• While there is much debate about the rights of women in the Middle East and the rights of gay and lesbian people have also begun to attract some attention, consideration of transgender rights is long overdue. (al-bab.com)
  • Across the globe, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people (LGBT) continue to face endemic violence, legal discrimination, and other human rights violations on account of their sexual orientation or gender identity. (amnestyusa.org)
  • In the U.S., Amnesty International welcomes the recent appointment of Randall Berry as the State Department's first-ever Special Envoy for the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex People . (amnestyusa.org)
  • ILGA - the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association - is the world federation of national and local organisations dedicated to achieving equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) people across the globe. (brookes.ac.uk)
  • Whilst employers are becoming more aware of LGBT (Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) issues in the workplace, there is still a lack of understanding of transgender issues in some quarters. (hospitalitylaw.co.uk)
  • Credit Claims For Boston Couples: Legal Considerations For Joint Finances - Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in the US state of Massachusetts have the same rights as non-LGBT people. (limogesporcelainboxes.com)
  • Last year, the Wisconsin legislature held sessions on a bill that, if passed, would terminate all state funding of hormone therapy and sex reassignment surgery for transgender people in state custody. (lambdalegal.org)
  • In 2002, Lambda Legal represented a transgender man who had undergone sex reassignment surgery and obtained a court order declaring that his sex had been changed. (lambdalegal.org)
  • Despite the order, the Virginia Department of Vital Records refused to change the sex marker on his birth certificate, claiming that no such change was possible until the man underwent a phalloplasty - an expensive form of sex reassignment surgery that is not always deemed medically necessary and that, moreover, is not required by the relevant Virginia laws and regulations. (lambdalegal.org)
  • The current term in widest use for modification of sexual characteristics is gender reassignment surgery (GRS), a term which reflects the belief that transsexual people do not consider themselves to be changing their sex, but to be correcting their bodies. (t-vox.org)
  • April Ashley was born male and had undergone hormonal treatment and sex reassignment surgery, including vaginoplasty. (icj.org)
  • In addition, same-sex couples are allowed to adopt, and transgender people can change their legal gender without undergoing sex reassignment surgery. (limogesporcelainboxes.com)
  • They had previously been required to undergo sex-reassignment surgery and sterilization before making the request. (washingtonblade.com)
  • The Dutch Senate late last year approved a bill slated to take effect on July 1 that will allow trans people to legally change their gender without undergoing sterilization and sex-reassignment surgery. (washingtonblade.com)
  • That part of the case will be sent back to a lower court to deliberate, according to Monday's ruling, which added that the requirement does not "directly compel" transgender individuals to undergo surgery. (advocate.com)
  • Japan's Supreme Court has ruled that a law requiring transgender individuals to undergo sterilization surgery to officially change their gender is unconstitutional on Wednesday. (yahoo.com)
  • That means they must have undergone invasive procedures including sterilization and plastic surgery. (advocate.com)
  • Last June, Denmark became the first European country to allow transgender people to obtain official documents reflecting their gender identity without needing to be diagnosed with a mental disorder or undergo surgeries resulting in irreversible sterilization. (amnestyusa.org)
  • The Supreme Court's decision is a step toward allowing transgender people to change their gender on official documents without the need for sterilization. (yahoo.com)
  • Danish lawmakers on Wednesday approved a bill that will allow transgender people to legally change their gender without sterilization and surgery. (washingtonblade.com)
  • Laursen and other European LGBT rights advocates said they hope other countries enact laws that allow trans people to legally change their gender without surgery or sterilization. (washingtonblade.com)
  • 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)
  • The legal status of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and transgender people (collectively referred to herein as sexual minorities) in American workplaces has undergone a partial revolution over the past half century: a revolution because that status has been significantly transformed, but only a partial one because in many parts of the country, there remains no statutory legal redress for overt discrimination against sexual minorities in the private sector workplace. (americanbar.org)
