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8 February 2012
Comment: Does today mean change for the trans community? 13 Listen. That sound you don’t hear: the silence. That is the UK’s trans community waiting with bated breath. Because today, by a strange co-incidence of events, really does feel to many like the day that things change.
6 February 2012
Canada: Trans woman detained under US flight rules 15 In the wake of Canada’s continued support of a no-fly rule for anyone who fails to meet gender norms, as subjectively assessed by that country’s border police, a harrowing tale emerges of an incident last year in the United States.
2 February 2012
London protest follows Sweden’s trans sterilisation rule 24 Worldwide protest at continuing insistence by the Swedish government on what has been described as a policy of eugenics in respect of trans men and women led on Monday to the unusual sight of a demo outside that country's London embassy.
31 January 2012
Comment: The Canadian rule which bans transgender flight 37 Jane Fae examines the rules, introduced last July but only now coming to light, which state that an air carrier “shall not transport a passenger if [...] the passenger does not appear to be of the gender indicated on the identification he or she presents”.
31 January 2012
German trans girl ‘to be institutionalised’ 61 News that an 11 year old trans girl in Berlin, Germany, is about to be committed to a mental institution by local authorities – following intervention by her absent father – has prompted grave concern by the International LGBTQ Youth and Student Organisation.
16 September 2011
Australia to allow transgender and intersex passport options 19 Changes to passport rules in Australia are about to make travel a great deal easier for intersex or trans individuals. Under the new rules, gender may be recorded on passports as 'M', 'F' – or 'X'.
15 June 2011
French transgender woman hopes to run for president 19 A trans woman who has set up a new political party hopes to run in the 2012 French presidential elections. Brigitte Goldberg hopes her party Avenir 2012 will be supported by LGBT people.
8 June 2011
CNN documentary reveals tragic consequences of ‘experimental therapy’ designed to make young boys ‘more masculine’ 97 CNN are to screen a three-part documentary about a form of 'experimental therapy' designed to make 'feminine' boys more masculine.
6 June 2011
Exclusive: Credit scoring company Equifax discriminating against trans clients 27 An investigation by PinkNews.co.uk reporter Jane Fae reveals that one of the UK’s largest credit scorers, Equifax, is discriminatory in its treatment of trans individuals.
3 June 2011
Facebook belatedly remove transphobic hate page 17 Facebook came under fire yet again this week for what some are claiming is a pattern of failure to take seriously attacks on the LGBT community.
18 March 2011
Government rejects proposals to close transgender pension loophole 12 This week, the government rejected proposals to close a loophole which appears to have denied many trans women what they consider to be their rightful entitlement to pension payments.
9 March 2011
Comment: Cautious welcome for transgender prison guidelines 5 News that guidelines are finally available for the treatment of trans prisoners is good. Not perfect. But definitely good.
8 February 2011
Disabled man banned from having sex with male partner 102 In a ruling described as “homophobic” and “a denial of the rights of disabled people”, a 41-year-old man has been barred from having sex with another man until he has a better grasp of the health implications of his act.
14 January 2011
Comment: Prison Service must jail transgender criminals safely 40 A story published in the Bristol Evening Post yesterday, of how a trans woman who had been dealing drugs avoided jail because this would interfere with her transition, is bad news for the rule of law, and bad news for the trans community everywhere.
5 January 2011
Report: French government accused of transgender hypocrisy 8 When it comes to transgender issues, France leads the way in hypocrisy. That is the charge levelled at the French government this week by national transgender organisation Trans-Aide over the right to change gender identity.

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