Transgender

US army forces woman recruit to bathe, sleep with two males undergoing sex change

The woman recruit has declined to speak out in public as she fears of ruining her military career, US Senator Mike Rounds (R-South Dakota) said

First Nike, now Adidas. Why the sports giant is facing backlash over swimsuit ad

Adidas revealed its ‘Let Love Be Your Legacy’ Pride 2023 line on 15 May. The advertisement, which features a person who outwardly looks like a man wearing a women's swimsuit, has sparked outrage on social media

The outrage over Nike, US beer Bud Light’s collab with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney

She put a post about the popular American beer Bud Light. Days later, she modelled in a Nike sports bra. Since then, trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney has been receiving hate. Singer Kid Rock has led the boycott against the beer and from sportswomen to feminist writers, everyone is lashing out at Nike

US: Kansas state bans transgender athletes from women’s, girls' sports

The Legislature on Wednesday overrode Governor Laura Kelly’s third veto in three years of the bill. Nineteen other states have imposed bans on transgender athletes, most recently Wyoming

Nashville school shooting evokes anti-transgender sentiments

Tennessee's Republican-controlled legislature recently banned gender-affirming medical care, such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy, for anyone under 18, despite US medical associations saying such treatment can save lives

Uganda's parliament passes bill banning identifying as LGBTQ

More than 30 African countries, including Uganda, already ban same-sex relations. The new law appears to be the first to outlaw merely identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ), according to rights group Human Rights Watch

Explained: Why are Tennessee and other US states targeting drag shows?

Across the US, conservative activists and politicians complain that drag contributes to the ‘sexualisation’ or ‘grooming’ of children. Several states are considering restrictions, but none has acted as fast as Tennessee

For the first time, US carries out execution of a transgender person

Amber McLaughlin was the first transgender person of either sex to be executed in the country, and also the first person to die by capital punishment this year in America

Transgender woman's scheduled execution to be the first in US

Amber McLaughlin, 49, is scheduled to die by injection Tuesday for killing a former girlfriend in 2003

National Commission for Women asks UP administration for enquiry into termination of transgender teacher

A transgender teacher working at a private school in UP's Lakhinpur Kheri was terminated on 2 December. The teacher alleges that her identity was the reason for her termination, while the school contests the claim and says that it was her incompetency that led them to fire her