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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Critics call out the way traditional and social media describe the victim in news coverage. Psychologist Keith Lequay said in a 2015 interview that the country needed a frank and open education about what it […]
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