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Published in: 50.50: NewsGeorgia grants legal gender recognition to trans woman for first time
In a historic first, the conservative country of Georgia granted an appeal by a trans woman to change her gender on...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionAnti-trans activism by some UK queer people is shocking and damaging
The alarming wave of anti-trans activism in the West threatens to undermine rights in less privileged parts of the world
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Published in: 50.50: Feature‘I’m a Yemeni trans man and my family want to kill me’
Yahyia Al-Zindani had to flee his homeland in fear of his life but continues to do all he can to support Yemen’s...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe danger of being transgender in Latin America in times of quarantine
The measures implemented in Panama, Peru and Colombia have subjected LGBTI people to harassment. Also, they do not...
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Published in: oDRCan transgender people speak in Armenia?
When it comes to hate crimes, impunity still reigns in this South Caucasus state.
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Published in: oDRBeing Trans in Ukraine
The processes for gender transition and sexual reassignment in Ukraine may have been simplified, but transgender...
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Published in: oDRIn Kazakhstan, transgender people face discrimination
In Kazakhstan, transgender persons have the right to surgical procedures to change their sex – but little access to...
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Published in: TransformationNo, the existence of trans people doesn’t validate gender essentialism
Finding the middle ground between our bodies and our cultural influences has always been a paramount idea in...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMeet the Tunisian drag queen defying the odds
On the frontline of the LGBTQIA movement in Tunisia, a trans non-binary drag queen is revolutionizing and leading...
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Published in: TransformationWhy are religious conservatives embracing transgender rights?
Iran has the second highest number of sexual reassignment surgeries in the world. What’s going on?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaLegal recognition of transgender people in Turkey: will the court seize the historic opportunity?
A couple of months ago, a local court judge in Edirne filed a plea to the Court of Constitution of Turkey to revoke...
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Published in: oDRA transgender life in Chechnya
As reports of purges of gay men surfaced, Chechnya recently made international headlines. A transgender woman, now...
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Published in: TransformationGoing inside, coming out
Before Chelsea Manning rebelled against the order of the US army, others had already done so—the soldiers she...