Tag: transgender
Donald Trump asks Supreme Court to review case blocking his transgender military ban
Donald Trump’s administration on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review lower court rulings blocking a policy barring certain transgender people from serving in the military, declining to wait for the decisions from federal appeals courts currently considering the issue.
Northern Ireland Schools To Receive Guidance On Supporting Transgender Pupils
Newly appointed Green Party leader Clare Bailey has praised the news that all Northern Ireland schools will be provided with detailed guidance on how to support transgender pupils.
Tasmania : Transgender rights law push hits the upper house
Transgender activists will brief members of Tasmania’s upper house in a push to remove gender from birth certificates in the state.
Florida: HIV Care Lacking for Transgender Women
Florida fails to deliver basic HIV services to many transgender women, endangering their health and contributing to an uncontrolled HIV epidemic in the state, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Florida and federal HIV officials talk a lot about the importance of reaching “high risk” groups like transgender women. Human Rights Watch investigated whether the reality on the ground is matching the rhetoric – it isn’t.
Transgender Day of Remembrance at Gothenburg City Museum
The Tuesday Club highlights current events with a cultural history link. On November 20, Sam Holmqvist lectures at the City Museum ( Göteborgs Stadsmuseum) to pay attention to the Transgender Day of Remembrance. Sam Holmqvist is literary historian and author of the first book on Swedish transgender history, Transformationer (2017).
B.C. becomes first western Canadian province to fund gender-affirming surgeries
Starting in 2019 transgender people in British Columbia will have access to publicly funded gender-affirming lower surgeries within the province.