Tag: transgender
North Carolina repeals LGBTQ bathroom law
Previous law required transgender people to use the restroom that matched their birth gender.
Sweden : Forced sterilisation transgender persons should receive higher compensation
Swedish Public Health Minister Gabriel Wikström told Dagens Nyheter that the government will soon present a proposal to the Trans people that was forced to sterilisation until 2013 to get compensation from the state.
‘Free Speech Bus’ against transgender culture is vandalised … with ‘trans rights now’ graffiti
A “Free Speech Bus” — a bright orange vehicle promoting opposition to transgender culture as it travels the eastern U.S. — was vandalised while passengers were inside the United Nations in New York City for an event Thursday.
Japan: Anti-Bullying Policy to Protect LGBT Students
Japan’s updated national bullying prevention policy will for the first time protect sexual and gender minority students, Human Rights Watch said today. The measure will boost Japan’s reputation regionally and internationally on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights.
U.S Government Appoints Hate Group Representatives to Annual Women’s Rights Meeting at United Nations
On Monday, 13 March, the United States Department of State announced that its official delegation to the 61st annual United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) includes representatives of two organisations known to oppose the UN human rights system, LGBTIQ rights, and women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights: the Center for Family and Human Rights (C-FAM) and the Heritage Foundation.
European Parliament: Greater effort necessary for LGBTI equality at EU level
In a key report on gender equality adopted Tuesday, the European Parliament has demanded to strengthen action on the rights of LGBTI people.