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I'm Coming Out as Intersex After Years of Keeping it a Secret

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“My deep desire to be a “normal” girl in spite of being intersex—and the externally imposed standard in which being a well-adjusted heterosexual woman was implicitly deemed to be the most successful medical outcome—overpowered my own true sense of self.”

South Africa Makes Changes To Marriage Law

Under the newly signed marriage and civil unions law for south Africa, a marriage officer may no longer object to solemnising a civil union between persons of the same sex. The laws follow a number of high-profile cases where a marriage officer refused to solemnise a same-sex couple as it was ‘contrary to their beliefs’.

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UK: Writing on the wall: why trans and nonbinary people in Bristol are speaking out

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The painting of the mural was prompted in part by the demoralising conclusion to a political rollercoaster of a summer, as trans people awaited a statement on proposed reforms to the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) intended to make civil matters such as marriage and funerals more straightforward for trans people.

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Pope Francis’s meaningful words must be followed by action

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When Pope Francis called for civil unions and spoke of the right of our LGBTI communities to a family, joy has been the first reaction for many of us. For Catholics he is not only our spiritual father, but a hugely influential voice globally to hundreds of millions of people. His words of inclusion will resonate and hopefully drive inclusive change in countries, churches, communities and homes around the world.