US: Judges hear gender reassignment appeal from incarcerated trans woman
Attorneys representing a trans woman prisoner made an appeal today to a court in Richmond, Virginia, in an attempt to win her gender reassignment surgery. Ophelia De’Lonta’s attorneys filed an appeal...
View ArticleTrans woman accuses Post Office of discrimination for refusing to open a...
A trans woman from Lancaster has accused the Post Office of discrimination, after she was denied a savings account because her drivers license still contained her former name. The Post Office banking...
View ArticleVietnam: Trans woman to lose official legal recognition
The only Vietnamese transgender person to have her gender reassignment officially recognised has heard that the decision will be revoked and she will once again be officially considered male. According...
View ArticleTurkish actor: ‘Gender reassignment was my choice and now I’m free’
A Turkish trans man actor has come out, discussing his decision to undergo gender reassignment surgery and his experiences prior, saying that he now feels “free” and like he has been “born again”....
View ArticleUS: Professional mixed martial arts fighter forced to come out as trans woman
A professional mix martial arts (MMA) fighter has been forced out of the closet as a trans woman. Fallon Fox has been a woman MMA fighter to her training partners and opponents for the last five years...
View ArticleUS: Public consultation on hold while Medicare definition of gender...
A US public consultation on whether Medicare and Medicaid should cover gender reassignment surgery has been put on hold, with the Department of Health and Human Services saying they must first consider...
View ArticleNew Zealand: Green Party urges government to protect trans prisoners
New Zealand’s Green Party has urged the government to speed up its review of policy concerning transgender prison inmates. The party warns that the drawn-out review has put the safety of trans people...
View ArticleTransgender model walks in London Fashion Week show
Transgender model Nicole Gibson has appeared on the runway at London Fashion Week, just days before undergoing gender confirmation surgery. Ms Gibson, who only began hormone replacement therapy two...
View ArticleFormer UKIP MEP reveals she is the UK’s first transgender Parliamentarian
MEP Nikki Sinclaire has come out as Britain’s first “sex change parliamentarian” after writing about her gender reassignment journey in a new autobiography. In her new book entitled ‘Never Give Up,’...
View ArticleUS: New Jersey Senate approves bill allowing trans people to obtain new birth...
A New Jersey Senate panel has approved a bill which would allow the state’s health department to re-issue birth certificates to trans or intersex people who have not undergone gender reassignment...
View ArticleNHS trust confirms plan to replace surgeon responsible for majority of UK...
PinkNews Exclusive The NHS Trust at which the surgeon responsible for the bulk of male-female gender reassignment surgeries in the UK is based, has confirmed that he will be replaced after resigning....
View ArticleIsrael: Minimum age for gender confirmation surgery lowered to 18
Israel has lowered the minimum age to proceed with gender confirmation surgery from 21 to 18, officials have announced. Haaretz reports the new regulations mean people wishing to go through with the...
View ArticleUS: Southern Baptist Convention motion attacks laws protecting trans people
A motion submitted to the Southern Baptist Convention condemns all transgender anti-discrimination laws, gender confirmation surgery, and efforts to protect trans people. The Southern Baptist...
View ArticleUS: Washington Times claims taxpayers have to pay for ‘tranny grannies’ after...
The Washington Times is claiming taxpayers will have to pay for “tranny grannies”, after Medicare ended a ban on gender confirmation therapy. Last week, it was announced that the ban on Medicare being...
View ArticleUS: Southern Baptist Convention condemns trans people
The Southern Baptist Convention has passed a motion condemning all laws protecting trans people. The group – which is the largest Protestant denomination in the US – earlier this week elected a leader...
View ArticleUS: Massachusetts to cover transgender medical care in state health plan
Massachusetts has become the third state to cover all trans-related medical care in its government health plan. Joining Vermont and California, Massachusetts now includes gender reassignment surgery as...
View ArticleIstanbul: Study on human rights violations against LGBT Iranians discussed at...
Iranian LGBT activists at Istanbul’s 9th annual Gay Pride celebration unveiled a study conducted on human rights violations against LGBT people of Iran. 6rang’s coordinator Shadi Amin, former Iran...
View ArticleUS: Peter LaBarbera condemns gender reassignment surgery in on-air...
Vocal opponent of LGBT rights, Peter LaBarbera, has extended his attacks against the trans community, calling gender reassignment surgeries “grotesque” and saying that doctors who perform them “need to...
View ArticleHong Kong: Trans marriages allowed to go ahead despite legislative stalling
Transgender people in Hong Kong who have undergone full gender-reassignment surgeries will be able to marry from today, despite legislative stalling. Last year, a trans woman known as ‘W’ won a...
View Article81-year-old woman becomes oldest person to have gender reassignment surgery
An 81-year-old transgender woman has become the oldest person in the UK to undergo gender reassignment surgery. Ruth Rose, a former RAF navigator who has three children with her ex-wife, began...
View ArticleReport: Gay Iranians pressured into gender reassignment by doctors
Gay Iranians are being pressured into gender reassignment treatments due to the country’s draconian ban on same-sex relationships, doctors in the country have said. A BBC documentary has revealed many...
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Daily Star slams ‘sex swap splurge’
The Daily Star has published an article condemning the NHS for providing gender reassignment surgery to trans women. It also claims that trans women are “men desperate to follow in the footsteps of...
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US hospital to begin penis transplants next year
Beginning early next year, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore will start performing penis transplants for the first time. The hospital will perform the operations on 60 military...
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Trans inmate to finally get gender-reassignment surgery
A trans inmate, who won the right to have the state pay for her surgery, has announced she will finally go under the knife this summer. In 2015, Michelle Norsworthy became the second person in the...
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Trans people in New Zealand face 30-year wait for gender reassignment surgery
Transgender people in New Zealand seeking to have gender reassignment surgery have been told they face a thirty year wait after the only specialist surgeon has retired. Despite being a world-leader in...
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Arizona Republican tries to ban gender reassignment surgery on Medicaid and...
Two bills have been introduced in Arizona which seek to ban gender reassignment surgery for those on Medicaid or in prison. Representative Anthony Kern introduced House bills 2293 and 2294 this week to...
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This dog had gender reassignment surgery
A dog has undergone gender reassignment after vets discovered she is intersex. Molly, a pet Jack Russell, was born with elements of both male and female genitalia. She has fully recovered after...
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Transgender Indian naval officer fired for getting gender reassignment surgery
A transgender naval officer has been fired after going through gender reassignment surgery. Sabi Giri, who has been an officer in the navy since 2010, was explicitly let go for this reason alone, the...
View ArticleThousands of gay people are being forced to undergo gender reassignment...
Iran has been accused of forcing hordes of gay people to have gender reassignment surgery in an attempt to rid the country of homosexuality. While the Islamic Republic legalised being transgender in...
View ArticleTrans man challenges Japan’s cruel, archaic gender laws with historic legal...
Gen Suzuki, a Japanese trans man, has filed a request with a Japanese court legally change his gender without having to undergo surgery and be sterilised. Suzuki, 46, filed a request on Monday (4...
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