Transgender
Transgender footballer marks first in top Argentina women's league
"Today I started and I can believe that things are happening, that they are succeeding," said Gomez, despite her team Villa San Carlos's loss 7-1 against Lanus,...
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'Juno' star Elliot Page comes out as transgender
The actor formerly known as Ellen Page thanked supporters in the trans community for helping him on his journey to 'finally love who I am enough to pursue my authentic self'.
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PODCAST: The Broken Rainbow: Transwomen with no safe healthcare -EP2
In the second episode of The Broken Rainbow, we listen to activists are calling for health authorities to explore other safer medication to help in the transition of transwomen.
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Is SA’s judicial system doing enough to protect rights of lesbian, trans women?
Gender-based violence is widespread and entrenched in South Africa with President Cyril Ramaphosa recently describing it as our second pandemic.
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Bolivia's first transgender news anchor puts LGBTQ issues front and centre
Leonie Dorado, the new co-host of Bolivian programme Aby Ayala TV, covers LGBTQ issues in her role, drawing on her own transition and life experience as a trans person.
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'Harry Potter' star says 'transgender women are women' after Rowling tweet row
The 'Harry Potter' author’s initial remarks prompted criticism and some abuse, though she has refused to back down.
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Malawi army denies homophobia motive for beating of transgender woman
Malawi Army spokesman Paul Chiphwanya disputed claims that the individual was targeted because of their sexual identity.
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Dutch beauty Youtuber unveils herself as transgender
She told her 12.7 million Youtube followers and 13.3 million Instagram followers that she had wanted to make the timing of the decision herself but had been forced to do so now by 'blackmail'.
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Transgender councillor elected in Bangladesh first
Pinki Khatun was elected as vice chair of a town council in the country's west on Monday after beating her nearest rival by more than 4,000 votes, local police chief Mahbubul Alam said.
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Court rules trans inmate Jade September be allowed to express her gender
Judge Chantal Fortuin found September's case amounted to unfair discrimination and ordered sensitisation training for all staff in the Department of Justice and Correctional Services.
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Scarlett Johansson: I should be allowed any role
The 34-year-old actress came under fire for accepting the role of a transgender man in the upcoming movie 'Rub & Tug' - a role which she exited after public outrage - but she has slammed the restriction of art.
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Trump blames drug use for transgender army ban
Donald Trump told Britain's ITV television in a wide-ranging interview that the military had strict rules regulating the use of prescription drugs.
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Rose McGowan says sorry to transgender community
The actress has insisted she is profoundly sorry for the controversial comments she made last year which suggested a transgender woman could not relate to the experience of a cisgender woman.
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US court rules for Trump on transgender military limits
President Trump announced in March that he would endorse a plan by former Defence Secretary Jim Mattis to restrict the military service of transgender people who experience a condition called gender dysphoria
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Miss Spain breaking barriers as first transgender Miss Universe hopeful
The willowy beauty is making history since the pageant reversed a longstanding policy in 2012 that participants must be 'naturally born' women.
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Transgender activist Caitlyn Jenner says regrets backing Trump
Jenner also denounced Trump's ban on trans people serving in the military and his administration's rollback of Obama-era protections for trans schoolchildren.
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In first, transgender woman wins Democratic nomination for Vermont governor
She defeated three other Democrats on Tuesday and will take on incumbent Governor Phil Scott, a Republican, in the 6 November general election, unofficial results showed.
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US judge rules against Trump policy restricting transgender troops
President Donald Trump announced that he would endorse a plan to restrict the military service of transgender people who experience a condition called gender dysphoria.
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Istanbul's gay, transgender community hold rally, after pride march banned
The march used to see tens of thousands of people parade down Istanbul’s main Istiklal street, but Sunday’s rally drew a much smaller crowd.
