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Excluding trans women in women’s chess makes you a pawn of the patriarchy
Wait a bit, chess has separate competitions for men and women? Why? – The world’s top chess federation is banning trans women from competing until a review is made
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The burials that could challenge historians' ideas about Anglo-Saxon gender
Skeletons found with items that don’t align with their estimated sex are usually excluded from research – but that assumes a 19th century view of gender.
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Transgender student's rights violated by bathroom ban, Maine court rules
School officials violated state anti-discrimination law when they prevented a transgender fifth-grader from using the girls' bathroom, according to a ruling by the highest court in Maine believed to be the first of its kind. The family of student Nicole Maines and the Maine Human Rights Commission sued in 2009 after school officials required her to use a staff restroom.
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No Government Should Get to Decide This
No one should determine your identity except you. Yet this is an obstacle transgender people face every day. The majority of trans people around the world cannot obtain official documents that match their identity. And without these documents, it's nearly impossible to do basic things like enroll in school, get a job, see a doctor, travel, or vote. We support the movement for progressive, rights-based processes for legal gender recognition. Find out more: http://osf.to/transrights
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Chelsea Manning’s Lawyer Upset He Learned of Possible Prison Transfer Through Pentagon Leak
The Pentagon won’t respond to Chelsea Manning’s requests for gender treatment, but they’ll apparently permit officials to leak information on how the agency plans to handle her requests to the media.
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From Singara (Beautiful) to Asingamana (Ugly) Chennai
Read Ajay's story. Share it. Make some noise. Tell your friends, neighbors and anyone who used #YesAllWomen in the recent past - because misogyny is NOT independent of homophobia or misandry. They are all evils that must be stamped out and no one - I repeat - Not One Human Being deserves to be bullied, harassed or molested regardless of gender, sexuality or mindset.
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'Cards Against Humanity' Co-Creator: Sorry for Transphobic Card
For Tumblr user horriblewarning, a party game turned into a viral Tumblr post about transphobic jokes-and prompted one of the game’s creators to publicly apologize for it. A brief overview for the uninitiated: Cards Against Humanity is a game similar to Apples to Apples, but with purposefully lewd and funny pop culture references.
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The Transexual Nurse Who Healed Argentina
How the son of a macho farmer grew up to become a beloved nurse—and changed many of her compatriots’ perceptions about sexuality.
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Chelsea Manning to receive military 'gender treatment'
The US military will begin treatment for US document leaker Chelsea Manning for her gender-identity condition. Defence secretary Chuck Hagel has approved gender treatment for Pte First Class Manning, who was formerly known as Bradley. The move came after the bureau of prisons rejected the Army's request to transfer her from a military facility.
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Boxing legend Frank Maloney: 'I'm undergoing a sex change to become a woman'
The tough-talking promoter and manager who made Lennox Lewis World Champion now lives as a woman called Kellie
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Chelsea Manning says she is being denied gender-reassignment treatment
A year after being sentenced to a 35-year prison term for giving secret documents to WikiLeaks, US army private Chelsea Manning says the military is continuing to deny her gender-reassignment treatment. In a letter sent to NBC news and released on Friday, Manning says the Defence Department has not followed through with its promises after the defence secretary, Chuck Hagel, approved a treatment plan that includes allowing her to dress as a woman.
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Photographer Captures the Teenage Years of Two Transgender Girls
Photographer Willeke Duijvekam documents the lives of two transgender teens over the course of six years.
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Transgender Pioneer Leslie Feinberg of Stone Butch Blues Has Died
She was a pioneer in trans and lesbian issues, workers rights, and intersectionality long before anyone could define the phrase. Her partner, Minnie Bruce Pratt, and family offered us this obituary.
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Meet The Trans Teen Who Just Won $25K to Make Schools Trans-Inclusive
Inspirational trans organizer Eli Erlick was awarded a Peace First fellowship to continue her important work with Transgender Student Education Resources.
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In The Hospital, There's No Such Thing As A Lesbian Knee
People in the LGBT community often have a hard time getting appropriate health care. But the problems aren't unique to them. Doesn't everyone want to have a doctor call them by their preferred name?
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Transgender woman buried by family as a man at Idaho funeral
Jennifer Gable, an Idaho transgender woman who died of a brain aneurysm in October, was presented at an open casket by her family as a man.
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Clerk accuses Texas mom of ‘child abuse’ for letting 5-year-old daughter wear boys suit for Easter
A Texas mother said a store clerk scolded her after she let her 5-year-old daughter try on a boys suit for Easter.
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This School Is Supporting Trans Teens In The Simplest, Most Powerful Way
In a powerful gesture of support, a Jewish secondary school has designated a gender-neutral bathroom and dedicated it to a trans alumnus. Patrick Rock transitioned during his time at the Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. ...
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'Bathroom surveillance' bills criticized for targeting transgender people in U.S.
Amid the national uproar over "religious freedom" legislation that critics say permits discrimination against gay people, there is also growing controversy over bills criticized for being "anti-transgender." Lawmakers have proposed such bills in at least 12 states around the United States so far this year, ranging from Massachusetts to Oklahoma.
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High Suicide Risk, Prejudice Plague Transgender People
A staggering 41 percent of transgender people in the United States have attempted to commit suicide, according to a recent survey.
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