SAN FRANCISCO — California’s Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) has issued guidance clarifying the obligations of California’s health plans under the Insurance Gender Nondiscrimination Act. In a groundbreaking directive to health plans, the DMHC confirmed that California’s Insurance Non-Discrimination Act of 2006, authored by former Assemblymember Paul Koretz, guarantees all people the right to…
On the day the constitutionality of Prop. 8 was being argued before the Supreme Court, a rally was organized by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, Family Equality Council, GetEQUAL, Marriage Equality USA and the New Organizing Institute. The rally was successful, almost in every way, in how the…
By Ian Kerner Editor’s note: Ian Kerner, a sexuality counselor and New York Times best-selling author, writes about sex and relationships for CNN Health. (CNN) — Are younger people more likely to embrace their sexual identity? That’s the implication of findings from a recent large Gallup survey. The survey, which asked 120,000 American adults whether…
State Rep. John Kavanagh (R-8th District) recently submitted an amendment for state Senate bill SB 1432. He’s stated that the amendment is a response to Phoenix passing an ordinance granting housing, employment and public accommodation antidiscrimination protections based on gender identity for transgender citizens. His proposal is to limit public restrooms and locker rooms usage…
The Vietnamese Ministry of Health has announced that beginning in May, three hospitals will be permitted to perform gender reassignment surgery, announced Nguyen Huy Quang, director of the Department of Legal Affairs for the Ministry. According to an internal document, in 2,000 newborn babies, one has genitals not fit to the chromosome. And 1 in…
At what age do transgender girls become perceived predators? Do we consider a transgender girl in kindergarten – a girl born with male genitalia – to be a predator toward other girls in her elementary school class should they all use the girls bathroom? Would the line be a third grade/8-year-old trans girl? A sixth…
In a move that suggests the Indian state is working toward greater acceptance of the LGBT community, Rituparno Ghosh, the director of Chitrangadahas won top honors at the state-sponsored National Film Awards, reports The Indian Express. The film, which took home the Special Jury Prize, concerns a choreographer (Ghosh) who is struggling with gender identity….
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is spending $1.5 million to study the “high public-health significance” of why 75 percent of lesbian women are obese and gay men are not, according to a report in The Washington Times. “Obesity is one of the most critical public health issues affecting the U.S. today,” the description of…
thursday, feb. 28 Time Stands Still Widely hailed as one of the best new plays on Broadway, Time Stands Still is the story of James and Sarah, a journalist and a photographer, who have been together for nine years and share a passion for documenting the realities of war. But when injuries force them to…
Should there be a third gender category birth certificate gender assignment? The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) is considering just that after its Law Reform Advisory Council advised the government in Canberra that gender options for birth certificates and other identity documents should include the options female, male, intersex, to be advised or indeterminate. In 2010,…