  • However, so long as there is no express federal statutory ban on employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, the legal status of sexual minority workers in America remains complicated, being a patchwork of constitutional case law, state and local statutes and ordinances, and contracts and torts case law developments. (americanbar.org)
  • Although most sexual minority employees may have some kind of legal protection against discrimination, and theoretically all public sector employees enjoy at least minimal constitutional protections against irrational discrimination, finding the appropriate legal theories and the venues in which to pursue them can require truly resourceful lawyering in those places where direct, express statutory protection is lacking. (americanbar.org)
  • Hamalainen argued that the registrar's refusal to update her legal gender without first ending her marriage violated three statutes within the European Convention on Human Rights -- articles 8, 12, and 14, which protect a right to privacy, right to marriage, and prohibit discrimination, respectively. (advocate.com)
  • India's Supreme Court took proactive action, recognizing transgender people as a legal third gender and granting transgender Indians status as an official minority requiring protection from discrimination. (amnestyusa.org)
  • Transgender women-people designated male at birth but who identify and may present themselves as women-face systemic discrimination in education, employment, housing, and the provision of health care in Lebanon. (gaysonoma.com)
  • This report focuses on the systemic discrimination that transgender women experience in Lebanon. (gaysonoma.com)
  • According to nearly all the people interviewed for this report, the lack of employment opportunities for transgender individuals residing in Lebanon is the most grueling form of discrimination they face. (gaysonoma.com)
  • Awards for transgender discrimination can include an element of financial loss as well as an award for injury to feelings. (hospitalitylaw.co.uk)
  • The person who feels subjected to the behaviour is the one to determine what they perceive to be discrimination or harassment. (lu.se)
  • In order for the case to be a question everyday language, the word discrimination is often used to refer to diffe- rent kinds of unfair treatment, but not all unfair treatment is discrimination of harassment, the action or behaviour must be in the legal sense. (lu.se)
  • The prohibition of discrimination been treated in a comparable situation, if the treatment is linked to one of on the ground of sex also includes persons who have undergone, or who the seven grounds on which discrimination occurs. (lu.se)
  • 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)
  • The objective of this study is to describe transgender women's and men's labor market discrimination. (bvsalud.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)
  • These data might inform state legislative efforts to craft policies preventing discrimination in health coverage for state residents, including transgender and gender-diverse patients. (bvsalud.org)
  • Denmark on Wednesday became the first European country to allow transgender people to legally change their gender without undergoing medical and psychological treatment. (washingtonblade.com)
  • AP) - After months of defiance, Montana's health department said Monday it will follow a judge's ruling and temporarily allow transgender people to change the gender on their birth certificates. (keyc.com)
  • 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)
  • Possession of inaccurate identity documentation may limit a person's ability to travel, apply for jobs or educational programs or obtain necessary government services, and makes transgender people vulnerable to violence and harassment. (lambdalegal.org)
  • While Finland does not currently offer the option of marriage to same-sex couples, yesterday's ruling could have implications for the legality of England and Wales' ' spousal veto ,' which requires a transgender person's spouse to sign off on their transition before that individual is granted accurate documentation, in addition to consenting to have their marriage become a same-sex union. (advocate.com)
  • If the transgender person's spouse does not consent, they can effectively stall their partner's transition, and may be forced to divorce if the trans partner wants to complete their legal gender transition. (advocate.com)
  • These older theories dismiss the identity of the trans person in question in favour of the medical person's own views on what the gender of the trans person should be. (t-vox.org)
  • [1] Is a person's sex a biological fact, a legal construction, or a bit of both? (icj.org)
  • Rather than returning to a 2017 rule that allowed transgender residents to file an affidavit with the health department to correct the gender on their birth certificate, the state instead issued a rule saying a person's sex could not be changed, even after having surgery. (keyc.com)
  • According to the Discrimina- to someone else in a comparable situation, or when a person's dignity is tion Act, the person who is harassing the victim violated. (lu.se)
