The pandemic-related lockdown has exacerbated the isolation of India’s queer youth.
The jury is still out on the impact of his comments on the Vatican, and at a time when Senate Republicans are pushing a conservative Catholic nominee.
This week’s Bostock decision creates stronger legal ground for more wins in housing, education, and health care, and in overturning the transgender military ban.
Experts say censorship of reading material in schools happens more than many people realize.
Cisgender people who have experienced gender discrimination are more likely to express empathy and solidarity with people who identify as transgender.
In 2018, Fabiano Contarato became the first openly gay man to be elected to the Brazilian Senate. The 52-year-old senator, who represents the state of Espírito Santo, was elected in the midst of a shift in Brazil’s political climate toward extremist and fundamentalist views; the president elected in 2018, Jair Bolsonaro, has consistently made racist and homophobic remarks and has been called “Trump of the Tropics.”
The administration's deportation practices are sending women and LGBTQ would-be asylum seekers back to dangerous situations, where threats, violence, and even death may await.
Suplicy, who is now 73, served in Brazilian politics for years. But even before her political career, Suplicy brought discussions of important issues straight to Brazilian homes through a television show called TV Mulher, during which Suplicy gave sex advice to female viewers in a political era of dictatorship.
The House Appropriations Committee has passed an amendment that better enables taxpayer-funded adoption agencies to discriminate against queer and transgender families.
Early Monday morning, six armed men robbed a Tijuana shelter where transgender women were staying. On May 8, the shelter was set on fire. Advocates voiced concern about the harassment of the trans women at the shelter and attributed this week’s violence to prejudice.
Pakistan’s first transgender news anchor has been hired by a local Pakistani television station, according to a story published Sunday by national English-language newspaper Dawn.
Especially during Black History Month, it’s important to not only consider, but prioritize, those who exist at the intersection of marginalized identities.