Transgender rights
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Pakistan opens first transgender school
In Depth Founders hope vocational courses will enable marginalised community to find acceptance
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Marvia Malik: Pakistan hires first transgender news anchor
Speed Read The 21-year-old journalist and model said she was ‘moved to tears’ when offered the job
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Giuliana Farfalla: German Playboy’s first transgender cover star
In Depth 21-year-old model follows in footsteps of US Playboy cover star Ines Rau
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Pentagon to allow transgender military recruits
Speed Read Enlistment will begin on 1 January despite Donald Trump’s ban
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Let boys wear tutus and tiaras, says Church of England
In Depth New guidance for CofE schools says play is ‘sacred space’ for imagination
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How Trump's transgender ban will affect the US military
In Depth The US President cited medical costs - but trans healthcare represents just 0.001 per cent of the military budget
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Jenni Murray sparks outrage with trans women column
In Depth BBC Woman's Hour presenter claims men who have had a sex change are not 'real women'
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Two transgender women 'beaten to death' in Saudi Arabia
Speed Read Amna and Meeno, aged 35 and 26, reportedly thrown into sacks and tortured by police
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Childline receives record number of calls about gender issues
Speed Read Charity counsels 2,700 children in 2015/16, more than double the number of the previous year
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Why gender could become an issue at the Rio Olympics
In Depth Changes to IOC regulations have caused the debate over transgender competitors to intensify
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Who's 'they'? The rise of the gender-neutral singular pronoun
Speed Read New expressions of identity generate a deal of great deal of discussion
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The ten most complained about books in the US
In Depth Bible joins Fifty Shades of Grey and transgender picture book on American Library Association's list
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Transgender rights: The fight for gender-neutral toilets
In Depth New York college is latest institution to abandon Male and Female signs on doors
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Primary school defends plan to hold 'transgender day'
In Depth Headteacher says event has had a 'positive response' but parents threaten to take their children out of classes
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