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The legislation under review eases the process of changing gender identification, but critics say it falls short of recommendations by the Council of Europe, an advisory body to the European Union.
Female ski jumpers will compete Feb.11 for the first time in this event since the Winter Olympics began 90 years ago. In the backdrop, protests and boycott calls continue against the Sochi Winter Games over Russia’s discrimination of gays and lesbians.
Hawaii has legalized same-sex marriage. In Senegal, police arrested five women for allegedly being lesbians and violating the country’s anti-gay law.
A lashing sentence for a 15-year-old was overturned by a Maldives court. But a Gallup poll indicates that 15 percent of American women were passed over for a promotion or an opportunity at work because of their gender.
Puebla is one of many Mexican states where discrimination based on gender orientation is not considered a crime. Many transgenders who live here describe their efforts to leave. And how they wound up giving up.
LGBT leadership of the protests at Taksim Square tapped new levels of support for the annual Istanbul pride parade on June 30. “People feel what gays are feeling because we have been suppressed,” said one crossover demonstrator.
France’s legalization of same-sex marriage on April 23 may not have been possible without her courage and eloquence. “A star is born,” say some media, and her style and courage deserve all the admiration she has won.
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President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America Cecile Richards
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CEDAW–the international beacon for women’s rights–does not shine on lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people in Indonesia. This is a painful disappointment, given LBT people’s need for protection from a fundamentalist backlash.