The Minister for Defence Personnel, Dan Tehan, says he has reassured Western Australian politician Andrew Hastie that Australia’s military is focused on the defence of the nation, and allowing transgender personnel to undertake gender reassignment surgery is not reducing their effectiveness. Hastie has spoken out about the defence force’s policy over the last week, arguing […]
Tags: ADF, airforce, Andrew Hastie, Army, canning, Dan Tehan, gender reassignment, LGBT, LGBTI, LGBTIQ, Liberal, Marise Payne, military, Navy, transgender
19 Oct 2017 /
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After two unsuccessful appeals, transgender woman CJ Palmer has been granted bail by District Court Chief Judge Kevin Sleight. Palmer, age 38, has been incarcerated in a men’s corrective facility since February of this year, spending much of this time in solitary confinement. Robin, transwoman and assistant director of TransFolk of WA, spoke of the […]
Tags: CJ Palmer, corrective services, gender reassignment, jail, Prison, sam winter, transgender, transwoman
7 Dec 2016 |
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Four young cisgender women have been successfully implanted with vaginas made from their own cells. Tests following the implantation have shown that the engineered vaginas are indistinguishable from the rest of the womens’ bodies. The four women in the study had Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome, which is a condition that causes the vagina and/or uterus to […]
Tags: gender reassignment, Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome, regenerative medicine, Science, vaginas
11 Apr 2014 |
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Here’s some of the latest stories from around the globe. India Gay Relationships Recriminalised India’s Supreme Court has ruled in favour of reversing a 2009 Delhi High Court order which decriminalised homosexual acts. Prior to 2009, a law more than 140 years old decreed that homosexual relationships were punishable by a ten year jail sentence. […]
Tags: Bahrain, gay adoption, gay marriage, gender reassignment, Germany, India, Ireland, UK, USA, World News
13 Jan 2014 |
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