  • gender identity is considered to be an inherent part of a person which may or may not need surgical or hormonal treatment or therapy" [and that] "sex characteristics of a person vary in nature and all persons must be empowered to make their decisions affecting their own bodily integrity and physical autonomy. (amnestyusa.org)
  • People who are not clearly male or female used to be known as hermaphrodites though the preferred term nowadays is intersex . (al-bab.com)
  • Hill's bill contains one exception, allowing surgeries in the cases of minors who are intersex or have "external biological sex characteristics that are ambiguous and irresolvable," but requires them to undergo a medical examination or genetic testing to "verify" their identity or determine they do not have a "normal sex chromosome structure. (metroweekly.com)
  • Of course, in practice, surgeries on intersex individuals often occur in infancy or early childhood, meaning that they are performed without obtaining the consent of the individual undergoing a procedure. (metroweekly.com)
  • (ECU, 2016) Trans people may for example identify as non-binary, non-gendered, gender variant, or gender-fluid and, some intersex people may identify as trans. (brookes.ac.uk)
  • The bill, known as the "Transgender 21 Act," introduced by State Sen. Angela Burks Hill (R-Picayune), would prohibit medical providers from recommending certain treatments, particularly surgical interventions, for transgender minors, and would penalize doctors and medical providers who attempt to assist minors in transitioning to a gender that does not match their assigned sex at birth - even if the treatment does not include surgical intervention. (metroweekly.com)
  • For extra measure, Hill's bill also contains a provision - unrelated to medical interventions for transgender youth - intended to protect practitioners of conversion therapy. (metroweekly.com)
  • It is not loving to affirm the idea that a person is 'trapped in the wrong body' - especially when this could encourage them to undergo medical interventions that are dangerous both physically and psychologically. (christian.org.uk)
  • Legally, physicians in Lebanon can prescribe hormone treatment and surgical interventions for trans people. (gaysonoma.com)
  • The Supreme Court declined to rule on the other provision requiring transgender individuals to have genital organs "resembling" the opposite sex, saying it was constitutional. (advocate.com)
  • Some gender non-conforming people identify as non-binary, genderqueer, trans masculine, trans feminine, agender, bigender or other identities that reflect their personal experience. (hrc.org)
  • Are there other identities used by the transgender and non-binary community? (hrc.org)
  • There are many identities used by people in the transgender and non-binary community which describe their personal experience of gender. (hrc.org)
  • However, the University seeks to go beyond legal compliance in recognising that the current legislation does not cover a fully inclusive definition of trans identities. (brookes.ac.uk)
  • This usage is highly offensive and an example of how cisgender people attempt to erase transsexual identities . (t-vox.org)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • After the country's laws were revised in 2002, allowing citizens to legally update their gender, Hamalainen sought out legal recognition as a woman. (advocate.com)
  • It was not disproportionate to require the conversion of a marriage into a registered partnership as a precondition to legal recognition of an acquired gender as that was a genuine option which provided legal protection for same-sex couples that was almost identical to that of marriage,' the court said in its ruling. (advocate.com)
  • the past twelve months have seen great victories for the legal recognition of same-sex couples , as equal marriage rights went into effect in Scotland, Luxembourg, nineteen U.S. states, and the Mexican state of Coahuila, and as Chile and Croatia approved same-sex civil unions legislation. (amnestyusa.org)
  • In April, John Jeannette Solstad Remø - backed by thousands of Amnesty letter-writers - won backing from a key Norwegian government committee in her effort to win legal recognition of her gender without undergoing compulsory surgery. (amnestyusa.org)
  • The Gender Recognition Act 2004 allows people to apply to the Gender Recognition Panel for full legal recognition of their affirmed gender. (brookes.ac.uk)
  • We are very happy that the law regarding legal recognition of gender identity has been updated," added Sarah Baagøe Petersen, vice chair of Lambda, another Danish LGBT advocacy group, in an e-mail to the Blade. (washingtonblade.com)
  • We are very pleased to see the Argentinian model for legal gender recognition being introduced in Europe by Denmark today," said ILGA-Europe Co-Chair Paulo Côrte-Real. (washingtonblade.com)
