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LISTEN | Full interview with Sylvie Merchant of Lakshya Trust: As It Happens6:38India’s transgender community vows to fight new bill that strips right to self-identify Seven years after India adopted legislation to protect transgender people, it has passed new amendments to scale back those rights. A new bill, passed in …

Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Transgender women athletes are now excluded from women’s events at the Olympics after the IOC agreed …

Distance runner Evie Parts has sued the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Swarthmore College, as well as members of its athletic department, saying they illegally removed her from the track team because she is a transgender athlete. Parts’s lawsuit said the NCAA’s ban on transgender athletes in women’s sports …

The U.S. air force said Thursday it would deny all transgender service members who have served between 15 and 18 years the option to retire early, and would instead force them out without retirement benefits.  One air force sergeant said he was “betrayed and devastated” by the move. The move …

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, a stunning setback to transgender rights. The justices’ 6-3 decision effectively protects from legal challenges the many efforts by U.S. President Donald Trump’s Republican administration and state governments to roll back protections for transgender people. …

As It Happens6:39Trump administration ramps up transgender military purge After 17 years of serving their country in the U.S. Navy, Lt. Rae Timberlake faced a stark choice — leave the military, or be kicked out. After some soul searching, Timberlake opted for the former, in the hopes that, at the …

Transgender women are to be banned outright from women’s and girls’ cricket in England and Wales. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said Friday it had updated its previous restrictions following a U.K. Supreme Court ruling last month. The ECB said transgender women would no longer be able to play in …

Donald Trump’s presidency is 100 days old on Wednesday, and its bold and often controversial moves have spawned more than 200 lawsuits, according to online publications tracking policy and legal issues arising from the new administration. Trump’s first presidency, between 2017 and 2021, was also marked by litigation compared to …

Transgender comedian Ava Val had her sights set on moving to the United States and touring there, but after facing visa issues and growing hostility toward trans people, she cancelled that leg of her tour. Speaking with Saskatoon Morning host Stephanie Massicotte on Thursday, Val said growing up she was inspired …

As It Happens7:05Trump passport policy a ‘fundamental rejection of my identity’ says transgender plaintiff Ash Lazarus Orr, a transgender man from West Virginia, has filed a federal lawsuit challenging U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order that recognizes male and female as the only two sexes on government documents.  This order has …