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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

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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.

The Conversation

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.

The Independent UK

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’

Evening Standard

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

Chaz came out as transgender in 2009

The Independent UK

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‘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

The Guardian - UK

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 Hindu

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

The Independent UK

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.

Roll Call

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?"

Reason

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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.

The Hindu

Transgender persons in heterosexual relationships have the right to marry under existing law, Supreme Court holds

A Constitution Bench held that “transgender persons in heterosexual relationships have the freedom and entitlement to marry under the existing statutory provisions”

The Hindu

Voters’ list for local bodies in Kerala has a little over 2.68 crore voters

Final list of 2.68cr voters in Kerala's local bodies; 1.41cr women, 1.27cr men, 238 transgender. 57,640 new voters added; Malappuram has highest number of voters & transgender. Summary revision had Jan 1, 2023 as qualifying date. 1st time since 2020 local body elections.

Salon

What kids teach us about gender

Gender identity is not a decision. Trans children do not decide they are transgender, they decide to tell you

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Radio France Internationale

World Bank to implement LGBTQ safeguards before resuming new Uganda funding

The World Bank will aim to ensure gay and transgender Ugandans are not discriminated against in its programmes before resuming new funding, which was halted in August over an anti-LGBTQ law, a bank executive said.

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FKN OATH: Miss Universe Pageant To Feature Two Transgender Contestants For The First Time Ever

"Trans women are women, full stop. We are here to celebrate women."

The Hindu

Call for gender-neutral toilets in Assam’s educational institutions

More than a hundred people from diverse backgrounds participated in a pride walk in eastern Assam’s Dibrugarh to demand gender-neutral washrooms in educational institutions across the State. Assam Transgender Welfare Board member and Nguvu Change leader Rituparna led the walk. Nguvu, meaning ‘power’ in Swahili, is a global collective working towards…

The Independent UK

Teacher who called a transgender student an ‘attention seeker’ avoids strike-off

Teacher Claire Sweeney left Uddingston Grammar due to ill health following the incident

The Independent UK

The problems with Graham Linehan’s memoir Tough Crowd

The ‘Father Ted’ writer who more recently uses his platform to share controversial views on the transgender community has released a memoir describing how his life was ‘smashed to smithereens’. It’s a strange, sad read, writes Louis Chilton – one that crumbles under the slightest scrutiny

The Guardian - AU

Inquest into deaths of five trans and gender-diverse Victorians to investigate emotional support services

Suspected suicides of the five who were undergoing gender affirming processes to be examined starting next monthFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast

The Independent UK

A Japanese court rules it's unconstitutional to require surgery for a change of gender on documents

A court in central Japan has ruled that it is unconstitutional to require a transgender person to undergo surgery to remove their current reproductive organs in order for them to receive documentation under their new gender

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