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Manipur's Transgender Activist On Hunger Strike In Delhi, Seeks End To Ethnic Violence
A transgender activist from Manipur who has been fasting for the past four days in Delhi, seeking an end to the ethnic violence in the state, was taken to a hospital after her health condition deteriorated on Monday.
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AIIMS Delhi To Soon Setup Health Care Centre For Transgender Individuals
The centre will have a setup where surgeries can be conducted according to the needs and endocrinology and psychiatry of the transgender under one roof.
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Free Sex Reassignment Surgery For Transgenders In Maharashtra: Minister
Gender affirming or sex reassignment surgeries would be carried out free for members of the transgender community in Maharashtra, state Health Minister Rajesh Tope has said.
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Vaccine Camp For Transgenders Organised In Gurgaon
In a unique initiative by the Gurgaon health department, a special Covid vaccination camp was organised today for the transgender community at a government school the city's Sector 21. They were administered the first dose of Covishield.
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In A First, Transgender Woman Rachel Levine Confirmed To US Health Post
The US Senate took the historic step Wednesday of confirming pediatrician Rachel Levine as President Joe Biden's assistant secretary of health, making her the highest-ranking transgender official to serve in the federal government.
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Joe Biden Health Nominee Would Be Highest-Ranking Transgender Official
President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday named Dr. Rachel Levine to service as assistant U.S. health secretary, a historic first as Levine would become the first openly transgender official to be confirmed by the Senate.
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US Judge Blocks Donald Trump Rule On LGBT Health Discrimination
A U.S. judge on Monday blocked a Trump administration rule that would strip protections for transgender people facing healthcare discrimination.
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Cover Drug Addicts, Sex Workers Under Social-Protection Schemes: Health Ministry
The Health Ministry has sought the inclusion of vulnerable groups such as drug addicts, transgender persons and those suffering from HIV/AIDS in the social protection schemes run by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, saying they are struggling for livelihood and shelter because of the coronavirus-forced lockdown.
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Facebook Ads Push Misinformation About HIV Prevention Drugs, LGBT Activists Say, 'Harming Public Health'
Facebook users have been bombarded with misleading ads about medication meant to prevent the transmission of HIV, according to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocates.
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Maharashtra Government Sets Up Transgender Welfare Board
The Maharashtra government has formed a Transgender Welfare Board to provide formal education, employment opportunities, conduct health programmes and give legal help to the community.
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Transgenderism No Longer A Mental Illness: World Health Organization
Transgender people, who identify as the opposite gender to the one they were born with, should no longer be considered mentally ill, according to a new UN categorisation.
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"Women Who Dress Like Men Give Birth To Transgenders": Kerala Professor
A professor in Kerala, a regular at government programmes, has generated waves of shock and disgust with his comments on transgenders. Rajith Kumar, a doctorate in microbiology, faces the prospect of being blacklisted by the government for the comments made at a during an awareness camp in Kasargode, the northern district of Kerala.
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Sex-Change Operations In Delhi On The Rise
The Lok Nayak hospital in the capital has seen a heavy turnout of patients for sex-change surgeries as compared to past years.
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Man In UK Became The First To Give Birth To Baby Girl
In a first of it's kind case in the UK, the man welcomed his child Trinity Leigh into the world, using sperm donation.
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Unisex Bathrooms, Office Buddies, Health Plans: Workplaces Get Transgender-Friendly
Mumbai: During a training session for its first set of transgender recruits, officials from the new metro rail company in Kochi asked them if they had any concerns. They had just one: bathroom access. “The project construction was complete by then and the stations were ready,” said Reshmi Chandrathil Ravi, a spokeswoman for Kochi Metro Rail, a ...
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Manipur's Transgender Activist On Hunger Strike In Delhi, Seeks End To Ethnic Violence
A transgender activist from Manipur who has been fasting for the past four days in Delhi, seeking an end to the ethnic violence in the state, was taken to a hospital after her health condition deteriorated on Monday.
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AIIMS Delhi To Soon Setup Health Care Centre For Transgender Individuals
The centre will have a setup where surgeries can be conducted according to the needs and endocrinology and psychiatry of the transgender under one roof.
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Free Sex Reassignment Surgery For Transgenders In Maharashtra: Minister
Gender affirming or sex reassignment surgeries would be carried out free for members of the transgender community in Maharashtra, state Health Minister Rajesh Tope has said.
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Vaccine Camp For Transgenders Organised In Gurgaon
In a unique initiative by the Gurgaon health department, a special Covid vaccination camp was organised today for the transgender community at a government school the city's Sector 21. They were administered the first dose of Covishield.
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In A First, Transgender Woman Rachel Levine Confirmed To US Health Post
The US Senate took the historic step Wednesday of confirming pediatrician Rachel Levine as President Joe Biden's assistant secretary of health, making her the highest-ranking transgender official to serve in the federal government.
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Joe Biden Health Nominee Would Be Highest-Ranking Transgender Official
President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday named Dr. Rachel Levine to service as assistant U.S. health secretary, a historic first as Levine would become the first openly transgender official to be confirmed by the Senate.
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US Judge Blocks Donald Trump Rule On LGBT Health Discrimination
A U.S. judge on Monday blocked a Trump administration rule that would strip protections for transgender people facing healthcare discrimination.
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Cover Drug Addicts, Sex Workers Under Social-Protection Schemes: Health Ministry
The Health Ministry has sought the inclusion of vulnerable groups such as drug addicts, transgender persons and those suffering from HIV/AIDS in the social protection schemes run by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, saying they are struggling for livelihood and shelter because of the coronavirus-forced lockdown.
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Facebook Ads Push Misinformation About HIV Prevention Drugs, LGBT Activists Say, 'Harming Public Health'
Facebook users have been bombarded with misleading ads about medication meant to prevent the transmission of HIV, according to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocates.
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Maharashtra Government Sets Up Transgender Welfare Board
The Maharashtra government has formed a Transgender Welfare Board to provide formal education, employment opportunities, conduct health programmes and give legal help to the community.
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Transgenderism No Longer A Mental Illness: World Health Organization
Transgender people, who identify as the opposite gender to the one they were born with, should no longer be considered mentally ill, according to a new UN categorisation.
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"Women Who Dress Like Men Give Birth To Transgenders": Kerala Professor
A professor in Kerala, a regular at government programmes, has generated waves of shock and disgust with his comments on transgenders. Rajith Kumar, a doctorate in microbiology, faces the prospect of being blacklisted by the government for the comments made at a during an awareness camp in Kasargode, the northern district of Kerala.
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Sex-Change Operations In Delhi On The Rise
The Lok Nayak hospital in the capital has seen a heavy turnout of patients for sex-change surgeries as compared to past years.
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Man In UK Became The First To Give Birth To Baby Girl
In a first of it's kind case in the UK, the man welcomed his child Trinity Leigh into the world, using sperm donation.
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Unisex Bathrooms, Office Buddies, Health Plans: Workplaces Get Transgender-Friendly
Mumbai: During a training session for its first set of transgender recruits, officials from the new metro rail company in Kochi asked them if they had any concerns. They had just one: bathroom access. “The project construction was complete by then and the stations were ready,” said Reshmi Chandrathil Ravi, a spokeswoman for Kochi Metro Rail, a ...
