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A transgender student at IU was able to get the name and gender on her official identifying documents changed this month. The student initiated her process before a recent executive order in Indiana ...

The maddening experience of the average transgender US citizen is nothing next to the average transgender immigrant’s journey navigating the US immigration system. The government has clear answers for ...

In Indiana, gender change requests required a certified court order. Hoosiers had to petition a judge to sign off on a “verified petition for change of gender” — which was among the documents that had ...

The civil rights of LGBTQ+ Texans are on the line this legislative session, with hundreds of bills expected to be filed before legislators take to their seats at the Capitol in January. But orders ...

The early weeks and months after a child comes out as transgender may feel overwhelming for parents and guardians as the status raises various issues. A common concern involves the request to change ...

Fewer than one per cent of people who have changed their legal gender choose to revert to the gender they were assigned at birth. This has been shown in a new study from Uppsala University in which ...

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