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Texas appeals court blocks state from investigating families seeking gender-affirming care for trans youth
CNN — A Texas appeals court upheld two injunctions in a pair of legal cases Friday, in an order blocking the state’s Department of Family and Protective Services from investigating families of transgender youth who are seeking gender-affirming medical care for their children. The legal battle began after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, ordered …
California Leads on Reproductive and Trans Health Data Privacy
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, anti-choice sheriffs and bounty hunters will try to investigate and punish abortion seekers based on their internet browsing, private messaging, and phone app location data. We can expect similar tactics from state officials who claim that parents who allow their transgender youth to receive gender-affirming health …
After Coming Out As Trans, Elliot Page Announces Divorce From Wife Emma Portner
Elliot Page with Emma Portner (courtesy elliotpage ) Highlights Elliot Page and Emma Portner got married in 2018 The former couple announced their divorce in a joint statement Elliot Page came out as transgender last year New Delhi: Actress Elliot Page and dancer Emma Portner are divorcing after three years of marriage, reported CNN. …
India’s HIV-positive trans people find ‘new strength’ in technology
NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Shoved, cursed and ridiculed, Nisha’s hospital visits were always stressful as a transgender woman and got worse after she was diagnosed as HIV-positive. But a new app introduced as part of a drive to end an HIV epidemic in India by 2030 is providing her and the transgender community …
With Limited Health Care Access, Some Trans Women Turn To Silicone Injections : Code Switch : NPR
Trans people in the U.S. have turned to underground silicone injections for decades. And it has particularly impacted trans women of color and those living in poverty. Anke Gladnick hide caption toggle caption Anke Gladnick Trans people in the U.S. have turned to underground silicone injections for decades. And it has particularly impacted trans women …
Neighbours’ first trans character might not change the world, but she could change lives | Allison Gallagher | Television & radio
On Friday evening, the Australian soap opera Neighbours will introduce the show’s first trans character in its near-35-year run. The story of Mackenzie Hargraves – played by the Australian trans activist Georgie Stone – centres on the character befriending Yashvi Rebecchi, a fellow student at her school; revealing that she is trans; being accepted by …
Denver Health to offer almost any surgery relating to sex reassignment
Please enable Javascript to watch this video DENVER — More medical services for trans and non-binary people will soon be available in the Mile High City. By the end of the summer, full female-to-male gender confirmation surgery will be offered at Denver Health Medical Center. The expansion is making the hospital even more of a …
BREAKING: Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Approved by Federal Government | LethbridgeNewsNOW| Lethbridge, Alberta
Trans Mountain Pipeline (Photo courtesy of Canadian Press) By David Opinko Jun 18, 2019 LETHBRIDGE, AB – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s administration has given its thumbs up to the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion. Senior government officials said in a technical briefing Tuesday afternoon that Ottawa has agreed with the National Energy Board (NEB) that the …
Trans Mountain expansion project gets green light, again – Cloverdale Reporter
The federal Liberal government is giving the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion a second lease on life. “Today I’m announcing that our government has approved the Trans Mountain expansion project going forward,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a news conference in Ottawa after markets closed Tuesday. “This is a new decision. The company plans to have …
