Vic Parsons

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Trans People Are up to Six Times more Likely to Have Autism; Related Conditions: Study

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Transgender and gender-diverse people have higher rates of autism than cisgender people, a landmark study has confirmed. The research, published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Nature Communications, also found that trans people are more likely to be diagnosed with schizophrenia, ADHD, bipolar disorder, depression, learning difficulties or OCD than cis people.x The authors, led by Varun Warrier from Cambridge University’s Autism Research Centre, used five large existing datasets to closely examine whether people who have autism are more likely to be trans, and vice versa — something that’s been posited by previous research, but only by studies using small sample sizes. […]

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British Medical Association Rules Trans and Non-binary People Should be Able to Self-declare Gender

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Trans and non-binary people should be able to self-declare their legal gender without the need for a medical diagnosis, says the British Medical Association. And the British Medical Association (BMA) is calling on the government to ensure the rights of trans and non-binary people in accessing healthcare, after the successful ruling yesterday in favour of trans rights.x The trade union, which is the professional association of doctors in the UK, passed the historic motion at its Annual Representatives Meeting (ARM) meeting. The BMA motion declares the union supports: self-declaration of gender for trans and non-binary people, continued access to gender-related healthcare for under-18s, trans […]

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Teen Told She Can Undergo Hormone Therapy by Judge Despite Mother’s Objection

An Australian court has given permission for a 16-year-old trans girl to receive gender-affirming hormone therapy, overruling her mother who opposes her transition. The girl, given the name Imogen during proceedings, had “expressed a consistent, persistent and insistent view that she wishes to move to… gender affirming hormone treatment”, the judge said in his ruling at the Family Court. x Justice Garry Watts said Imogen is legally competent to consent to the treatment, correctly diagnosed with gender dysphoria, and that hormone therapy is in her best interests. Her father, who supports her transition, said the judge’s decision came as a relief. […]

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Arizona Refused to Cover Trans Healthcare for 40 Years, but that Might Change

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Two transgender teenagers are suing Arizona over its blanket ban on paying for transition-related healthcare for Medicaid recipients. The claimants, 17-year-old D.H. and 15-year-old John Doe, are bringing a class-action lawsuit alleging that their civil rights are being violated by Arizona’s prohibition on transition-related surgeries. Arizona is one of 10 states that explicitly bans coverage for transition-related treatments to transgender Medicaid recipients, according to Metro Weekly. The National Center for Lesbian Rights filed the complaint against the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System on August 6. “D.H. and John bring this lawsuit on behalf of themselves and similarly situated individuals to challenge Arizona’s […]

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Judge Suspends Idaho’s Anti-trans Law that Excludes Trans Women from Sports

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An Idaho judge has granted an injunction against enforcement of the state’s discriminatory law excluding trans athletes from the student sports teams corresponding to their true gender. The anti-trans bill, HB500, was signed into law by Republican governor Brad Little in the midst of the pandemic in March, alongside its sister bill HB509 that bars trans people from changing the gender marker on their birth certificate. In June, a judge ruled that HB509 is a violation of transgender people’s constitutional rights, in a lawsuit filed against Idaho by LGBT+ advocacy group Lambda Legal. And on Monday (August 17), another lawsuit against the anti-trans laws […]

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Trans Asylum Seeker Returned to El Salvador Murdered in Guatemala

A trans asylum seeker has been violently murdered in Guatemala, after fleeing gang-related persecution in El Salvador. The 27-year-old, who has not been named to protect her family, died last weekend. The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said that her violent death “highlights the need for effective protection to be granted to people forced to flee their countries, including members of the LGBT+ community”. UNHCR added that the woman had fled gender-based violence and persecution by gangs in her native El Salvador and applied for asylum in Guatemala in 2018. “We express our deep condolences to the family and loved ones of […]

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LGBT Youth ‘Robbed’ by Coronavirus, Says Head of The Trevor Project

The coronavirus pandemic has “robbed” LGBT+ youth – who already had a higher risk of mental-health problems – of support, the head of The Trevor Project has written. Writing for the World Economic Forum, Amit Paley, the CEO of youth suicide-prevention organisation The Trevor Project, called for better data to understand the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on queer youth. This follows a surge in the number of young LGBT+ people reaching out to The Trevor Project – the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organisation for young LGBT+ people – reaching double the usual numbers, at times. A study by the […]

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LGBT+ Voters Could Block Trump’s Re-election Bid’, Says GLAAD President

Sarah Kate Ellis, president of LGBT+ advocacy organisation GLAAD, is calling for LGBT+ people and their allies to do three crucial things ahead of the US election. “We have 100 days to impact the course of history and put LGBTQ+ equality and social justice back on the forward-moving path,” Ellis said in a passionate op-ed for The Advocate. Ellis urged everyone to register to vote, to talk to 10 people they know about how the election impacts them as an LGBT+ person, and, crucially, to get out and vote on November 3. Exit polls during the 2018 mid-terms suggested that six […]

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A Black Trans Army Vet was ‘Misgendered, Assaulted and Sexualized’ by Police

Black trans army veteran Jamel Young is suing the New York Police Department for their “dehumanising” treatment of him during what began as a routine traffic stop in 2019. Young, 33, had driven to New York from Atlanta, with his girlfriend, in March 2019. His ordeal began when, after dropping his girlfriend at a friend’s apartment, he began looking for somewhere to park. When an unmarked NYPD car pulled him over, Young said he didn’t panic. “I’m feeling like, OK, I didn’t do anything wrong, whatever this is I’ll take care of it,” Young told BuzzFeed News. But the US citizen said […]

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Publishers Refuse to Gender Correct A Trans Academic Name

When Theresa Jean Tanenbaum changed her name last summer, she realised she was now deadnamed in two decades worth of professional accomplishments. A trans woman who transitioned in her 40s, Tanenbaum is a designer and scholar of human-computer interactions who’s been published in dozens of journals. Not only was her deadname a traumatic reminder of her past, in her own words, but having new work published in her correct name meant she would lose the continuous record of her life’s work. “I was faced with what felt like an impossible choice: to abandon past work, or accept that I would never escape […]

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