trans rights

The process by which trans 16- and 17-year-olds change their legal gender in Ireland will be simplified, after a review found that the current requirements are “too onerous”. New legislation will remove the requirement for 16- and 17-year-olds to go through a court process and have their gender certified by two medical practitioners before it’s legally recognised. Instead, 16- and 17-year-olds will be able to self-declare their gender – with parental consent – in the same way as trans people over the age of 18 in the country. In 2015,...

Dr Meg-John Barker, a non-binary relationships educator and author of Life Isn’t Binary, Rewriting the Rules and now Gender: A Graphic Guide, talks to PinkNews about gender, feminism, climate change and, of course, gay animals. This interview has been edited for clarity and length. PinkNews: The book immediately gets you thinking about all of the different ways we experience gender, and how important context is – for example, other facets of identity like race or class and how they shape the way you experience gender and the way gender is...

The Supreme Court (SCOTUS) announced that they will allow President Trump’s Transgender Military Ban to take effect as of Tuesday, January 22, 2019. According to CNN, the SCOTUS announcement wasn’t a final verdict on the merits of the issue but rather a temporary go ahead while the lower courts proceedings in the matter are decided. “Today’s dual rulings on the transgender ban allow the controversial policy to go into effect for now, but also allow the appeals to go forward in the lower courts,” said Steve Vladeck, CNN Supreme Court...