The 2016 policy is being replicated across the country, and provides valuable lessons for reproductive healthcare globally A decade ago, the Health Minister of the Catalan government Toni Comín announced...
An Argentinian documentary follows a teenager’s transition to answer this question. The documentary Tristán y los días por venir (Tristán and the days to come) was filmed over seven years, documenting Tristán’s adolescence...
Gender-affirming surgery under military dictatorship paved the way for better rights today Waldirene Nogueira was 26 when she sought gender-affirming surgery in Brazil. It was 1971, the middle of Brazil’s...
Brazil moves to recognise trans language Pajubá as cultural heritage In the hidden cracks of Brazilian society, where queer communities continue to resist erasure, a secret language is flourishing. Pajubá,...
Despite Russia’s homophobic laws, queer people in Russia are still choosing to become parents. Writers Karen Shainyan and Yaroslav Rasputin, from a new Russian-language queer media outlet Just Got Lucky, collected...
How aesthetic pressure sickens and isolates gay men In Diadorim, journalist Marie Declercq delivers an exploration into the tyranny of beauty within gay male culture ranging from Renaissance paintings to filtered...
Inside Hong Kong’s Legislative Council debate on same-sex unions – and what happens when homophobia becomes policy language On 12 February 2025, Hong Kong’s Legislative Council spent just over ninety...
How older Spanish hosts and migrant youth are reshaping what ‘home’ means, one shared kitchen at a time What does it mean to be seen, not as a threat or...
Camila Sosa Villada’s latest film reimagines trans identity beyond pain, poverty, or even death In Thesis on a Domestication, Camila Sosa Villada turns the tired trope of trans suffering on its...
A Taiwanese reporter interviews transgender teenagers about the challenges they face from the medical system Following the legalisation of gay marriage in 2019 – the first Asian country to do...
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