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Squid Game season 2 faces scrutiny over casting choice for trans character
2 weeks ago

Squid Game season 2 faces scrutiny over casting choice for trans character

The Independent  

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Colorado's Supreme Court dismisses suit against baker who wouldn't make a cake for transgender woman
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Colorado's Supreme Court dismisses suit against baker who wouldn't make a cake for transgender woman

Hindustan Times  

Colorado's Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed on procedural grounds a lawsuit against a Christian baker who refused to bake a cake for a transgender woman. Colorado's Supreme Court dismisses suit against baker who wouldn't make a cake for transgender woman Baker Jack Phillips was sued by attorney Autumn Scardina in 2017 after his Denver-area bakery refused to make a pink …

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Minnesota man sentenced to 30 years for shooting death of transgender woman
3 months, 1 week ago

Minnesota man sentenced to 30 years for shooting death of transgender woman

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota man has been sentenced to a 30-year prison term for killing a transgender woman last year in Minneapolis. “I feel like I do need to sit down and do some time.” Bible told police he began to feel “suspicious” while engaged in a sex act with Williams and shot her in the head. The local LGBTQ+ …

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"Wouldn't even last a round": "The Daily Show" calls out Megyn Kelly for misgendering Olympic boxer
4 months, 2 weeks ago

"Wouldn't even last a round": "The Daily Show" calls out Megyn Kelly for misgendering Olympic boxer

Salon  

"The Daily Show" has called out Megyn Kelly and other conservative voices in media who have taken swings at a new target in the culture war over gender: Algerian boxer Imane Khelif. "The Daily Show" tackled the controversy on Monday as Michael Kosta, filling in for Jon Stewart in the anchor chair, called out Kelly, as well as her former …

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Court in Japan allows transgender woman to officially change gender without compulsory surgery
5 months, 1 week ago

Court in Japan allows transgender woman to officially change gender without compulsory surgery

The Independent  

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Parkrun rules which allow runners to self-ID their gender could force women out of elite athletics, ex-marathon star Mara Yamauchi warns
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Parkrun rules which allow runners to self-ID their gender could force women out of elite athletics, ex-marathon star Mara Yamauchi warns

Daily Mail  

Parkrun's policy of allowing runners to self-identify their gender could force women out of elite athletics, a former British marathon star has warned. Mara Yamauchi, a two-time British Olympian runner, said the weekly 5km race was sending 'an appalling message' to women and girls by allowing transgender contestants to compete as females. Mara Yamauchi, a two-time British Olympian runner, said …

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Transgender woman footballer quits and threatens to sue for discrimination because rivals refuse to compete against her after she left opponents 'terrified' and broke knee of a player 'blocking her sh
1 year, 1 month ago

Transgender woman footballer quits and threatens to sue for discrimination because rivals refuse to compete against her after she left opponents 'terrified' and broke knee of a player 'blocking her sh

Daily Mail  

A transgender woman footballer whose physical power on the pitch left opponents 'terrified' is considering taking legal action for discrimination after opposing teams refused to play against her. Transgender woman footballer Francesca Needham, whose physical power on the pitch left opponents 'terrified', is considering taking legal action for discrimination after opposing teams refused to play against her. Pictured: Francesca Needham …

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Transgender woman challenges societal norms by applying to compete in Miss Venezuela pageant
1 year, 5 months ago

Transgender woman challenges societal norms by applying to compete in Miss Venezuela pageant

Associated Press  

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan’s enthusiasm for beauty pageants is unparalleled, and Miss Venezuela — the crown jewel of them all — may be the only event able to unite the deeply divided country. A transgender woman was selected in February to participate in Puerto Rico Miss Universe — a first for the Caribbean island — bolstering Salomón’s hopes for her …

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Transgender woman challenges societal norms by applying to compete in Miss Venezuela pageant
1 year, 5 months ago

Transgender woman challenges societal norms by applying to compete in Miss Venezuela pageant

The Independent  

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‘What is a Woman?’ documentary review: Matt Walsh’s twisted exercise in narcissism
1 year, 6 months ago

‘What is a Woman?’ documentary review: Matt Walsh’s twisted exercise in narcissism

The Hindu  

June 12, 2023 02:34 pm | Updated 02:41 pm IST “Humanity is male and man defines woman not in herself but as relative to him; she is not regarded as an autonomous being,” remarks Simone de Beauvoir in her seminal text The Second Sex. Women as a class have been regarded as inessential throughout history — an anomaly to the …

