister, I want our transgender youth to know that hundreds of people of faith across the state (including many Christians) stand with them, and we will fight to defeat any and all legislation that seeks to harm them. (glad.org)
  • In a statement released Sunday, Adams said he can't "in good conscience" perform in a state where "certain people are being denied their civil rights due to their sexual orientation. (yahoo.com)
  • Tell state legislators to stop attacking the transgender community NOW! (hrc.org)
  • And when you add last year's declaration by the Attorney General that Gender Affirming Care is "child abuse," and the subsequent order from the Governor for the State to investigate affirming families of transgender children, families are living in fear. (hrc.org)
  • Families with transgender children 18+ have become more vocal advocates on behalf of the families with younger children who are concerned about becoming targets of state investigations if they speak out. (hrc.org)
  • Opportunities for action vary from state to state, but our goal of equal rights for every LGBTQ+ person is the same everywhere. (hrc.org)
  • They almost didn't let her vote because, as she later alleged in a discrimination lawsuit against the county and state, her appearance did not match the gender of the legal name listed on her ID. (arcamax.com)
  • In response, the state created a system "whereby the change of gender on documents was only available to trans people who went through a very specific medical setting, leading to genital surgery and sterilization. (splcenter.org)
  • At both the state and federal levels, hundreds of new pieces of legislation targeting youth, particularly trans youth, in health care and education have been introduced over the last several years. (kron4.com)
  • Medically and socially, the term "transsexualism" is being replaced with gender incongruence or gender dysphoria, and terms such as transgender people, trans men, and trans women, and non-binary are replacing the category of transsexual people. (wikipedia.org)
  • Many transsexual people have permanent surgery to change their body, gender-affirming surgery or semi-permanently change their body by hormonal means, transgender hormone therapy. (wikipedia.org)
  • Similarly, Virginia recently clarified that its requirements for a transsexual person to obtain a new birth certificate do not necessarily require genital reconstructive surgery. (srlp.org)
  • In addition to explicit violence, transgender populations continue to encounter barriers, motivated by direct or indirect discrimination, in accessing healthcare services (Costa et al. (bvsalud.org)
  • Sadly, 2019 saw at least 26 transgender or gender non-conforming people fatally shot or killed by other violent means. (hrc.org)
  • People march from the parliament building in downtown Budapest during the Pride Parade in the Hungarian capital on July 6, 2019. (nbcnews.com)
  • People assigned male at birth are usually legally recognized as men, and people assigned female at birth are usually legally recognized as women, in jurisdictions that distinguish between the two. (wikipedia.org)
  • The majority of European countries still require medical tests, procedures, or certification for transgender people to be legally recognized - a humiliating and unnecessary violation of their privacy. (hrw.org)
  • These include a judicial process where a judge gets to decide if a person looks enough like their gender identity to be legally recognized, an age requirement of 17 that arbitrarily denies transgender children important affirmation of their identity, and a requirement that applicants must be single. (hrw.org)
  • A transgender person is someone whose gender identity is inconsistent or not culturally associated with the sex they were assigned at birth and also with the gender role that is associated with that sex. (wikipedia.org)
  • He says there have been inconsistent rulings on whether a person can change the sex marker on their birth certificate. (wesa.fm)
  • LGBTQIA+ individuals often face legal barriers to marriage and parenthood, which denies them the right to form families and have a sense of belonging within society. (lu.se)
  • In South Dakota, a different bill would refuse transgender people the right to change their sex designation on their birth certificate. (wesa.fm)
  • Once again, I would like to thank you for your willingness to meet with legal and medical experts who specialize in transgender law and medicine and to hear our thoughts on what an improved Bureau of Vital Statistics policy regarding sex designation change might look like. (srlp.org)
  • As we discussed, requiring an individual to undergo any particular surgical procedure before his or her birth certificate sex designation can be changed does not conform to current medical practice for the treatment of transgender people. (srlp.org)
  • stating that by reason of surgery or other treatment by the licensee, the sex designation of the person has been changed. (srlp.org)
  • LEE STRUBINGER, BYLINE: In some states, bills would forbid the use of hormone blockers in young people. (wesa.fm)
