Let the Courts Decide

US: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Champion Of Gender Equality, Dies At 87

"Our nation has lost a justice of historic stature," Chief Justice John Roberts said. "We at the Supreme Court have lost a cherished colleague. Today we mourn but with confidence that future generations will remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg as we knew her, a tireless and resolute champion of justice."

France: The Court of Cassation refuses a transgender woman to be considered the mother of her daughter

A transgender woman, born a man, demanded the right to be considered the mother of her daughter, conceived in a natural way but when she had already changed marital status. The Court of Cassation dismissed his appeal.

Switzerland: Semenya loses appeal against CAS ruling over testosterone regulations

Double Olympic 800 metres champion Caster Semenya has lost her appeal to the Swiss Federal Tribunal (SFT) to set aside a 2019 Court of Arbitration (CAS) ruling that female athletes with high natural testosterone levels must take medication to reduce it.

China: "Xixi v. Homophobia teaching materials case"

On July 6, 2017, due to the stigmatization of homosexuality in the book "Mental Health Education for College Students", Xixi appointed an attorney to file a product quality dispute lawsuit with the People’s Court of Suyu District, Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, because there were errors in the textbooks involved.

China: She took "homosexuality is a disease" to court

Xixi, a 20-year-old college student, is also doing something that may be "futility". She wants to sue Jinan University Press and sales platform to classify homosexuality as a "sexual psychological disorder" in the teaching materials.

US: Federal judge blocks Trump administration from ending transgender health-care protections

A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from removing nondiscrimination protections for transgender people in health care, issuing a temporary setback to a major policy priority for social conservatives.