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Teen accused in death of transgender woman from documentary
1 year, 7 months ago

Teen accused in death of transgender woman from documentary

The Independent  

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WATCH: Republican lawmaker asks transgender woman if she has a penis
1 year, 10 months ago

WATCH: Republican lawmaker asks transgender woman if she has a penis

Firstpost  

Senator Matt McKee from Arkansas has been widely criticised for his question, drawing boos from the people sitting for the hearing and leaving Gwendolyn Herzig, a transgender health care professional feeling ‘dehumanised’ Arkansas: A Republican lawmaker asked a transgender woman about her genitalia during a state legislative hearing about an anti-trans bill that would effectively prohibit gender-affirming care for minors. …

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Ralph Fiennes slams criticism of J.K. Rowling as "verbal abuse" and cancel culture lacking "nuance"
2 years, 1 month ago

Ralph Fiennes slams criticism of J.K. Rowling as "verbal abuse" and cancel culture lacking "nuance"

Salon  

Ralph Fiennes is defending J.K. Rowling once again. In a New York Times weekend interview, the Oscar-nominated actor said the "verbal abuse" the "Harry Potter" author has received over her contentious remarks on transgender rights is both "disgusting" and "appalling." Fiennes – who plays the villainous Lord Voldemort in the "Harry Potter" films – added, "JK Rowling has written these …

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Woman Arrested For Bomb Threat Against Boston Hospital
2 years, 3 months ago

Woman Arrested For Bomb Threat Against Boston Hospital

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING BOSTON — Federal authorities on Thursday arrested a woman accused of calling in a fake bomb threat at Boston Children’s Hospital amid a barrage of harassment and threats of violence over its surgical program for transgender youths. The FBI announces the arrest of Catherine Leavy for making a bomb threat against Boston Children’s Hospital. The critics cited …

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Transgender athlete may participate in category of own choice: Kerala HC
2 years, 4 months ago

Transgender athlete may participate in category of own choice: Kerala HC

Op India  

In a judgement that can have far-reaching consequences in the sports sector in the country, the Kerala High Court has said that transgender people should be allowed to participate in the category of the gender they identify themselves with. On Friday 29th July 2022, the Kerala High Court ruled that in the case of lack of a distinct category for …

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Penn's Thomas becomes first transgender woman to win NCAAs
2 years, 9 months ago

Penn's Thomas becomes first transgender woman to win NCAAs

The Independent  

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Panel: Facility discriminated against transgender woman
2 years, 9 months ago

Panel: Facility discriminated against transgender woman

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Maine — Maine’s human rights panel has ruled in favor of a transgender woman who complained that she was discriminated against when she was denied a room by an assisted living facility. The Maine Human Rights Commission voted 3-2 on Monday that there were reasonable grounds that Sunrise Assisted Living violated the Maine Human Rights Act and discriminated against …

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Miss South Africa to allow trans women to participate for first time; contestants expected to have 'amended sex' ID proof
3 years, 6 months ago

Miss South Africa to allow trans women to participate for first time; contestants expected to have 'amended sex' ID proof

Firstpost  

The competition itself was previously hailed for breaking beauty stereotypes by crowning Zozibini Tunzi — a short-haired woman with a darker complexion — as the 2019 winner. Johannesburg: South Africa’s premiere beauty pageant has for the first time allowed transgender women to compete, a move that earned widespread praise on 26 May. “Trans women are eligible to enter the Miss …

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Jenner says transgender girls in women’s sports is ‘unfair’
3 years, 7 months ago

Jenner says transgender girls in women’s sports is ‘unfair’

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Caitlyn Jenner, the former Olympic champion and reality TV personality now running for California governor, said she opposes transgender girls competing in girls’ sports at school. Jenner, a 1976 decathlon Olympic gold medalist who came out as a transgender woman in 2015, told a TMZ reporter on Saturday that it’s “a question of fairness.” “That’s why I …

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SC to Hear After 3 Weeks Plea of Transgender Woman Against Denial of Job in Air India
4 years, 3 months ago

SC to Hear After 3 Weeks Plea of Transgender Woman Against Denial of Job in Air India

News 18  

The Supreme Court Tuesday said it would hear after three weeks a transgender woman’s plea challenging Air India’s decision to deny her a job as a cabin crew member. On July 23, the top court had allowed the transgender woman, who had undergone sex change in 2014, to amend her plea challenging Air India’s decision to deny her the job …

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