  • The National Coalition for the Establishment of Laws for Persons with Difficulties Due to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, also known as the LGBT Law Coalition, also applauded the decision - while saying it hoped the Supreme Court would make a "fair decision" on the remaining requirements for transgender individuals. (advocate.com)
  • The European Court of Human Rights declared Wednesday that countries can legally require transgender citizens to get divorced before issuing updated identification documents, lest the spouses become a legally recognized same-sex couple, reports U.K. LGBT site PinkNews . (advocate.com)
  • We are also gravely concerned by the number of transgender people, especially transwomen of color, who have been murdered this year, and by the ongoing violence against LGBT immigrants subject to detention in the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) system. (amnestyusa.org)
  • Transsexual peoples' association with the LGBT and the Queer communities is fraught with problems. (t-vox.org)
  • Transgender, or trans, is an umbrella term for people whose gender identity is different from the sex assigned to them at birth. (hrc.org)
  • Gender non-conforming is an umbrella term referring to people who do not identify in a way that conforms to the traditional expectations of their gender, or whose gender expression does not fit neatly into a category. (hrc.org)
  • Transsexuality (also known as transsexualism ) is one of a number of behaviours or states collectively referred to as transgender , which is generally considered an umbrella term for people who do not conform to typical gender roles. (t-vox.org)
  • After the law took effect, Lambda Legal and cocounsel ACLU filed a constitutional challenge in federal district court, asserting that the law violated the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments of the federal Constitution and we obtained a preliminary injunction barring the law from taking effect. (lambdalegal.org)
  • Lambda Legal is awaiting the outcome of the class certification motion we filed asking the court to certify a class of transgender people who are, or will be, in the state's custody. (lambdalegal.org)
  • Lambda Legal wrote a letter to the Virginia Attorney General threatening to sue the state over the agency's actions. (lambdalegal.org)
  • Plaintiff, a transgender woman with gender dysphoria, spent six months incarcerated in the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center. (justia.com)
  • 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)
  • Officials at Virginia's Office of Vital Records stated that, because he had not had a phalloplasty, the man didn't meet the state's legal requirement of changing his sex "by medical procedure. (lambdalegal.org)
  • Tokyo (CNN) - Japan's top court has ruled that a government requirement for transgender people to be sterilized before they could be legally recognized was unconstitutional, in a victory for the country's LGBTQ community years in the making. (advocate.com)
  • Attorneys, however, can work with public health departments to eradicate these misguided surgery requirements, and in states where court orders are required for document changes, attorneys can help their transgender clients by filing petitions that present sufficient evidence of gender transition. (lambdalegal.org)
  • The law has long been decried by rights groups, and previous challenges in court have been struck down - until this case, brought by a transgender woman who wanted to change her legal gender from male to female without surgery. (advocate.com)
  • The Strasbourg, France-based court's decision considered the case of a Finnish national named Hamalainen, who in 1996 underwent gender-confirming surgery. (advocate.com)
  • Activists say the law, which was passed by the Senate late Wednesday, breaks new ground in the world because it allows transgender people to change their legal identity without first having to undergo sex change surgery or hormone therapy. (visionews.net)
  • But if they do decide to undergo physical changes, the new legislation guarantees them access to surgery or hormone treatment in both the public and private health care systems. (visionews.net)
  • But it is similar to bills introduced in other legislatures that seek to prevent minors from obtaining hormones and puberty blockers, or undergoing surgery to treat their gender dysphoria. (metroweekly.com)
  • The fact that transgender people can now freely apply to change their gender - legally - without surgery or a psychological evaluation is a big step in the right direction. (washingtonblade.com)
  • Argentinian President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in 2012 signed what is considered the world's most progressive trans rights law that allows people in the South American country to legally change their gender on official documents without surgery and an affidavit from a doctor or another medical provider. (washingtonblade.com)
  • The judge issued a scathing order Monday morning saying health officials made "calculated violations" of his order, which had told them to temporarily stop enforcing a law blocking transgender people from changing their gender on their birth certificates unless they had undergone surgery. (keyc.com)
