Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island Awarded Perfect Score in 2016...
(Source: Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island) Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI) received a score of 100 percent on the 2016 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a national...
View ArticleMeet K. Prithika Yashini, India's first trans-woman sub-inspector
K. Prithika Yashini talks in a measured tone, her voice revealing no emotion during the one-hour-long conversation. She has a well-framed answer to every question, probably due to her numerous media...
View ArticleThe Psychology of Transgender (American Psychological Association)
(Source: American Psychological Association) Founded in 1998, the Transgender Day of Remembrance on Nov. 20 honors those murdered as a result of anti-transgender prejudice. According to the Gay,...
View ArticleThere’s no looking back
K. Prithika Yashini talks in a measured tone, her voice revealing no emotion during the one-hour-long conversation. She has a well-framed answer to every question, probably due to her numerous media...
View ArticleTransgender Michiganians sue on driver’s license policy
It might be just an M or an F to most people, but for transgender individuals, an incorrect sex identification on a state driver’s license is equivalent to outing themselves every day to perfect...
View ArticleGender non-conformity: breaking the binary in teen fiction
Society as a whole is becoming much more open about trans and LGBT issues and teen/YA lit is definitely leading the way in terms of representing alternative sexualities and gender experiences. But,...
View ArticleThe Troubling Erasure of Trans Parents Who Breastfeed
When we think about breastfeeding, the image that comes to mind -- the one pushed on us by society, medical professionals and the media alike -- is that of a mother nursing her newborn baby. Brochures,...
View ArticleVietnam: Positive Step for Transgender Rights (HRW - Human Rights Watch)
(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) (Berlin) - On November 24, 2015, the Vietnamese National Assembly approved a bill to legalize sex reassignment surgery and to introduce the right to legal gender...
View ArticleSwedish Foreign Service action plan for feminist foreign policy 2015–2018...
(Source: Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Sweden) This action plan sets the direction of feminist foreign policy action to be taken by the Foreign Service, guided by six long-term...
View ArticleShri J P Nadda announces major policy decisions in fight against HIV-AIDS...
(Source: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Republic of India) Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Health and Family Welfare 01-December-2015 18:45 IST Shri J P Nadda...
View ArticleRanji Trophy: Seven QF spots, 15 contenders
As the ninth and final round of Ranji Trophy group stage matches begins across the country on December 1 (Tuesday), only one team can enter the round knowing that their passage to the tournament's...
View ArticleNasscom Foundation, Aricent team up
Aricent, a US-based product engineering firm which has presence in India, on Tuesday announced its partnership with the Nasscom Foundation to launch a skilling programme for engineering graduates....
View ArticleParents Battle Over Child’s Gender Identity After Divorce, Intersex Child...
Two parents are battling over a child’s gender identity following a divorce. The child, Aubrey, has lived as a girl since being born as an intersex baby. This means that baby Aubrey was born with both...
View ArticleYour brain is not 'male' or 'female,' new study finds
There is no such thing as a "male brain" or a "female brain," new research finds. Instead, men and women's brains are an unpredictable mishmash of malelike and femalelike features, the study concludes....
View ArticleMEDIA RELEASE - ACS launches The Promise of Diversity (ACS - Australian...
(Source: ACS - Australian Computer Society) MEDIA RELEASE Women and ICT - Capturing the Opportunities of the Digital Age Achieving gender diversity in the ICT profession Australia, 01 December 2015:...
View ArticleHow To Make Sure More Women Get On HBR's Top CEO List In The Future
In its November issue, Harvard Business Review (HBR) revealed its list of the "Best-Performing CEOs in the World." One thing HBR’s list has in common with Glassdoor’s ranking of the 50 most well-liked...
View ArticleSecond transgender inmate apparently takes own life in male prison
Transgender woman Joanne Latham died in Woodhill prison on Friday, just weeks after apparent suicide of Vicky Thompson...
View ArticleDevelopment of Solar Cities (Ministry of New and Renewable Energy of the...
(Source: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy of the Republic of India) The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has approved 56 solar cities projects against the target of 60 solar cities under the...
View ArticleIt's time to celebrate the fact that there are many ways to be male and female
Research published yesterday, showing that brains don’t come in male and female forms, fits with what we know about gendered behaviour...
View ArticleTemple ‘purification’: Village unites against ‘breach of tradition’, security up
Police on Monday tightened security at the Shani Shingnapur temple in Ahmednagar district, where an ‘unidentified’ woman had performed puja in ‘breach’ of a long-held tradition prohibiting the entry of...
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