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Sunday 25 October 2020
New guidelines have been drawn up to cover the participation of transgender athletes in men and women’s contact rugby.
‘People out there will tell you being transgender is as simple as filling in a form. I can assure you that it is not,’ writes Aoife Martin.
The Harry Potter author wrote about aspects of her troubled past in a blog post.
On Twitter, Rowling mocked the use of the term ‘people who menstruate’.
More than 22,000 trans men and women were surveyed for the study.
Maya Forstater lost her job after tweeting that she opposed proposals to reform the UK Gender Recognition Act.
Over 100 people were affected by the HSE’s error.
One complainant argued the programme was “harmful to transgender people”.
Transgender people speak of the challenges of transitioning in Ireland.
The document was immediately denounced by LGBT Catholics as contributing to bigotry and violence.
The latest action was swiftly condemned by Democrats and civil rights advocates.
The government is considering proposals to allow children aged 16 and 17 to self-declare their gender.
The high court today reversed lower-court orders preventing the Pentagon from implementing its plans.
Over 4,000 people have signed a petition opposing the appearance of the Father Ted co-writer.
Reform of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 is being considered by the government.
The Health Minister also said he wants the Bill to be inclusive of members of the trans community.
Hundreds of sex workers and activists marched in Paris in memory of Vanesa Campos last week
The certificates allow a person to be legally recognised by the State under the gender they identify.
FLAC has also recommended that there should be recognition for intersex and non-binary gender identities, writes Eilis Barry.
Flac (Free Legal Advice Centres) has produced a comprehensive history of Foy’s right for justice in a report.
1,747 women have been diagnosed with HIV in Ireland since 2003.
A combination of medicines and hormones was able to induce lactation, and the baby’s growth and feeding habits were all normal.
The move will be seen as a blow to President Donald Trump.
The former decathlete won gold for the US at the Montreal Olympics in 1976.
Hannah Mouncey says she is ‘extremely disappointed’ with the AFL’s decision.
People can also make the decision from the age of 15.
Doherty said she would review the position of non-binary and young trans people in the Gender Recognition Act.
Seven in 10 young LGBT+ people believe schools in Ireland are not safe places.
Transgender troops can continue to serve while the Pentagon studies an order by Trump to ban them from US forces.
Trump has said he did the Pentagon a “great favour” by banning transgender troops.
Donald Trump this week said that transgender people would not be able to serve in the US military.
The US president said yesterday that the military cannot be ‘burdened’ with the medical costs and ‘disruption’ involved.
It is estimated that as many as 15,000 transgender people work in the US military.
The US Army confirmed that she had left Fort Leavenworth in Kansas.
The amendments allow people under 16 to receive gender recognition with parental consent.
Jenner says moves by the White House have been ‘a disaster’.
She joined a raft of other voices calling for Trump’s move to be rolled back.
Schools will now decide whether students should use restrooms based on their gender identity.
This is contrary to reports this morning.
Children who are male on their birth cert but who self-identify as female will be allowed to join.
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Richard Nairns details some of what he discovered when he moved to Ned’s Wood in Co Wicklow.
Occasional morning rain and drizzle
Max: 11 °C
Min: 6 °C
Mainly cloudy, showers around; breezy
Max: 11 °C
Min: 7 °C
Winds subsiding with a couple of showers
Max: 12 °C
Min: 5 °C
