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French trans youth dies by suicide after tensions with school officials; students hold protests
• 4 years agoClassmates said Fouad, 17, had recently decided to go public about identifying as female and had been summoned to speak with a school official after she wore a skirt to class
Legal notice sent to MX Player show Pati, Patni aur Panga for transphobic and defamatory content
Fp Staff • 4 years agoThe legal notice against Pati, Patni aur Panga, states that the show and its trailer ‘perpetuate and propagate social stigma, stereotypes and humiliations faced by queer and transgender persons.’
JK Rowling's latest novel, Troubled Blood, comes under fire for an allegedly transphobic plot
Fp Staff • 4 years agoWritten under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, it is the fifth of the author's Cormoran Strike detective series and revolves around the investigation into a cold case of a suspected transvestite serial killer.
The Friday List: From the storytelling spectacle dastangoi to a tour of ringmaster Gregangelo's home museum, your weekly calendar of virtual events
Fp Staff • 5 years agoEvery Friday, we'll bring you a curated list of online experiences — performances, talks, tours, screenings — to mark on your weekly calendar.
Halle Berry withdraws from transgender role, apologises after backlash: Vow to promote better representation
Fp Staff • 5 years agoHalle Berry later tweeted that she was no longer considering the role.
After Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Eddie Redmayne, Bonnie Wright condemn JK Rowling's controversial tweets
Fp Staff • 5 years agoEmma Watson and many others have spoken against JK Rowling's controversial tweets about the transgender community.
Daniel Radcliffe responds to JK Rowling's tweets: 'Need to do more to support transgender, not invalidate their identities'
• 5 years agoDaniel Radcliffe hoped JK Rowling's tweets would not "taint" the meaning of the Harry Potter books for fans.
Coronavirus Outbreak: Trans community's lives come to standstill, but hope presents itself through welfare initiatives
Suryasarathibhattacharya • 5 years agoMany individuals in the trans community, such as the hijras, have lost all sources of income due to the nation-wide lockdown. Social stigma makes it difficult for them to access essential items like food, and many are struggling to pay rent
JK Rowling draws criticism from activists over tweet supporting anti-transgender researcher
• 5 years agoJK Rowling is facing widespread criticism from the transgender community and other activists after tweeting support for a researcher who lost her job for stating that people cannot change their biological sex
Transgender bill awaits presidential nod to become law but betrays the very community it aims to protect
Pooja Krishnakumar • 5 years agoThere is an inadequate representation of transgender persons in the proposed National Council for Transgender Persons since only five members will be from the community.