Transgender / Transsexual

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US Navy Grants Waiver for Trans Troop to Serve as their True Gender in Blow to Trump’s Ban

A transgender service member in the US Navy has been granted a waiver to present as the correct gender for the first time since Trump’s trans military ban became law. Trump’s infamous ban came into force in April 2019, almost two full years after the president first announced his intention to exclude all trans people from the military. The Navy confirmed that a trans service member has been granted a waiver in a statement provided to CNN on Friday (May 15). “The acting secretary of the Navy has approved a specific request for exemption related to military service by transgender persons and persons with gender dysphoria,” […]

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News Outlets Backtrack after ‘Deadnaming’ Transgender Woman in Obituary

Following the death of Aimee Stephens — the transgender woman at the center of a high-profile LGBTQ discrimination case pending before the Supreme Court — a different name appeared in several news articles announcing that she had died Tuesday. The New York Times, The Associated Press and the Detroit News were among the media outlets that published Stephens’ former legal name, the male name she had used prior to her gender transition in 2013. The publication of her previous name, colloquially referred to as “deadnaming,” drew swift and fierce reaction from LGBTQ rights groups and advocates. “It serves no purpose of integrity […]

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The woman who Brought the First trans Rights Case to the Supreme Court, has Died

Aimee Stephens, the woman who brought the first-ever transgender civil rights case to the Supreme Court, has tragically died. Stephens, 58, had kidney disease and had been receiving hospice care at home in recent weeks. She died at home this morning, according to her brother-in-law John Pedit. Her case was one of a trio of LGBT+ cases the Supreme Court heard on October 8, which between them could determine whether millions of LGBT+ workers are protected under the US’s most powerful federal workplace anti-discrimination law, or whether it is legal to fire people on the basis of their identity. In Stephens’ case, […]

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Republican Governor Launches Supreme Court bid to Deny Trans Prisoner Surgery

Idaho governor Brad Little, the person responsible for some of America’s most transphobic laws, has appealed to the Supreme Court to avoid paying for a transgender inmate’s gender confirmation surgery. Little filed a petition after being ordered to provide surgery for 31-year-old Adree Edmo, a trans woman who is being housed in a men’s facility in Idaho. She is serving 10 years for sexually abusing a 15-year-old boy when she was 22, and is not eligible for parole. Edmo was diagnosed with gender dysphoria while in prison and her condition has grown so severe that she has reportedly attempted to […]

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Utah Trans Police Officer Sues after Alleged Discrimination

A trans police officer in Utah is suing his former employer after alleged discrimination at work drove him to alcohol and suicidal thoughts. Taylor Scruggs had worked for the Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake (UPD) for ten years without issue, but when he came out as trans in 2015 he started to experience problems. In a lawsuit, Scruggs alleges that his co-workers began to make snide and hostile remarks, and that a “Men Only” sign was put on a previously unisex bathroom. The former officer says he was also deprived of help from superiors, and was lumped with […]

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Transgender Rights Are Not Under Lockdown!

 The transgender community, which is one of the populations that has been most affected by the coronavirus pandemic, has been explicitly excluded from contingency plans that seek to prevent the virus’ spread. Sex workers have been left to their own devices during this health crisis and they can practically only count on themselves. Due to confinement, most of them can’t go out to work, and to stop working is not a choice when they live on a day by day basis and the only housing they can afford are “pagadiarios” (places for which they pay by the day.) Some of […]

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Non-binary Coronavirus Victim Kept a Journal of Illness until their Death

A 37-year-old non-binary person who passed away from coronavirus this week kept a heartbreaking online journal of their experience. PJ McClelland from Florida, who died on April 11, had gained hundreds of followers as they shared their experience of having COVID-19 through daily Facebook posts. They were originally screened for coronavirus on March 23 and sent to be tested the next day. A few days later they found out they had a positive test result. They had no underlying health conditions other than a recent diagnosis of sleep apnea. Their update that day read: “I’m getting sicker by the day. It feels […]

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Trans People Suffering under the Coronavirus Lockdown with no Government Aid

Trans people in Pakistan are being deprived of support during the pandemic lockdown, according to alarming reports from the country. Regions across Pakistan have imposed a lockdown, with the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country standing at 5,300. Pakistani outlet The News reported concerns about the lack of support for trans people – many of whom were living in extreme poverty even before the lockdown, and have been left to fend for themselves as NGOs who previously helped them have stopped working. Trans people ‘ignored as if we are not humans’. Shakila, a trans woman from Peshawar, told the newspaper: […]

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Year after Trans Military Ban, Legal Battle Rages on

In the year since the Trump administration banned transgender individuals from serving in the military, a number of advocacy groups have challenged the policy and many active service members say they’ve been forced to choose between continued service and their dignity and basic health care needs. When the administration implemented the ban on April 12, 2019, it ended an Obama-era policy that allowed trans men and women to serve openly and to receive transition-related medical care while enlisted. “The Trump-Pence administration has shamefully told thousands of qualified transgender military members that we aren’t good enough and our service doesn’t matter.” ARMY […]

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Trans Groups Push for Urgent Government Funding

Multiple transgender organisations have joined calls for the US government to provide urgent funding to support trans people through the coronavirus pandemic. The California-based groups have written to governor Gavin Newsom proposing the creation of an Emergency Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund to address the urgent and long-term needs of the trans community. Trans people are among the most marginalised groups in the country, the open letter explains, and face significant barriers in society which have have only been exacerbated by the coronavirus. “The structural and institutional change that must occur to counter these barriers means an investment in trans-led organisations and services, […]

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