Mississippi woman is first reported transgender murder of 2017 in US

• Released Date: 06-Jan-2017

Mesha Caldwell, a well-known hairstylist and make-up artist in her community, was found shot to death in Mississippi’s Madison County.Caldwell is the the first transgender person to be reported murdered in the US in 2017.

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Study finds 40% of transgender people have attempted suicide

• Released Date: 29-Dec-2016

40% of transgender people have attempted to commit suicide at some point in their lifetime. A study conducted by the National Centre for Transgender Equality found that of the 17,715 people surveyed, 40% had attempted suicide

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Taiwan takes another step towards legalizing same-sex marriage

• Released Date: 27-Dec-2016

A Taiwan legislative committee approved preliminary amendment to the Civil Code that could lead to the legalization of same-sex marriage.Different versions of an amendment to the Civil Code were carefully reviewed on Monday and includes rights and du

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HIV 101: Who Is At Higher Risk of HIV Infection

• Released Date: 14-Dec-2016

The incident allegedly took place after Aliev’s father, Alimshaikh Aliev, called for his daughter’s execution on a Russian TV station and misgendered Raina.Let him be killed, I don’t want to see him, Alimshaikh said. Bring him here and kill him in fr

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Why does Russia hate gay people so much they want to ban a game with rainbow clothes?

• Released Date: 12-Dec-2016

Russia is not a good place to be gay, but it often feels like some politicians think more about homosexuality than a gogo boy at a gay bar in Fire Island

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Trans Muslim woman killed days after her wedding

• Released Date: 07-Nov-2016

The incident allegedly took place after Aliev’s father, Alimshaikh Aliev, called for his daughter’s execution on a Russian TV station and misgendered Raina.Let him be killed, I don’t want to see him, Alimshaikh said. Bring him here and kill him in fr

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LGBT groups petition against Utah A.G. over transgender bathroom issue

• Released Date: 07-Nov-2016

National and local LGBT rights organizations called out Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes on Thursday over his support of a lawsuit that it says harms transgender people

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The shocking reality of life for transgender women in Cambodia

• Released Date: 03-Nov-2016

Everyday when I walk outside I am insulted. A new report shows the shocking statistics of transgender women in Cambodia who are being verbally abused, as well as physically and sexually assaulted, in public spaces.

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Rights groups call for transgender protections

• Released Date: 23-Sep-2016

Human rights groups have called on the government to establish an anti-discrimination law in the wake of a report that unveiled widespread abuses committed against transgender women – a law observers say is long overdue. In a report released on Wedne

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Abuses prevalent for Cambodia’s transgender women: study

• Released Date: 22-Sep-2016

An overwhelming majority of transgender women on Cambodia’s city streets are subject to shocking harassment and abuse, according to a new report from the Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (CCHR). The report, released yesterday, also shines a light on

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Study Exposes Abuse of Trans Cambodians

• Released Date: 22-Sep-2016

Two weeks ago, a small group of transgender women were sitting on the riverfront in Siem Reap City when a group of police officers arrived and told them to get up and go away. It was an act of blatant discrimination, harassing them for being in a pub

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Cambodian trans-women’s humiliation highlighted

• Released Date: 20-Sep-2016

Guwahati: The Cambodian transgender women are subjected to high levels of discrimination in their day to day life and most of them face some kind of harassments while in public spaces because of their identities, said a report of Cambodian Center for

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