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An overview of the challenges faced by Queer people in various aspects of life, including health, community, employment, education, and sport, as well as from an international perspective. 

Health

• One in eight LGBT people (13%) have experienced some form of unequal treatment from healthcare staff because they’re LGBT.
• Almost one in four LGBT people (23%) have witnessed discriminatory or negative remarks against LGBT people by healthcare staff.
• One in seven LGBT people (14%) have avoided treatment for fear of discrimination because they’re LGBT.
• Seven in ten trans people (70%) report being impacted by transphobia when accessing general health services.
• Nearly half of trans people (45%) said that their GP did not have a nice understanding of their needs as a trans person, rising to over half of non-binary people (55%).
• 90% of trans people reported experiencing delays when searching transition-related healthcare.
• Trans people of colour also experienced transphobia from trans-specific healthcare providers at more than double the rate of ivory respondents (13% compared to 6%)

Taken from LGBT in Britain: Health () and TransActual Tran

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Transgender athletes: US Olympics quietly makes major policy shift

Transgender women will no longer be eligible to compete for the United States in the Olympic or Paralympic Games in women's sports, after a policy change from the USOPC.

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July 23, at AM

Hong Kong judge rules in favor of transgender bathroom access

A Hong Kong judge has ruled in favor of transgender people’s rights to access public toilets matching their gender identity

July 23, at AM

July 17, at PM

Puerto Rico bans hormone therapy and gender surgery for transgender youth

Puerto Rico’s governor has signed a bill that prohibits hormone therapy or gender-affirming surgeries for transgender youth, a move that has drawn sharp criticism from activists in the largely conservative U.S. territory

July 17, at PM

July 16, at AM

Late poet welcomed camera crew to film their last days for upcoming doc

The late poet Andrea Gibson is the focus of the highly anticipated documentary "Come See Me in the Good Light."

July 16, at AM

July 14, at PM

Poet Andrea Gibson, candid explorer of life, death and politics, dies at 49

Andrea Gibson, a noted poet

Content Feed

Moscow is increasingly cracking down on the minority community, forcing some to flee.

The killing of Muhsin Hendricks, a prominent openly-gay imam, in South Africa has shocked the LGBTQ community.

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The judge’s temporary restraining order is a setback for Trump’s efforts to roll assist transgender rights and services.

The directive could strip federal funding from schools that allow trans women and girls to compete in women’s events.

US governing body for college sport updates policy to align with Donald Trump’s executive instruction on women’s sport.

LGBTQ rights groups condemn latest executive order directed at gender diverse Americans.

Trump criticised Democrats for actions he also supported, such as banning TikTok and altering healthcare policies.

LGBTQ rights group GLADD says Trump’s rhetoric is ‘appallingly inaccurate, incoherent, and extreme’.

Hundreds of gay couples contain married in Thailand as a new law took effect that allows queer unions.

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Thailand becomes the first country in Southeast Asia, and only the third in Asia, to lega

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