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Britain’s oldest tree appears to be undergoing a sex change after 3,000 years
The tree, or part of it, is turning female as researchers have discovered a branch which has suddenly grown berries. By Emily Gosden.
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Transgender 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 pronounced dead on Friday. Friends of Ms Thompson, who was born male but had identified as female since her mid-teens, said she had asked to be sent to a female prison.
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Canada's Shannon Szabados registers 1st shutout in men's pro hockey
Shannon Szabados made history Saturday night in leading the Columbus Cottonmouths to a 3-0 win over the Huntsville Havoc in Alabama, marking the first time a female goaltender has registered a shutout in a men's professional hockey match. The 29-year-old made 33 saves during the game, moving the team to 8-9-4 this season. The two-time Olympian is playing in her second full season with the Southern Professional Hockey League team, taking over starting...
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Yahoo sued over employee rankings, alleged anti-male discrimination
A new lawsuit (PDF) filed against flailing tech giant Yahoo claims that company managers governing the "Media Org" were biased against men. It also claims that the company's Quarterly Performance Review (QPR) process favored female employees and that the company engaged in mass layoffs without proper warnings. Gregory Anderson was editorial director of Yahoo's Autos, Homes, Shopping, Small Business, and Travel sections until he was terminated in 2014.
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At 12 I grew a beard and had a period - BBC News
Alec Butler was brought up as a girl, but as an adult Alec realised they were intersex - someone whose sex is neither completely male nor female.
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The Anatomy of a Lie: The Irish woman who lived as a man to practice medicine
When the esteemed Dr James Barry died in 1865, an examination of his body revealed that he was a woman, Margaret Bulkley, who had disguised herself to practise medicine, says Robert Hume.
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Women seek pay rises as much as men - with less success
The theory that women get paid less than men because they are not sufficiently pushy in the workplace is not true, a new study suggests. Women are as likely as men to ask for a pay rise - but are less likely to get one, the research found. The study, by the Cass Business School and the universities of Warwick and Wisconsin, looked at 4,600 workers. It found "no support" for the "reticent female" theory, whereby women avoided asking for more money.
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Do Female Graffiti Artists Have It Harder?
We spoke to 3 female and 3 male street artists about the challenges of being a woman who tags.
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Pope calls gender theory a 'global war' against the family
Pope Francis kisses a crucifix as he arrives for a meeting with priests and seminarians in the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin, in Tbilisi, Georgia, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016. The pontiff is traveling to Georgia and Azerbaijan for a three-day visit. On his second and final day in Georgia before heading to Azerbaijan, Pope Francis on Saturday said he sees a "global war" against marriage in the form of the "theory of gender," which he said seeks to destroy the family not with weapons but with ideas.
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Labour 'should ban all men from standing in by-elections', MP says
Labour should ban men from standing in all future by-elections until half the party’s MPs are female, women’s champion Jess Phillips MP has said. With female politicians the likely casualty of the upcoming boundary review according to Mrs Phillips, she will demand Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn commits to their party becoming the first in Parliament to achieve gender equality.
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Feminist Mother Rejects Infant Son Because of His Gender
A feminist mother in Australia writes about rejecting her infant son because he was born male.
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I wore men’s clothes for a month – and it changed my life
Motivated by Octieber and determined to combat the world of gendered clothing, Lucy Rycroft-Smith tries menswear for a month and documents her findings.
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The Unbearable Niceness of Being
On niceness in publishing and why we should ask men to do better. By Alana Massey.
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Enough with the Doctor Who gender debate – it's time
In a universe of infinite possibility, why is Doctor Who always a man? Peter Capaldi's forthcoming retirement from the role means it's surely time to hand the sonic screwdriver over to a woman.
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Campaigners hail school decision to let pupils choose gender identity
Campaigners have welcomed a decision by a private girls’ school to allow students to use boys’ names and wear boys’ clothes should they wish under a new “gender identity protocol”. St Paul’s girls’ school in west London, whose former pupils include the MP Harriet Harman and the actor Rachel Weisz, will now consider requests from students from the age of 16 to go through a formal process to be known within the school either as boys or as gender-neutral.
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Nike's New Women in Sports Ad Striking Nerve in Arab World
An online commercial released by Nike this week that showed Arab women fencing, boxing and spinning on ice-skates has stirred controversy over its attempt to smash stereotypes about women leading home-bound lives in the conservative region. It begins with a woman nervously peering out of her doorway and adjusting her veil before going for a run in the street, while a female voice narrates in a Saudi dialect: "What will they say about you? Maybe they'll say you exceeded all expectations."
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Why I’m Not A Feminist: a takedown of the 'narcissism' of modern feminism
We’re told that feminism is about equality, plain and simple. But Jessa Crispin, author of the new book Why I’m Not A Feminist, brings a few other definitions to the table... By Sarah McVeigh.
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MTV scraps gender-specific categories for movie & TV awards
Films will now compete in the same categories as TV series too, as MTV shakes up its ceremony, saying its audience ‘doesn’t see male-female dividing lines’.
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Why Men Don’t Live as Long as Women
It’s the testosterone, don’t you know. By Richard G. Bribiescas.
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The XX Factor
When gender differences are ignored in health studies, it’s women who pay the price. By Claire Lehmann. (Mar. 15, 2017)
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