LGBTQ Nation: EU court tells member states: gender marker changes are the law
LGBTQ Nation: Alaska is fighting to deny a trans woman gender-affirming surgery. 24 states are backing them up.
Every year, from 25 November (International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women) to 10 December (Human Rights Day), the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence call for global solidarity to end violence against women and girls everywhere. Violence against women is a major public health and human rights crisis, affecting almost one in three women in their lifetime. The ...
Digital Journal: Global research: Gender stereotypes reflect the division of labour across nations
European Union member states must allow transgender citizens to update their names and gender markers on identification documents, according to the EU’s highest court. On Thursday, the EU Court of ...
Idaho and Indiana are the latest states to file an amicus brief in support of Alaska’s challenge to a federal ruling affirming the right of a trans prisoner to gender-affirming surgery. “A federal ...
Alaska is fighting to deny a trans woman gender-affirming surgery. 24 states are backing them up.
Gender refers to the characteristics of women, men, girls and boys that are socially constructed. This includes norms, behaviours and roles associated with being a woman, man, girl or boy, as well as relationships with each other. As a social construct, gender varies from society to society and can change over time. Gender is hierarchical and produces inequalities that intersect with other ...