  • Policy makers and judges are moving away from using reconstructive genital surgery as an indicator of gender identity, recognizing that many transgender people pursue a broad variety of surgical procedures and hormone therapy regimes that are individually tailored for them, given their medical histories, and that do not necessarily include genital reconstruction. (srlp.org)
  • Prides across the U.S. are using the annual event, often held in June to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall rebellion in New York City - an uprising partly led by trans women of color - to highlight their support for transgender people. (news4jax.com)
  • Jay McNeil co-founded TransBareAll, an organisation that works to support trans people with issues of health and wellbeing and was behind the right to reply video. (holyrood.com)
  • I wanted to provide you with some information on current trends in transgender law that support our recommendation that the new birth certificate policy should not be based on proof that an applicant has undergone sex reassignment surgery, which has been the policy since 1969. (srlp.org)
  • In April of this year, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued in A.P., Garçon and Nicot v. France a landmark ruling in support of transgender rights. (splcenter.org)
  • Ohio municipalities that use tax increment financing (TIF) to support economic development should be aware of significant legislation that was recently approved by the Ohio House of Representatives. (bricker.com)
  • Southampton Community Healthcare v. Bailey ) Challenging Missouri's attempt to restrict access to gender-affirming care for transgender people. (lambdalegal.org)
  • Public officials can cite their religion as a reason for not performing their duties and another bill would restrict transgender students' use of restrooms. (yahoo.com)
  • Another will restrict use of bathrooms to transgender people, requiring them to use the facilities that are in line with the gender they were "born" with. (yahoo.com)
  • Since Stonewall, the government has passed laws banning discrimination based on sexual orientation, and the Supreme Court declared same-sex marriage legal. (kron4.com)
  • LGBTQIA+ people face restrictions on their freedom of expression as many governments criminalize same-sex relationships and punish individuals for expressing their sexual orientation or gender identity. (lu.se)
  • The Bill states that a person recognised as 'transgender' would have the right to 'self-perceived' gender identity. (prsindia.org)
  • In others, some Republican lawmakers are trying to prevent transgender youth from playing on a sports team or using the locker room associated with their gender identity. (wesa.fm)
  • Transgender women and men continue to encounter barriers, motivated by discrimination, in their daily lives and-although much less studied-in achieving a satisfactory career. (bvsalud.org)
  • Many of the issues regarding transgender rights are generally considered a part of family law, especially the issues of marriage and the question of a transgender person benefiting from a partner's insurance or social security. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 2013, the government set up an Expert Committee to examine issues related to transgender persons. (prsindia.org)
  • 2 The Committee stated that transgender persons faced issues of social stigma and discrimination which affected their access to education, healthcare, employment and government documents. (prsindia.org)
  • McNeil, is an independent researcher with a specialism in transgender issues and health inequalities. (holyrood.com)
  • Maybe, in the back of your mind, you might wonder, especially if it's the first time you've thought about transgender issues, don't many people really have bad reactions to trans people? (gendertalk.com)
  • This book identifies, analyses and discusses the nexus of legal issues that have emerged in recent years around sexuality and gender. (lu.se)
  • Challenging Florida's anti-transgender health care rule denying gender- affirming care coverage for transgender Medicaid beneficiaries. (lambdalegal.org)
  • According to a UK-wide study of trans mental health that was published last year, 51 per cent of trans people believe the way they are represented in the media had a negative eff ect on their emotional wellbeing. (holyrood.com)
  • From a press release - (RICHMOND, VA - Thursday, Sept 21) - Today, a full panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit heard arguments in two cases involving equal access to health care for transgender people. (windycitytimes.com)
  • This year, there are a number of harmful bills that attack LGBTQ+ youth in schools and the New Hampshire community, including bills that could forcibly out youth to their parents (SB 272-FN and HB 10), a bill to ban essential medical care for transgender minors and education materials that reference LGBTQ+ people ( HB 619 ), and one that would redefine gender-affirming health care as child abuse (HB 417). (glad.org)
  • Following internationally recognized standards of care for the treatment of transgender people, physicians and mental health providers work closely with their patients to determine which treatments are necessary and appropriate for each individual's transition to be complete. (srlp.org)
