Activists are set to protest against Donald Trump during his birthday celebrations. The US president will be celebrating his 79th birthday on Saturday (14 June), the same day as a military parade in Washington DC, marking the army’s 250th anniversary. Protestors, who believe the parade is more about Trump’s birthday, will march across the nation […]

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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that the Czech Republic violated the rights of trans people by forcing them to be sterilised. Requiring transgender men and women to undergo sterilisation procedures in order to gain legal recognition of their gender identity meant the central-European country had breached international law, the court decided […]

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The head of the UK’s equalities watchdog has said she believes a trans person’s right to privacy “doesn’t apply” when it comes to accessing gendered facilities, such as toilets. Kishwer Falkner, the chairwoman of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), said privacy laws set out by human rights legislation in the UK don’t extend […]

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