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Three transgender women in Kentucky find their voice and change their lives

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WEKU · Dec 16, 2022

LGBTQ representation in film dropped in 2021 with all major studios receiving bad grades in GLAAD’s latest report

LGBTQ representation took a hit in 2021, though the year also saw the first transgender character in a major release in five years, according to a new report from GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy group.

Tribune News Service · Dec 15, 2022

Texas AG Ken Paxton sought data on transgender Texans, report claims

AUSTIN, Texas — Employees in the Texas Department of Public Safety were asked to provide a list of people who changed their sex on state documents in the past two years to the state attorney general’s office, according to the Washington Post.

Tribune News Service · Dec 15, 2022

‘She was failed’: Missouri woman scheduled for execution next month asks for clemency

Attorneys for a transgender woman scheduled to be executed next month in Missouri are asking for clemency, in part because of her history of abuse and intellectual disability.

Tribune News Service · Dec 14, 2022

Bombay HC seeks clarification of stand by govt on its policy for transgenders in MahaTransco

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Wednesday directed the Principal Secretary of the Social Justice department of the state to place their stand on the policy for reservation for transgender in Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Ltd. (MSETCL).

The Times of India · Dec 14, 2022

A frozen capital market and an insurance premium shock: 10 health care predictions for 2023 from top investors

Distressed deals, inflation in insurance premiums, and restrictions on transgender treatments. Here's what the health care sector will look like in 2023, according to top investors.

Fortune · Dec 14, 2022

Transgender lawmaker hopes her presence brings understanding

Zooey Zephyr worked behind the scenes during Montana's 2021 legislative session to oppose an ultimately unsuccessful effort to ban transgender minors from receiving gender-affirming health care

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2022

Cambridge Dictionary updates definition of ‘woman’ to include transgender people

The online dictionary added a supplementary definition in October that includes anyone who “identifies as female” regardless of their sex at birth

Evening Standard · Dec 13, 2022

Trans women can take seats on public boards set aside for women, Scottish judge rules

Guidance that extends definition of ‘woman’ to transgender women with gender recognition certificate is lawful, court rules

The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2022

Judge rules in favour of Scottish Government over definition of 'woman'

A JUDGE has ruled that transgender women with a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) can legally be defined as women when it comes to legislation…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 13, 2022