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Gender recognition certificates: self-identification and the row over it explained

The UK’s equalities minister, Kemi Badenoch, has announced a review of the list of countries whose gender recognition certificates are recognised by the UK. This could mean that transgender people from more than 40 countries may not have their legal gender recognised by the UK government.

The Conversation · Jan 12, 2023

Late Pentagon chief Ash Carter to be honored at service

President Joe Biden and other past and present U.S. officials are honoring the late defense secretary, Ash Carter, who opened the way for women to fight in combat and for transgendered personnel to serve

The Independent UK · Jan 12, 2023

Indonesia's transgender community fears threat posed by new law

Transgender Indonesian woman Chika Ananda Putrie wakes every morning in her decrepit rented room in a Jakarta slum, worried for her safety because of her gender identity.

Reuters · Jan 11, 2023

West Virginia can keep its ban against transgender school athletes, a judge says

The judge said he recognized that being transgender is "natural" and "not a choice." But he said one's sex is also natural and "dictates physical characteristics that are relevant to athletics."

WEKU · Jan 6, 2023

Over 250,000 trans people in UK, as census data reports gender identity for first time

Around 1.5 million people are gay, lesbian or bisexual in England and Wales

The Independent UK · Jan 6, 2023

Court Upholds Law Excluding Male-to-Female Transgender Athletes from Girls' Sports

"The state is permitted to legislate sports rules on this basis because sex, and the physical characteristics that flow from it, are substantially related to athletic performance and fairness in sports."

Reason · Jan 6, 2023

Transgender man dips his prosthetic penis into punter's pint as a 'drunken prank'

Jesse Hawthorne, who was born Jessica, was asked to leave the pub after dipping his prosthetic penis into a pub-goers pint glass. Customers at the bar were offended by his prank

Daily Mirror · Jan 4, 2023

First transgender inmate Amber McLaughlin executed in the US

The Missouri prisoner was put to death for a 2003 killing

Irish Mirror · Jan 4, 2023

Top international news developments of the day

Top officials are seeking alternative ways to assist homegrown chipmakers, such as lowering the cost of semiconductor materials, the people said, asking not to be identified revealing sensitive negotiations.

The Times of India · Jan 4, 2023

Amber McLaughlin becomes first transgender woman to be executed in US after 2003 murder conviction

The 49-year-old was on death row in a prison in Missouri for killing a former girlfriend in 2003 in St Louis

Evening Standard · Jan 4, 2023