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17 May 2013
Scotland: Trans woman threatened with ban from shopping centre for using ladies’ toilets 7 A transgender woman has claimed she was threatened with being banned from a shopping centre, after someone complained about her using the ladies' toilets.
17 April 2013
Trans mixed martial arts fighter to make television debut since being forced to come out 2 A mixed martial arts fighter, who was forced out as transgender last month, is to make her television debut in what will be her third fight since she came out.
15 April 2013
Hong Kong: Top court to hear trans woman’s final case for marriage + Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal will today begin hearing the case of a trans woman who wishes to marry her boyfriend, in the last battle of a legal war she has fought for several years.
10 April 2013
US: Mixed martial arts fighter suspended for calling trans woman a ‘disgusting freak’ 16 The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) moved to suspend one of its fighters after he referred to a transgender fighter as "a lying, sick, sociopathic, disgusting freak."
4 April 2013
Sweden: Two MPs urge government to keep trans infertility requirement for gender reassignment 7 Two MPs in Sweden have written an argument against the country removing its requirement for transgender people to be "infertile" in order to receive gender reassignment surgery, saying it should keep the requirement, and claiming that many trans people don't want children.
2 April 2013
US: Appeals court to hear arguments around inmate gender reassignment case 2 The US Circuit Court of Appeals is to hear arguments around the case of a trans woman prisoner who was granted gender reassignment surgery as treatment for her gender dysphoria.
30 March 2013
US: Public consultation on hold while Medicare definition of gender reassignment as ‘experimental’ challenged 2 A consultation on US healthcare programmes covering gender reassignment surgery was quickly halted, with the Department of Health and Human Services saying they must first consider a challenge to Medicare's definition of the surgery as "experimental".
22 March 2013
Death of trans teacher Lucy Meadows prompts calls for Daily Mail to sack Richard Littlejohn 81 More than 3,500 people have signed an online petition that calls for the Daily Mail to sack its columnist Richard Littlejohn, in the wake of the death of trans teacher Lucy Meadows.
28 February 2013
Turkish trans actor’s mother denies death threat rumours and says family supports him + The family of a Turkish trans man actor, who recently came out in an interview have denied rumours that he received death threats, and said they fully support his decision for gender reassignment.
27 February 2013
US: College fraternity raises over $16,500 for trans brother’s surgery 5 A college fraternity in the US has raised over $16,500 to cover the cost of surgery for new member Donnie Collins, who is transgender.
26 February 2013
US: College fraternity campaigns to raise money for trans brother’s surgery 7 A college fraternity in the US has defied the macho and unaccepting "frat boy" stereotype by campaigning to raise $4,800 for a transgender member's surgery.
25 February 2013
Turkish actor: ‘Gender reassignment was my choice and now I’m free’ 24 A Turkish trans man actor has come out, discussing his decision to undergo gender reassignment surgery and his experiences prior, saying that he now feels "free" and like he has been "born again".
20 February 2013
US: Washington DC bill could make legal birth certificate gender alterations easier 1 A bill introduced on Tuesday could make it easier for transgender residents of Washington DC to legally alter the gender on their birth certificate, by eliminating the need for a court order to do so.
13 February 2013
US: Increase in colleges providing health insurance to trans students + A growing number of America's top universities are now extending health insurance coverage to transgender students, that's according to campaigners.
6 February 2013
US: State finds six surgeons to perform gender reassignment for trans woman prisoner + The US state of Massachusetts has found six surgeons willing to perform gender reassignment on a trans woman prisoner allowed to have the surgery in prison.
10 January 2013
Sweden ends forced sterilisation rule for people who undergo gender reassignment 12 Sweden has ended a law which made forced sterilisation compulsory for people undergoing gender reassignment surgery, in order for the state to recognise their gender identity.
20 December 2012
US: Judge approves legal fees for trans woman prisoner, denies personal costs 1 A US judge has approved the payment of legal fees to the lawyers representing a trans woman prisoner, who is to be allowed gender-reassignment surgery as treatment for her gender dysphoria.
19 December 2012
UK: Primary school writes to parents to explain that their child’s teacher will be changing gender 60 A Church of England primary school has written to parents to explain that their children's teacher will be changing genders from male to female.
13 December 2012
Mike Tyson gender reassignment spoof mistaken for reality by news websites 13 African online newspapers picked up a spoof story about Mike Tyson undergoing gender reassignment surgery, which was published on a satirical UK website at the end of November.
4 December 2012
Iran reveals more than 1,000 gender reassignment operations in four years 19 An Iranian news service has said that more than one thousand Iranians have undergone gender reassignment surgery in the Islamic State between 2006 and 2010

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