  • For adult gender-dysphoric/gender-incongruent persons, the treating clinicians (collectively) should have expertise in transgender-specific diagnostic criteria, mental health, primary care, hormone treatment, and surgery, as needed by the patient. (medscape.com)
  • Design, Setting, and Participants: Population epidemiology study of transgender and gender-diverse patients undergoing gender-affirming surgery (facial, chest, and genital surgery) between 2005 and 2019. (bvsalud.org)
  • Main Outcomes and Measures: Receipt of gender-affirming surgery, defined as undergoing at least 1 facial, chest, or genital procedure. (bvsalud.org)
  • Median ages were 34.0 years in California (with or without gender-affirming surgery), 39 years (IQR, 28-49 years) among those undergoing gender-affirming surgery in control states, and 36 years (IQR, 22-56 years) among those not undergoing gender-affirming surgery in control states. (bvsalud.org)
  • Patients underwent at least 1 gender-affirming surgery within the study period in 2918 (11.6%) admissions-2715 (15.1%) in California vs 203 (2.8%) in control states. (bvsalud.org)
  • Our approach to transgender equality and gender identity inclusion operates under the framework of Oxford Brookes University's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Harassment and Bullying policies and the Brookes Charter . (brookes.ac.uk)
  • We have adopted a Transgender and Gender Identity Equality Policy . (brookes.ac.uk)
  • The Equality Act 2010 provides protection for people who propose to undergo, are undergoing or have undergone a process (or part of a process) of gender reassignment. (brookes.ac.uk)
  • 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)
  • that transgender people can legally self-declare their own gender without any medical assessments. (hrw.org)
  • The European Court of Human Rights ruled Wednesday that countries which require married trans people to divorce prior to legally updating their gender are not in violation of the European human rights statutes. (advocate.com)
  • Under Japanese law, transgender people must meet several requirements, including presenting a diagnosis of gender dysphoria and having specific physical characteristics, to change their gender legally. (yahoo.com)
  • Some courts reject the notion that a person can be legally recognised in a new sex for the purpose of marriage, even if that person has been recognised in the new sex for other purposes. (icj.org)
  • Same-sex sex has been legal since 1974, although Massachusetts has yet to legally repeal its sodomy law. (limogesporcelainboxes.com)
  • Noting that statistics show that close to 40% of transgender people will attempt suicide at some point in their lives - often due to being denied medical care or not having their gender identity acknowledged - the ACLU of Mississippi said in the statement that the government should not be intervening in personal medical decisions. (metroweekly.com)
  • The ACLU represents the plaintiffs, two transgender people who want to change their birth certificates. (keyc.com)
  • In April, Moses temporarily blocked a law passed by the Republican-controlled 2021 Legislature that would require transgender residents to undergo a surgical procedure and obtain a court order before being able to change the sex on their birth certificate. (keyc.com)
  • Perhaps most galling, the bill will allow cisgender minors to receive breast enhancement or reduction surgeries, but would deny the exact same procedures to transgender youth. (metroweekly.com)
  • The Trump administration has justified its stance on reversing the Obama-era guidance by suggesting that transgender student protections should be determined at a state and local level. (metroweekly.com)
  • Whether or not all transgender students are afforded protections across the board may depend on the outcome of a case now pending before the Supreme Court. (metroweekly.com)
  • In November 2018, it became the first state in the country to support transgender protections through a popular vote. (limogesporcelainboxes.com)
  • Inclusive language and terminology relating to gender identity and trans people are evolving rapidly, and individuals will have differing terms with which they identify according to their backgrounds and experiences. (brookes.ac.uk)
  • In Qatar during the first few days of 2016 several cinemas began screening The Danish Girl - a film about a transgender artist. (al-bab.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)
  • METHODS: A nationally representative sample of children under 15years underwent household-based, two-stage HIV testing from November 2016-May 2017. (cdc.gov)
  • The legal dispute comes as conservative lawmakers in numerous states including Montana have sought to restrict transgender rights, including banning transgender girls from competing in girls school sports. (keyc.com)
  • A different Montana judge last week determined a law passed by state lawmakers seeking to ban transgender women from participating on female collegiate sports teams was unconstitutional. (keyc.com)
