Results for: non-binary
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Hillary Clinton Unveils a Promising Plan to Improve Mental Health Care
Clinton’s new plan calls for prioritizing mental health care and putting it on par with physical health care when it comes to access or quality of treatment. For LGBT people, who are more likely to suffer from mental illness compared to straight people, this is a really hopeful announcement.
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More Brits Than Ever Are In Between on the Kinsey Scale, New Survey Shows
In poll results published Sunday by YouGov, a full 49% of 18-24 year olds identified as something other than exclusively heterosexual on the Kinsey scale.
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Denmark’s New Law Makes Legal Gender Recognition A Lot Easier
The law, which allows trans folks to legally change their gender without any medical or surgical requirements, is the first of its kind in Europe and could hopefully set new precedents in the region.
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LGBT Youth Also Need To Hear “I Believe You, It’s Not Your Fault”
“The all-too-real worries and fear of coming forward as a queer victim of abuse and sexual assault run the gamut. Beyond the base erroneous idea that assault can’t happen, or doesn’t happen, between queer folk, especially women, or if it does it isn’t as “bad,” there’s the fear of how coming forward will be received in regards to your orientation or gender, regardless who assaulted you.”
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Leslie Feinberg, Transgender Lesbian, Activist, Author, and Revolutionary Dies at 65
Leslie Feinberg died at home in Syracuse, NY, with hir partner and spouse of 22 years, Minnie Bruce Pratt, at hir side. Hir last words were: “Remember me as a revolutionary communist.”
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Obama Rolls Out Plan For Executive Action On Immigration; The Struggle Continues
Is the President’s plan enough? As long as there are people whose lives and families are in the US remain vulnerable to deportation, is not enough, but it is something, and it is the result of the hard work of thousands of activists who have put everything on the line to make their presence known as undocumented and immigrant Americans who deserve rights and dignity.
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Asylum Seekers and “Dishonest” Sexualities: Bisexuality at the Border
The UK Home Office has a questionable track record when it comes to LGB asylum seekers, and for bisexual asylum seekers, narratives of “proving” sexuality or being “gay enough” can be deadly.
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Binary or Blank: Germany Allows Parents to Refrain From Gender Assignment at Birth
Germany becomes the first country in Europe to give parents the option of male, female or neither in birth certificates, sparking what could be “comprehensive reform” in how gender is legally categorised and understood.
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Here’s How NYC Public Schools Plan To Better Support Their Trans* Students
With 1.1 million students, NYC is the largest public school system in the country, and has a lot of influence setting standards for how other big school systems and states support trans* students.