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The federal agency responsible for enforcing laws against workplace discrimination will allow some complaints filed by ...

Sweden has removed some of the restrictions for changing gender legally and how it appears on official documents.

This article is authored by Nupur Khanter, research associate and Angelina Chamuah, deputy director, Transitions Research.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier held a news conference in Orlando on Tuesday, calling on U.S. Masters Swimming to do ...

The release of the transgender woman, identified in court filings as O-J-M, came after a federal judge in Oregon ordered ...

Only 4% of landowners are women. Wives are frequently excluded altogether. Widows are pressured to forfeit their inheritance. Divorce rarely results in fair settlements. Informal village shalish ...

Sen. Brendan Crighton has secured $50,000 from the State’s fiscal year 2026 budget for the Greater Boston chapter of Girls on the Run (GOTR) to support social-emotional learning and empowerment ...

A roundtable workshop aimed at strengthening the leadership and decision-making capacities of women parliamentarians in Namibia officially opened on Tuesday in the Namibian coastal town of Swakopmund.

Emmys had its worst showing for actors of color seen in the last 5 years, despite historic nominations for Selena Gomez, ...

As if it were a jump shot from their basketball-obsessed childhood, “soaring towards the rim like a kite,” Andrea Gibson ...

The vetoed legislation would have rolled back anti-discrimination protections for transgender people in bathrooms, locker ...