  • Oxford Brookes University will not tolerate transphobic harassment and bullying (eg using the wrong name or pronoun in relation to a transgender person or persistently referring to their gender identity history). (brookes.ac.uk)
  • Employers need to take positive action to prevent harassment of transgender staff by other staff, clients or members of the public. (hospitalitylaw.co.uk)
  • Cisgender describes people whose gender identity or expression aligns with traits typically associated with the sex assigned to them at birth. (hrc.org)
  • If someone shares their gender identity with you, we also encourage you to respect them and to embrace the diversity inherent in the transgender and non-binary community. (hrc.org)
  • Under a law enacted 20 years ago , transgender individuals who want their identity documents amended must have been diagnosed with "gender identity disorder," be at least 18 years old, be unmarried and without any underage children. (advocate.com)
  • Hotlines that cater to members of the transgender community reported a spike in calls after the Trump administration reversed guidance from the Obama administration guaranteeing transgender students are able to access restrooms that match their gender identity. (metroweekly.com)
  • Part of that law prohibits transgender people from using the bathroom that matches their gender identity. (metroweekly.com)
  • Buenos Aires, May 10, 2012 (IPS) - Under a new law that recognises a broad range of rights for transvestites, transsexuals and transgender persons in Argentina, they will have the right to modify their legal documents to match their gender identity. (visionews.net)
  • Emiliano Litardo, a lawyer who helped draft the bill and is a legal adviser with the National Front for the Gender Identity Law (FNLIG), told IPS that it took more than nine months to prepare, drawing - and improving - on laws in force in different European countries. (visionews.net)
  • As we move from International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia this week to Pride month in the United States, Amnesty International stands with everyone working to guarantee the fundamental human rights of all persons, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. (amnestyusa.org)
  • Transgender ideology claims that each person has a 'gender identity' (an internal sense of gender) which may or may not align with their biological sex. (christian.org.uk)
  • Trans and transgender are inclusive umbrella terms for people whose gender identity and/or gender expression differs from the sex (male or female) they were assigned at birth. (brookes.ac.uk)
  • Transgender marriage occurs when a change of gender identity is judicially recognised in the context of marriage. (icj.org)
  • People who were assigned male at birth (AMAB) and have adopted a gender identity as a woman, regardless of whether they have undergone any medical gender transition. (msdmanuals.com)
  • For example, if a person identifies as male and is most comfortable referring to his personal gender in masculine terms, then his gender identity is male. (medscape.com)
  • Transgender women are people who were designated male at birth but who identify and may present themselves as women. (al-bab.com)
  • The term may include, but is not limited to, trans men and women, non-binary people and dual role people. (brookes.ac.uk)
  • This law has been regularly enforced to arrest transgender women who are misidentified as "gay men. (gaysonoma.com)
  • Most transgender women told Human Rights Watch that social stigma and the combination of vague laws that police morality, regulate sex work, and are interpreted to criminalize adult consensual same-sex conduct, has had an insidious effect on their individual self-expression, forcing them to adopt self-censoring behavior because any suspicion of non-conformity may lead to violence or arrest. (gaysonoma.com)
  • The cycle of oppression spun for transgender women in Lebanon often begins with domestic violence at home. (gaysonoma.com)
  • This violence, in many cases perpetrated by a dominant male figure in the family, goes unpunished, pushing transgender women out of their homes, and in the case of refugees and asylum seekers, their countries. (gaysonoma.com)
  • This reality, coupled with the stigma that transgender women face in the public and private health sectors due to their gender expression, impede trans women's right to a safe, affordable, and inclusive system of health protection. (gaysonoma.com)
  • This resolution is an entrance into a conversation and shows a commitment where trans people's presence in Kansas City is valued," said Merrique Jenson, a transgender and founder of Transformations KC, a non-profit group that advocates for trans "women of color," told the city council in support of the sanctuary state resolution. (newstarget.com)
  • Transsexual men and women exhibit the same range of sexual orientations as cisgender people do. (t-vox.org)
  • In this case, we're not talking about the fact that one of these people enslaved hundreds - including several of his own children - or the fact that one of those women was a descendant of enslaved Black Americans. (popdust.com)
