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15 January 2013
Oregon & California health insurance companies told to cover transgender patients + Regulators in Oregon and California have directed several health insurance companies to stop denying coverage for transgender patients because of their gender identity.
14 January 2013
Scottish trans equality charity warns of ‘rising transphobia’ in the UK media 6 A leading transgender equality charity has warned of "rising transphobia in the British media” which it says could have a damaging impact on the mental health of transgender people.
14 January 2013
Lynne Featherstone: Sack Julie Burchill and Observer editor for ‘disgusting’ transphobic rant 38 Liberal Democrat International Development Minister Lynne Featherstone has called for the editor of the Observer and columnist Julie Burchill to be sacked over a transphobic article.
11 January 2013
Comment: It’s time for the media to change the record on trans healthcare 25 In a comment piece for PinkNews, Sarah Brown says the media needs to make substantial improvements in the way it covers health stories involving the trans community.
11 January 2013
Trans character, Hayley Cropper, to make dramatic exit from Coronation Street 17 Popular soap, Coronation Street, is to say goodbye to trans character, Hayley Cropper, after 15 years on the soap.
11 January 2013
Comment: I wish the Guardian’s Suzanne Moore would stop digging 18 In a comment piece for PinkNews, Zoe Stavri argues that Guardian columnist Suzanne Moore should apologise for her recent transphobic outburst.
9 January 2013
New York: Trans teacher sues school after being told ‘you’re worse than gay’ 13 A transgender teacher in New York City was allegedly fired from a Catholic school, having worked there for 32 years, after being branded "worse than gay."
7 January 2013
UK: Transgender doctor under investigation by the General Medical Council 18 Britain's first post-operative transgender doctor is under investigation following complaints that he provided inappropriate treatment to patients wishing to change gender.
2 January 2013
US: Transgender man faces difficulty in getting divorced from wife 25 Thomas Beatie, a transgender father of three, is fighting an Arizona judge to get a divorce from his wife of nine years, Nancy Beatie, with a decision due next month.
28 December 2012
Transgender Big Brother star Luke Anderson: I want to start a family 55 Big Brother 2012 winner Luke Anderson says he hopes to start a family in the new year.
21 December 2012
New Hampshire’s first transgender representative signals fight back to office 2 A transgender New Hampshire state representative, who resigned last month, says she will stand again for election next year.
18 December 2012
New York: Body-building fireman acquitted of attacking trans partner 2 A jury has acquitted a firefighter of several assault charges brought against him by his transgender ex-girlfriend – and in a twist to the story is now dating another transgender woman who herself was cleared of a fatal strangulation charge.
13 December 2012
US: Trans model still loves ex-partner despite violent attack 3 The trial of a New York fire fighter accused of attacking his transgender ex-partner in a hotel room is drawing to a close.
13 December 2012
April Ashley receives MBE for services to trans rights 14 Liverpool-born actress and campaigner April Ashley is being honoured with an MBE today for services to transgender equality.
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
4 December 2012
American Psychiatric Association to stop classifying transgender people as having a mental illness 17 The American Psychiatric Association has agreed to no longer classify people who are transgender and non-gender conforming as having mental illness.
29 November 2012
Turkish LGBT campaigner to receive David Kato award 2 Ali Erol, an LGBT activist in Turkey has been honoured with this year’s David Kato award, which was set up in memory of the gay Ugandan campaigner who was murdered in 2011.
28 November 2012
Future of New Hampshire’s first elected transgender representative uncertain 3 Representative-elect Stacie Laughton of Nashua, New Hampshire, who won election just a few weeks ago but seemed on Tuesday to step down, now wants New Hampshire’s residents to decide her fate.
27 November 2012
EU officials release survey on discrimination 8 The European Commission has published its latest survey on discrimination in the EU, including on grounds of sexual orientation and for the first time gender identity.
22 November 2012
Film Preview: Laurence Anyways 1 You may or may not have already heard about the third feature from Quebec's rising director Xavier Dolan about the effect of being trans on a heterosexual relationship.

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