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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 […]

Transgender player debuts in Brazil volleyball league

December 31, 2017 Maki 1

Tiffany Abreu became the first transgender volleyball athlete to join Brazil’s Superliga, the country’s top volleyball tournament for women after securing permission from International Volleyball Federation. Brazil’s national team coach said there is no reason […]

Transgender film is Chile’s bet for the Oscars, trans actress favored to bag an Oscar nomination

December 27, 2017 Maki 1

A Fantastic Woman, a film by filmmaker Sebastian Lelio, is Chile’s official submission to the Oscar’s. Transgender actress Daniela Vega hopes the film will generate empathy for transgender people. Vega is predicted by critics to […]

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