Montana House cancels session after rally for trans lawmaker

Montana House cancels session after rally for trans lawmaker

[ad_1] “Currently, all representatives are free to participate in House debates while following the House rules,” Regier told reporters. “The choice to not follow the House rules is one that Rep. Zephyr has made. The only person silencing Rep. Zephyr is Rep. Zephyr. The Montana House will not be bullied.” Under Regier’s leadership, the House … Read more

Hyderabad: Trans woman, driver held for murder of 8-year-old

Hyderabad: Trans woman, driver held for murder of 8-year-old

[ad_1] Representative Image Hyderabad: The city police on Sunday arrested two persons on Sunday in connection with the murder of an 8-year-old at Allauddin Koti on April 20. The accused, Imaran Khan alias Fiza Khan (30), a transgender person and Mohd Rafiq (23), an auto-rickshaw driver were apprehended after the police found that the body … Read more

Health care access for trans youth is crumbling — and not just in red states

Health care access for trans youth is crumbling — and not just in red states

[ad_1] The impact of gender-affirming care bans — inflamed by the rhetoric on the right about “child grooming” — is rippling beyond Republican-controlled states, making it harder everywhere for transgender youth to receive care and physicians to provide it, eight doctors who provide gender-affirming care to transgender youth told POLITICO. The Human Rights Campaign and … Read more

North Dakota governor signs bans on trans athletes

North Dakota governor signs bans on trans athletes

[ad_1] In 2021, Gov. Doug Burgum vetoed a nearly identical bill that would have banned transgender girls from playing on girls’ teams in public schools. | Stephen Yang/Getty Images By Associated Press 04/11/2023 08:22 PM EDT BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota’s Republican Gov. Doug Burgum on Tuesday evening signed two transgender athlete bans into law, … Read more

In a first, ‘Trans Tea Stall’ at Guwahati railway station

In a first, ‘Trans Tea Stall’ at Guwahati railway station

[ad_1] (photo: twitter) Guwahati: In a first-of-a-kind initiative, a special tea stall has been set up at the Guwahati train station by the Northeast Frontier Railways (NFR) to boost the transgender community, officials said on Saturday. NFR General Manager Anshul Gupta inaugurated the ‘Trans Tea Stall’ at platform number 1 on Friday in the presence … Read more

World Athletics proposals to preserve path for trans women in female category

World Athletics proposals to preserve path for trans women in female category

[ad_1] World Athletics is set to keep the door open for transgender women to compete at the highest level under controversial new proposals that will be voted on in March. Under the governing body’s “preferred option”, the maximum permitted plasma testosterone for trans women would be halved from five nanomoles per litre to 2.5 nmol/L … Read more