Vietnamese transgender people celebrate win
This week, Vietnam passed a law which will allow people who have undergone gender reassignment surgery to register under their new gender. For many people living in limbo since their operation this was...
View ArticleFinding Myself in a Book
Have you read a book that changed your life? A book that inspired you, or made you laugh, or kindled your imagination -- or possibly even saved you? I would argue that every book you've read has...
View ArticleCaitlyn Jenner may be a hero, but she's not immune to being wrong
Since coming out earlier this year, Caitlyn Jenner has gone from being a member of one of the world's most famous families, with little voice or vision of her own, to a transgender icon and...
View ArticleTransgender Woman Forced Into Men’s Prison Dies
Vicky Thompson, a transgender woman, was found dead last week in a men’s prison in northern England. The 21-year-old told friends that she would kill herself if forced into a men’s facility. Her story,...
View ArticleHC verdict too failed to deliver justice to third gender
Nagpur: In April 2014, the Supreme Court upheld the identity and rights of the third gender in a landmark judgment. However, most of these rights still remain on paper, forcing members of the third...
View ArticleWhat do transgender and non-binary people hope for the future? 'Acceptance'
I hope that society will advance as quickly in the next five years as it has in the past five. Nov. 20 is Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day dedicated to memorializing those who were killed due to...
View ArticleTransgender woman Vicky Thompson found dead at Armley jail
A transgender woman who told her friends she would kill herself if she was sent to a male prison has been found dead in jail. Vicky Thompson, 21, was being held at Armley, Leeds, where she was...
View ArticleWhy Do Gay Men Perpetuate Sexism?
Recently, an individual I know posted a meme with a giant steak and the phrase "The way to a man's heart is through his stomach--unless he's vegan, then it's through his vagina." This post bothered me...
View ArticleOn the Serious Side of Pride
Shoko Usami, a lesbian anti-violence activist from Japan cried openly when she saw the multi-colored handwritten sign, End Violence Against LGBTIQ! held by Ging Cristobal from the Philippines, my...
View ArticleTransgender woman Vicky Thompson found dead in jail after asking to move to...
London: A transgender woman who was sent to a male prison in Britain has been found dead. Vicky Thompson, 21, was being held at Armley, in Leeds, where she was found unresponsive on Friday November 13....
View ArticleI'll Go With You
How do you know which bathroom to use? For cisgender people this is a simple question to answer: You use the men's room if you're a man, and you use the women's room if you're a woman. ("Cisgender"...
View ArticleTransgender woman found dead in all-male prison
Vicky Thompson, 21, told friends she would kill herself if sent to Armley prison in Leeds, where she was pronounced dead...
View ArticleWhat Does It Mean To Be Intersex?
3:22 AM ET Originally published November 19, 20158:59 AM ET Commentary Barbara J. King i iStockphoto iStockphoto In the area of 1 in 2,000 people are born intersex. These individuals may have mixed...
View ArticleTransgender woman Vicky Thompson found dead in Leeds male prison
A transgender woman has been found dead in an all-male prison in Leeds. Vicky Thompson, 21, was found unresponsive in Leeds Prison in Armley, West Yorkshire,...
View ArticleIs a gender recognition certificate crucial or cruel?
A transgender woman has died in a men's jail, just weeks after another successfully argued to be moved to an all-female prison. A gender recognition certificate could have prevented either prisoner...
View ArticleFirst global conference on gender equality commences in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram: An international conference, organised by Kerala Government and UN Women, a United Nations entity, on Thursday expressed concern over growing gender inequalities within and outside...
View ArticleBritain May Change Transgender Jail Policy After Inmate's Death
Reuters LONDON— The British government is reviewing its policies on transgender prisoners following the death of transgender woman Vicky Thompson in an all-male prison near Leeds in northern England, a...
View ArticlePartner of transgender woman found dead in prison calls for law change
Government has come under renewed pressure to act on rights of transgender prisoners following death of Vicky Thompson at a men’s prison in Leeds...
View ArticleCall yourself a woman? Feminists take on transgender community in bitter debate
Sarah is often asked to "prove" her womanhood. Curious strangers want to know if the 31-year-old transgender woman has had surgery. But what she has "down there" is irrelevant to her innate sense of...
View ArticleGovernment vows to provide transgender prisoner numbers
Prisons minister says figures will be published following the death last week of transgender woman Vicky Thompson in an all-male prison...
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