  • Because of the medical risks involved in the surgical construction of male genitalia, physical appearance tests are significantly harder for transgender men to meet than transgender women. (icj.org)
  • 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)
  • The Wisconsin law was a particularly egregious example of the barriers to health care many transgender people face. (lambdalegal.org)
  • This would allow someone to change legal sex without any need for the consent of two doctors, or to have lived as a member of the opposite sex for two years. (christian.org.uk)
  • In contrast, some transgender people often do not identify as being of or wanting to be the opposite sex, but as being of or wanting to be another gender. (t-vox.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)
  • They argued that the previously introduced bills stigmatised them by requiring people seeking authorisation for a change in gender on their identity cards to submit to often degrading examinations by psychologists, psychiatrists, medical doctors and judges. (visionews.net)
  • The bill is the first of its kind to impose a restriction on personal medical decisions for adults of legal age who are otherwise entitled to vote, enter contracts, fight in the Armed Forces, attend college, get married, and serve on juries. (metroweekly.com)
  • Best practice medical care for transgender youth simply delays puberty until young people are old enough to make their own decisions about their lived gender. (metroweekly.com)
  • Many struggle deeply to accept their male or female bodies and choose to undergo medical alterations. (christian.org.uk)
  • Trans people may or may not engage with medical intervention. (brookes.ac.uk)
  • A person does not have to be under medical supervision to have the protected characteristic of gender reassignment. (brookes.ac.uk)
  • The fact that they must unwillingly undergo removal of their reproductive capacity in order to match their self-identified sex with their legal sex is a cruel choice," the judgment said. (advocate.com)
  • Clinicians should monitor both transgender males (female to male) and transgender females (male to female) for reproductive organ cancer risk when surgical removal is incomplete. (medscape.com)
  • For example, Hijra communities are prevalent in South Asia and two-spirit people are common among Indigenous communities in North America. (hrc.org)
  • The latest news about the transgender takeover of America can be found at Transhumanism.news . (newstarget.com)
  • Transgender people identify as something other than their birth sex. (christian.org.uk)
  • Cisgender, or cis, generally refers to people who do not identify as transgender. (hrc.org)
  • Some people may not identify as cisgender, but that does not mean they are necessarily transgender. (hrc.org)
  • Non-binary is an identity embraced by some people who do not identify exclusively as a man or a woman. (hrc.org)
  • Non-binary people may identify as being both a man and a woman, somewhere in between or as falling completely outside of these categories. (hrc.org)
  • Such a person would now be called (and most likely identify herself as) a heterosexual trans woman. (t-vox.org)
  • You can also access country-specific information from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Stonewall produces Global Workplace Briefings providing advice about the legal, socio-cultural and workplace situation for LGBTQ+ people in the specified country. (brookes.ac.uk)
  • Stonewall book from the transgender activist Leslie Feinberg, Stone Butch Organization (1993). (theinstanwidget.com)
  • It is both possible and valid to be a feminine trans masculine person, a masculine trans feminine person or any combination of identity and expression with which someone feels most comfortable. (hrc.org)
  • That means transgender persons can apply for the modification of their identity card, passport, and even birth certificate. (visionews.net)
  • The discrepancy between gender presentation and documentation is an enormous hurdle to access by transgender people to formal education, employment, housing or healthcare, unless they hide their transgender identity. (visionews.net)
  • To illustrate the kind of problems and humiliation they face, Valeria Ramírez, the head of the transgender section of the Buenos Aires AIDS Foundation (FBAS), told IPS in a December 2011 interview that "When we travel, they look at us as if we were criminals, studying our identity document or passport, and making us wait. (visionews.net)
  • For refugees and asylum seekers, not having the family safety net or social networks in a foreign country already marginalizes them, and their transgender identity further exacerbates their plight, especially given the absence of state services or shelters available to them. (gaysonoma.com)
  • Some see transgender as subsuming and erasing their identity, rejecting the term for themselves because to them it implies a breaking down of gender roles, when in fact they see themselves as fitting a gender role - just not the one they were assigned at birth. (t-vox.org)
