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Dolly Parton's transgender support

The singer spoke out in the wake of anti-transgender legislation that had passed in her home state of Tennessee

Salon

Chhattisgarh assembly polls: Over 6,400 voters opt for ECI's 'vote-from-home' facility

A total of 2,03,93,160 voters, including 1,01,35,561 males, 1,02,56,846 females and 753 transgenders, will be able to exercise their franchise in the upcoming Chhattisgarh assembly elections.

The Hindu

Book bans and school bathrooms: Republicans to test power of ‘parents’ rights’ movement in Virginia

From pandemic to book bans and school bathrooms, ‘parents’ rights’ are playing a key role – but its electoral potency is being questioned

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New trans athlete policy 'sets a dangerous precedent': Washington racer seeks state action against USA Cycling

When USA Cycling introduced its revised Transgender Athlete Participation Policy earlier this month, the new two-tiered system didn’t sit well with all racers.

Cycling Weekly

ACLU and families of trans teens ask Supreme Court to block Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care

Attorneys representing Tennessee transgender children, teens and their families have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block a ban on gender-affirming care for children and teenagers that a lower court allowed to go into effect

The Independent UK

Security check at event attended by Suresh Gopi in Kochi

Actor Suresh Gopi attended an event at an NGO in Kaloor, where police conducted a brief search due to a general alert following multiple explosions. Transgender persons present asked police to leave, claiming the search was done to disrupt the event. Gopi said police were only doing their duty.

The Hindu

LGBTQ community’s mental health problems yet to be properly addressed in Kerala

LGBTQ community in Kerala faces mental health issues due to lack of trained counsellors. Recent reports of suicides among transgender persons highlight the need for mental health support. IMHANS launched a 6-day residential course to address mental health issues & make mental healthcare accessible & affordable.

The Hindu

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The Contradictions of 'Queers for Palestine'

Gay and transgender people—both in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank—face an extraordinary level of persecution.

Reason

Kolkata’s transgender community upset it did not get Puja grant

Transgender community in Kolkata upset as their Durga Puja not granted govt. funds for 2nd consecutive year. Ardhanarishwar Durga Puja held for 6 years. Police cautioned against protest. Govt. started giving ₹10,000/committee in 2018, increased to ₹70,000 this year. Community seeks development & empowerment, not confrontation.

The Hindu

Bud Light to return as the UFC's official beer next year as it recovers from a conservative backlash

Bud Light is set to return as the official beer of the UFC in the U.S. next year as the brand tries to recover from a conservative backlash to a promotion with a transgender influencer

The Independent UK

Japan's Supreme Court hands down a landmark transgender rights decision

The court ruled unanimously that compulsory sterilization surgery for people who seek to legally change their gender is unconstitutional.

WEKU

Japan's supreme court strikes down 'unconstitutional' trans sterilisation law

Ruling hailed as an 'important victory for transgender rights in Japan'

Evening Standard

Japan's top court to rule on law that requires reproductive organ removal for official gender change

Japan’s Supreme Court will rule Wednesday whether a law forcing transgender people to have their reproductive organs removed in order to officially change their gender is constitutional

The Independent UK

Educated voters in Canada tend to vote for left-leaning parties while richer voters go right

It is hard to miss the increasing attention dedicated to transgender rights in contemporary politics.

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The Independent UK

Schools transgender guidance being refined and will come ‘soon’, says Keegan

Education unions have described delays to the long-promised guidance as frustrating while the Children’s Commissioner said clarity is needed.

Evening Standard

Cher admits she found son Chaz’s transition ‘difficult’ as a mother

Chaz Bono came out as transgender in 2009 and the music icon admitted at the time she ‘didn't handle [it] well’

The Independent UK

Cher admits son Chaz’s transition ‘was difficult for me’

Chaz came out as transgender in 2009

The Guardian - UK

‘The fight will continue’ for India’s LGBTQ+ campaigners for equal marriage

Homosexuality was decriminalised in 2018 but the supreme court has declined to change marriage laws

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Why did the Supreme Court not allow same-sex marriage? | Explained

Why did the Supreme Court not allow the Special Marriage Act to be used for queer couples to get married? Will the legislature be open to enacting a law to make same-sex marriage legal?

The Independent UK

Cher admits son Chaz’s transition ‘was difficult for me’

Chaz came out as transgender in 2009

The Independent UK

Judge in Missouri transgender care lawsuit agrees to step aside but decries 'gamesmanship'

A judge has agreed to step aside in a lawsuit challenging a new Missouri law restricting gender-affirming health care for minors, despite what he called “gamesmanship” from the plaintiffs’ lawyers who sought a new judge

The Independent UK

Lawsuit dropped after school board changes course, adopts Youngkin's transgender student policy

A lawsuit filed last month relating to Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s new policies on transgender students will be dropped

Roll Call

Senators grill Bertagnolli on NIH priorities, drug costs - Roll Call

Monica Bertagnolli, nominated to head the National Institutes of Health, currently heads the National Cancer Institute.

Reason

Google Bard: "There Are No Good Arguments Against Transgender Rights"

That's what it answers when asked, "What are the best arguments against transgender rights?"

The Hindu

Supreme Court’s verdict on same-sex marriages | Explained

The Hindu decodes the same-sex marriage verdict, the divided opinions on adoption rights and civil unions, and where the judgment sits in the larger queer rights movement in India.

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