  • This report summarizes current (as of 2011) guidelines or recommendations published by multiple agencies of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) for prevention and control of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and tuberculosis (TB) for persons who use drugs illicitly. (cdc.gov)
  • Consolidated guidance can strengthen efforts of health-care providers and public health providers to prevent and treat infectious diseases and substance use and mental disorders, use resources efficiently, and improve health-care services and outcomes in persons who use drugs illicitly. (cdc.gov)
  • On that day, transgender people and our partners, friends, and families grieved for those of us who have been the victims of transphobic violence. (gendertalk.com)
  • The prevalence of violence against transgender people means that ours is a community in which there are no degrees of separation from the specter of violence. (gendertalk.com)
  • Sometimes when people learn the hard statistical reality of anti-transgender violence, they are amazed that newspapers are not filled with stories about ongoing investigations, arrests, and prosecutions. (gendertalk.com)
  • Others also move to another level of understanding: the police and newspapers are often indifferent to violence against transgender people because of a set of related, erroneous beliefs: that transgender people are sexual deviants and pariahs, that no one really cares about transgender people, and that to care for a transgender person is a perversion. (gendertalk.com)
  • This is a defense strategy where perpetrators of violence claim that they were so upset and disgusted when they discovered that someone was transgender that they, naturally, had no choice but to assault the person. (gendertalk.com)
  • We expose anti-transgender violence as a form of irrational, unnatural, and unjustifiable bigotry. (gendertalk.com)
  • FGDs and IDIs participants discussed the importance of the app in the context of widespread violence toward SGM persons. (bvsalud.org)
  • CONCLUSIONS: Rainbow Resistance-Dandarah app was endorsed as a powerful tool for enhancing reporting episodes of violence/discrimination against SGM persons and a key strategy to connect users with a safe network of supportive services. (bvsalud.org)
  • Many countries now legally recognize sex reassignments by permitting a change of legal gender on an individual's birth certificate. (wikipedia.org)
  • The legislation, if passed in its current form, would no longer require applicants to undergo medical procedures or tests in order to change their legal gender - a marked improvement. (hrw.org)
  • Deutsch wants to make the law clear and consistent - that transgender people cannot change their birth certificate in order to maintain the integrity of vital records. (wesa.fm)
  • Most egregiously, Dutch law allows trans people to change their gender on official documents only on condition that they have altered their bodies through hormones and surgery, and that they are permanently and irreversibly infertile. (splcenter.org)
  • Pennsylvania government regulations would be revised with extensive definitions of sex, religious creed and race under a proposal set for a vote on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022 - a change some Republican lawmakers see as an overreach on a subject they think should not be addressed without legislation. (kron4.com)
  • People who frequently change their place of residence. (bvsalud.org)
  • The bill effectively bans gay couples, single people and unmarried straight couples from adopting. (nbcnews.com)
  • Chris Erchull, Attorney at GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, said, "These dangerous anti-transgender bills are part of an alarming nationwide effort to target transgender young people. (glad.org)
  • Transgender people face significant existing societal stigma against the LGBT+ community in Egypt, a conservative Muslim nation. (wikipedia.org)
  • Reportedly, the statistics of criminal acts committed against the transgender community have not been available because they have had a history of going unreported. (wikipedia.org)
  • Transgender and gender non-conforming people, especially trans women of color, risk our lives by living as our true selves -- and we are being violently killed for doing so," said Tori Cooper, HRC Director of Community Engagement for the Transgender Justice Initiative. (hrc.org)
  • Transgender people do not enjoy similar acceptance in the American community. (irishcentral.com)
  • Many are also supporting the drag community , which has also been the target of protests and legislation. (news4jax.com)
  • HRC envisions a world where LGBTQ+ people are embraced as full members of society at home, at work and in every community. (windycitytimes.com)
  • We are a community of people aware that someone close to us will, in the future, be in fear for their lives, be hurt, possibly even murdered. (gendertalk.com)
  • Anger erupted after New York City police arrested 13 people during a raid at the Stonewall Inn, a bar and safe space for the LGBTQ+ community. (kron4.com)
