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LGBT Brazilians compete in country's first drag king contest

At a downtown Sao Paulo tattoo studio, drag performer Hinacio King has a six-pack contoured onto their abdomen and their breasts tightly tapped down to transform into their alter ego.

Reuters

Transgender people in rural America struggle to find doctors willing or able to provide care

For Tammy Rainey, finding a health care provider who knows about gender-affirming care has been a challenge in the rural northern Mississippi town where she lives.

Tribune News Service

Welsh Government plan to make it easier to change gender in Wales

The Welsh Government has unveiled its LGBTQ+ Action Plan for Wales, which aims to strengthen equality and human rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people in Wales

Wales Online

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Hogwarts Legacy introduces first transgender character in Harry Potter world

Warner Bros’ highly anticipated video game releases Friday 10 February

The Independent UK

From Kylie stan to Grammy winner: Who is Kim Petras?

She was the youngest person to go through gender-reassignment surgery and now she’s a Grammy winner making millions from her jaw-dropping lyrics.

Evening Standard

Nicola Sturgeon criticised for calling transgender rapist Isla Bryson 'she' and 'her'

The First Minister referred to Bryson as "her" and "she" before reverting to calling her an "individual" and a "person".

Daily Record

Rights of transgender students and their parents are a challenge for schools, courts

As an increasing number of elementary, middle and high school students in the U.S. have begun to identify as transgender, school leaders have struggled to figure out how to respond, and how – and whether – to communicate about their actions to parents.

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Hong Kong court makes landmark ruling protecting transgender rights

Hong Kong's top court on Monday ruled that the policy of barring transgender people from changing their gender shown on ID cards unless they undergo full sex reassignment surgery violates their rights and is unconstitutional.

Reuters

Hong Kong transgender men win appeal over status change

Hong Kong’s top court has ruled that full sex reassignment surgery should not be a prerequisite for transgender people to have their gender changed on their official identity cards

The Independent UK

‘Invasion of privacy’: Some Florida athletes leery of being made to reveal menstrual cycles

MIAMI — In the athletic trainer’s office at Miami Senior High are green Gatorade jugs, water bottles, anatomical posters, two massage tables — and years of private medical records of male and female high school athletes, stacked on a rack, stored in dusty, dog-eared cardboard crates labeled “bankers box.”

Miami Herald

Behold, the new Republican culture war

Republicans' only agenda is to make sure the rich get richer — and to distract us with manufactured moral outrage

Salon

Kim Petras makes history as first transgender woman to win Grammy category

Chart-topping song Unholy took the gong

Wales Online

Making 2023 Grammys history as a trans woman, Kim Petras celebrates her big win

LOS ANGELES — Kim Petras made history on Sunday as the first transgender woman to win the Grammy Award for pop duo/group performance.

Los Angeles Times

Student 'lost self-control' killing trans sex worker

A Colombian student on trial for murder has admitted killing a Sydney author and sex worker, saying he lost self-control after learning she was transgender.

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Nicola Sturgeon approval rating falls as trans prisoner row rumbles on

VOTERS are being turned off the SNP, Nicola Sturgeon and independence amid the fierce public row about transgender people, new data shows.

The National (Scotland)

Jordan Peterson and InfoWars: US right-wing jump on Scotland's trans rights debate

THE case of transgender prisoner Isla Bryson has dominated Scottish headlines, with numerous American right-wing agitators and publications picking…

Daily Record

Transgender Scots paedo carried out Valentine's Day sex attack on schoolgirl

Ryan Scott – who was born female – lured the schoolgirl back to their home after meeting up on Valentine’s Day last year.

Daily Mirror

Florida could force high school athletes to disclose their menstrual history

The Florida High School Athletics Association (FHSAA) will decide whether the controversial changes will come into effect, although critics suggest that transgender people are targeted

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Irish Mirror

Two transgender prisoners born as men serving sentences for sex offences in Irish women's prison

The Irish Prison Service is currently drafting a policy for the management of transgender prisoners

Reuters

Japan PM Kishida fires aide over same-sex couple outburst

(Refiles to fix typo in par 6)

The Independent UK

UK Athletics accused of misinterpreting transgender ‘sporting exemption’ clause

UK Athletics said it believed its desire to reserve the women’s category for female-born competitors would be “very difficult” to realise.

The Conversation

Isla Bryson: Scotland's transgender prisoner policy was assessed as not affecting women

The decision to place double rapist Isla Bryson in the segregation unit at Scotland’s Cornton Vale women’s prison, ahead of sentencing, has sparked a political crisis that looks unlikely to abate soon.

Evening Standard

UK Athletics urges Government to change legislation on transgender athletes

UKA wants the women’s category to be lawfully reserved for female-born competitors

The Independent UK

UK Athletics backs ban on trans women from female competition

In a statement outlining its position on transgender participation in athletics, UKA said it supported a ban on trans women from female competition on fairness and safety grounds

The Independent UK

UK Athletics urges government to change legislation on transgender athletes

World Athletics has proposed to continue to allow transgender women to compete in female international track and field events.

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