  • But from the perspective of transgender Montanans who are seeking to obtain accurate identity documents, today's announcement is certainly progress," Rate said. (keyc.com)
  • The provision bans any arm of state or local government from prohibiting or penalizing any person who "gives or receives counsel, advice, guidance or any other speech or communication consistent with conscience or religious belief, whether or not the counsel, advice, guidance, speech or communication is described as therapy or provided for a fee. (metroweekly.com)
  • New guidance was recently published by the Government, in partnership with Inclusive Employers, on recruiting and retaining transgender staff. (hospitalitylaw.co.uk)
  • The Government guidance on recruitment and retention of transgender staff includes guidance on how to create a transgender-friendly workplace. (hospitalitylaw.co.uk)
  • Though prison deputies initially assigned her to women's housing, they quickly moved her to men's housing when they learned that she was transgender. (justia.com)
  • Various state officials attempted to educate the legislators about transgender health needs, testifying that transgender inmates removed from their medication were likely to require new treatments for resulting conditions, such as depression and suicidal ideation. (lambdalegal.org)
  • But LGBTQ advocates say that leaving the decision up to states or individual school districts creates an uneven and patchwork system in which the treatment of transgender students can be subject to the whims of administrators or politicians like school board members and state legislators who oversee education policy. (metroweekly.com)
  • In August the UN Committee against Torture issued a report condemning excessive use of force by police in the deaths of several persons in custody since 2014. (state.gov)
  • The organization also expressed "strong regret" over recent discriminatory incidents against transgender individuals, including widespread "anxiety and fear" over transgender individuals using their bathrooms of choice. (advocate.com)
  • The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. (who.int)
  • Specialist legal advice should be sought in relation to any queries that may arise. (hospitalitylaw.co.uk)
  • Rate did not know how many people have sought to correct their birth certificate in recent months, but he was aware of people who had contacted the court after the April injunction and up through Monday. (keyc.com)
  • As a result, numerous transgender inmates in state prisons faced the abrupt termination of the hormone therapy they had received for years. (lambdalegal.org)
  • The transgender inmates we represent have now been restored to their full dosage of hormone therapy as the case advances toward trial. (lambdalegal.org)
  • The historic decision is only the 12th time since World War II that the Supreme Court has judged a legal provision as unconstitutional, thus forcing Japan's parliament to review the law, NHK reported. (advocate.com)
  • While many also identify as transgender, not all non-binary people do. (hrc.org)
  • Some, but not all, gender non-conforming people identify as transgender. (hrc.org)
  • According to the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention], almost 2% of high school students identify as transgender," the statement reads. (metroweekly.com)
  • However, many in the transsexual community do not identify as transgender. (t-vox.org)
  • Many trans people identify with those communities but others do not, or prefer not to use the terms. (t-vox.org)
  • But if the individual decides to undergo any of these treatments, they must be provided, at no extra charge, by private or public health service providers. (visionews.net)
  • Meanwhile, in a more positive development, a Lebanese judge ruled that a transgender man could have his sex changed in the official records. (al-bab.com)
  • Local activists welcomed the Lebanese ruling as a modest step forward for transgender rights in a region where the crossing or blurring of gender boundaries usually meets with disapproval. (al-bab.com)
  • For Lebanese trans people, living within a geographically small and close-knit society means that family rejection can spiral outward to a sense of rejection by extended families, an entire neighborhood, or even an entire town. (gaysonoma.com)
  • But problems stemming from the misunderstanding of transgender health care needs are common, and often arise as transgender people navigate the complex maze of state vital records departments. (lambdalegal.org)
  • Missouri Republicans are so concerned about innocent children succumbing to this form of child abuse and the repercussions that often follow that Republican state Attorney General Andrew Bailey had considered an emergency rule that would require both adults and children to undergo at least one year of therapy before being allowed to even consider an attempted "sex change. (newstarget.com)
  • The state, Moses wrote, engaged "in needless legal gymnastics to attempt to rationalize their actions and their calculated violations of the order. (keyc.com)