Articles about Intersex

29 May 2013
Government tells press to ‘get on’ with reform following Lucy Meadows inquest 10 The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has commented on the inquest into the death of transgender teacher Lucy Meadows and says it is now time for the press industry “to get on with setting up an independent, self-regulatory body.”
29 May 2013
Trans Media Watch calls for press to end ‘character assassination’ of trans people 3 Trans Media Watch has welcomed the coroner's remarks at the inquest into the death of Lucy Meadows.
22 April 2013
UK: Deputy Lib Dem leader ‘really disappointed’ at IPS rejection of trans and intersex inclusive passports 16 Lib Dem MP Simon Hughes says he is “really disappointed” by the Identity and Passport Service’s decision to reject non gender-specific passports for trans and intersex people in Britain.
19 April 2013
Zimbabwe: Campaigners mark country’s independence with call for LGBT rights + With Zimbabwe marking 33 years of independence, campaigners are using the anniversary to remind people that the country is still a long way from securing LGBT rights.
22 February 2013
Vietnam: Decision on trans woman’s official identity recognition awaits input from prime minister 6 A decision by Vietnamese officials to reverse the legal recognition of Pham Le Quynh Tram's female gender has been halted by the Justice Ministry while they await the input of the prime minister.
26 October 2012
12th annual Intersex Awareness Day marked around the globe 3 Campaigners are marking Intersex Awareness Day, which is taking place on Friday.
9 July 2012
Newspaper declines to apologise for terminology in intersex story 37 The People newspaper has said there is no difference between the term “hermaphrodite” and “intersex” – and therefore has not apologised for its substitution of the h-word in a story last month.
8 July 2012
Australia: ACT bid to remove surgery requirement for trans recognition 3 Legal and human rights groups in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) are pushing to change a law which requires transgender people to have surgery in order to change their legal gender.
13 June 2012
Debate surrounds intersex inclusion in the DSM V 11 The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is undergoing revisions for a fifth edition, which has sparked controversy in many areas.
25 May 2012
Diane Abbott lands Labour in hot water with UK intersex community 144 The Labour Party is in hot water with the UK intersex community, following sweeping tabloid generalisations by their Shadow Health Minister, Diane Abbott, MP.
22 March 2012
Letter: Mark Zuckerberg, please allow users to list their gender as ‘other’ 20 In a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and chief executive of Facebook, Sunil Babu Pant, Nepal's first openly gay MP has asked for the social network to give users the option to describe their gender as 'other'.
26 May 2011
Texas judge expected to void marriage of trans widow 19 A judge in Texas is expected to declare a trans widow's marriage void after her husband's family launched a legal challenge.

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