  • However, violent crimes and other hate incidents against SGM persons are consistently not reported and prosecuted because of chronic distrust between the SGM community and police. (bvsalud.org)
  • One will allow individuals, businesses and taxpayer-funded agencies to refuse goods or services by citing religion as the legal reason. (yahoo.com)
  • This brave individual is one of several trans masculine people and allies who, despite their fears, recently came forward to add their voice of experience to a video challenging discriminatory language in the media. (holyrood.com)
  • LGBTQ+ people and their allies protested for days. (kron4.com)
  • The legal status of such healthcare varies. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Bill prohibits discrimination against a transgender person in areas such as education, employment, and healthcare. (prsindia.org)
  • In July 2017, President Trump tweeted "the United States will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in the U.S. Military. (irishcentral.com)
  • If you attended one, you very likely heard that, in the US, one or more transgender individuals a month are murdered. (gendertalk.com)
  • The objective of this study is to describe transgender women's and men's labor market discrimination. (bvsalud.org)
  • Smaller events are also planned that bring people together, but Swindle said those won't be widely advertised because of security concerns and potential threats. (news4jax.com)
  • As legislation targeting transgender Americans continues its record-breaking expansion, the scope of the trans voter disenfranchisement issue is still not widely understood. (arcamax.com)
  • The Committee would comprise a medical officer, a psychologist or psychiatrist, a district welfare officer, a government official, and a transgender person. (prsindia.org)
  • A private member Bill was introduced in Rajya Sabha by Mr. Tiruchi Siva in 2014 to guarantee rights and provide welfare measures for transgender persons. (prsindia.org)
  • A proposed constitutional amendment would ban adoption by gay couples and stigmatize transgender children. (nbcnews.com)
  • Marriage licence clerks may not have to sign forms for same-sex couples under impending legislation. (yahoo.com)
  • that a person with disability is disadvantaged through a failure to take measures for accessibility to enable the person to come into a situation comparable with that of persons without this disability where such measures are reasonable on the basis of accessibility require- ments in laws and other statutes. (lu.se)
  • It is unclear how such laws would apply to transgender persons who may not identify with either of the two genders. (prsindia.org)
  • In so doing, activists said, the court set a new legal standard that calls for changes to laws in. (splcenter.org)
  • While the court lacks a strong enforcement mechanism, the ruling sets a new legal guideline for all 47 countries party to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), including 20 that still have sterilization laws on the books. (splcenter.org)
  • When they're not busy having their squad cars decorated in rainbow flags or virtue-signaling on Twitter about their pronouns, the police are busy telling the public how to think, having dedicated a vast amount of time, money, and resources into "raising awareness" and encouraging people to report their neighbors' supposed hate crimes. (city-journal.org)
  • In 2003 Parliament enacted the Alteration of Sex Description and Sex Status Act, which allows a transgender person who has undergone medical or surgical gender reassignment to apply to the Department of Home Affairs to have the sex description altered on their birth record. (wikipedia.org)
  • that transgender people can legally self-declare their own gender without any medical assessments. (hrw.org)
  • General Dunford, head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Defense Secretary Jim Mattis had to intervene and guarantee trans people already serving that they wouldn't be fired or denied any medical procedures. (irishcentral.com)
  • A wide variety of medical treatments exist, and different procedures are suitable for different transgender patients, depending on numerous factors. (srlp.org)
  • The legislation would apply prospectively when a municipality creates an "incentive district" TIF over territory served by township fire and emergency medical services. (bricker.com)
  • For more information about HRC's transgender justice work, visit hrc.org/Transgender . (hrc.org)
  • This leaves millions of our most marginalized people at risk of potential discrimination at work and in their daily lives. (hrc.org)
  • Zero tolerance is based on the prohibition outlined in the Discrimination Act and work environment legislation and a heightened awareness within the University of the importance of a good organisational and social work environment. (lu.se)
  • Regarding their current work situations, 33.85% of transgender women and 45.16% of transgender men stated that they do not have a current occupation. (bvsalud.org)
  • While the bills themselves would directly harm LGTBQ+ people and their families if passed, the environment created by the debate and discussion of these bills is already causing harm. (hrc.org)