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News (World)
Trans people in Japan can no longer be banned from bathrooms, court says
The Tokyo judge presiding over the case found one government employee’s treatment by her employer, including asking her to ‘go back to being a man’, to be ‘lacking in validity’.
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News (USA)
California first in nation to fund inmate’s gender confirmation surgery
Quine’s case led the state to become the first to set standards for transgender inmates to apply to receive state-funded sex-reassignment surgery.
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News (USA)
Chicago to allow health coverage for gender reassignment surgery (UPDATED)
“Chicago will ensure that transgender city employees are able to receive the medical care that they need.”
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News (USA)
Portland adds sex-reassignment surgery to city employee health benefits
A proposal by Portland Mayor Sam Adams to give transgender city employees a new health benefit — sex-reassignment surgery — was approved by the city council this week.