Latest News The state of trans people's rights around the world according to 11 artists and activists by apknewsbaba

 Latest News The state of trans people's rights around the world according to 11 artists and activists by apknewsbaba

Everywhere in the world, the situation of trans people is at the center of attention in terms of civil rights. In the United States, the Republican party has introduced a series of laws aimed at making it more difficult for trans people to access basic health care, while the Biden administration has proposed changes to Title IX, the federal civil rights law which prohibits discrimination based on sex in schools and colleges, in order to more effectively protect transgender students. In Spain, a bill is being approved that allows 16-year-olds to freely change their gender without the current need for a medical diagnosis; 12-year-olds, on the other hand, will be able to do so with the approval of a judge. In England, the TERF battles against the recognition of the concept of gender identity continue to rage; France just banned conversion therapy; for the first time Mexico has recently released a birth certificate that recognizes the existence of a third gender referring to a non-binary person. Meanwhile, in sports, which have become a key testing ground for trans rights, just last week German football passed new laws allowing transgender athletes to decide whether to play on men's or women's teams, while FINA, the the world body that governs swimming, has announced a new rule that prohibits transgender women from competing in the main women's competitions and creates a new "open" category, reserved for them.

Latest News The state of trans people's rights around the world according to 11 artists and activists by apknewsbaba

In the face of what Transgender Europe, a network of organizations dedicated to strengthening trans rights in Europe and Central Asia, describes as "slow progress" in many countries, trans people continue to struggle and, when allowed, prosecute your own goals. Of course, the results don't come by themselves. Here the GQ global network presents eleven trans artists and activists who talk about their lives and the situation, in terms of civil rights, in their country