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Brazil elects two trans women to national parliament for the first time in history

October 12, 2022 Korina Estrada 0

On October 2, Brazil voted for the country’s president with no winner. The top two candidates, Jair Bolsonaro and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will advance to the next round on October 30. Jair Bolsonaro, […]

Mexico recognizes non-binary person’s identity through birth certificate

February 28, 2022 Korina Estrada 0

A non-binary individual in Mexico has been issued a birth certificate recognizing their gender identity. On February 11, 2022, LGBT Activist Fausto Martinez received the birth certificate from the central Mexican state of Guanajuato. He […]

Viktoria Volkova makes history as first trans woman on the cover of Playboy Mexico

November 15, 2020 Korina Estrada 0

27-year-old Viktoria Volkova who hails from the Mexican state of Querétaro has grown popular in the recent years due to her fame on YouTube as a beauty influencer. But the model hasn’t only been making […]

Bolivia Makes History with First Transgender News Anchor

July 10, 2020 Korina Estrada 0

Leonie Dorado never expected to be the first transgender news anchor in Bolivia since she always thought she would be pursuing a career in music as a singer and piano player. The twenty-six-year-old news anchor […]

Study reveals transgenderism is biology

April 8, 2018 Maki 0

Researchers from the University of Sao Paulo’s medical school gathered data by comparing the brain structure of people who identified as transgender and cisgender. In particular, they discovered that the volume of the insula, a […]

United Kingdom teen holds first gender-neutral ‘b’nei mitzvah’

April 3, 2018 Maki 0

Esther Thorpe, 14, and her mother, Miriam, were worried about looking for a Jewish community that would accept her identity as gender non-binary. Keshet, an LGBT advocacy group based in Massachusetts, said that religious organizations […]

Transgender fighter makes history for MMA victory

March 18, 2018 Maki 0

Anne Veriato bested Railson Paixao in 115-pound match in Brazil, making her the first openly transgender female fighter to win against a man in mixed martial arts. Veriato said in an interview that she intended […]

First transgender mass held in Cuba

March 16, 2018 Maki 0

Transgender pastors held a religious service in the chapel in the western Cuban city of Matanzas, a first in the communist-ruled country. It was the highlight of three-day conference organized by the Matanzas-based branch of […]

Transgender Brazilians celebrate legal rulings on legal change

March 8, 2018 Maki 0

The Superior Electoral Court has finally ruled to allow transgender candidates to use their preferred names during campaigns. In addition, the Supreme Court issued a decision that allowed trans people to change their name without […]

Chile’s Lower House of Congress passes transgender rights bill

January 26, 2018 Maki 0

House of Deputies in Chile passed a trans rights bill that would allow transgender individuls to legally change name and gender without surgery or court ruling. Voted 68-35, the bill is now going to be […]

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