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The Rights of Transgender People in Washington State
This brochure is designed to help transgender persons understand their legal rights in Washington State. It answers many common questions about practical legal issues encountered by transgender individuals.
12 Transgender People on What They Wish They Had Learned in Sex Ed
How to protect the civil rights of sexual assault survivors
Living through a sexual assault is bad enough — what makes things worse is a broken legal system that routinely ignores, loses and even destroys crucial evidence, an institutional injustice …
How many U.S. adults are transgender?
Results are in from one of the first comprehensive surveys on the subject
Transgender Porn Is A Best-Seller, But Is It Good For Trans People?
Transgender porn has been a fascination behind closed doors. But does it help gain acceptance for transgender people?
What Is a ‘Transgender Child’?
Children's rights: what matters to young people?
A quarter of a century after global leaders signed up to the UN convention on the rights of the child, we approached Unicef to find out from children around the world what rights were most important to them. Presented with a child-friendly version of the convention, this is what they had to say
Teenagers need to know where love stops and abusive relationships start
Young people should be taught the difference between real romance and coercive control, says author Holly Bourne
How Transgender Ideology Takes Children Hostage
Troubled kids are being encouraged to put their own lives on the line for a misguided worldview.
Guide to Recognizing Elder Abuse and Knowing Your Rights
According to statistics, one in ten elders worldwide experiences a form of monthly abuse. However, given that only one in 24 cases is reported, we can expect the figures to be higher. In this respect, it is important that we know how to recognize elder abuse – no matter if we are sons, daughters, or …
Parents of a bullied child need to know their rights and responsibilities
An expert on bullying says if you want to see the problem end, you need to stay specific.
Should Abusive Partners Have Parental Rights?
A gruesome case of “vicarious violence” in Spain raises new questions about whether abusive partners can ever be good parents.
Domestic violence survivors learn about housing rights
Many of the housing laws protecting domestic violence survivors are unknown.
Institutional Childhood Sexual Abuse Lawsuits: Know Your Rights
The effects of childhood sexual abuse can last well into adulthood, or even a lifetime. A civil lawsuit allows victims to seek damages for the physical and psychological effects of the abuse they have
Children suffer more homophobic bullying when LGBT rights are publicly debated
"The public health consequences of these very contentious and media-driven discussions are more important than we knew," according to t recent study.
Trans students more likely to be sexually assaulted when denied bathroom rights
Transgender girls were more than twice as likely to be attacked if forced to use wrong facilities.
We need to secure girls' rights. Let's start with education.
The Chibok girls have been missing for two and a half years. Their ordeal is not unique or isolated.
A Guide to Being an Ally to Transgender and Nonbinary Youth
The first step to becoming an ally to transgender and nonbinary people is to learn more; thank you for taking that step with us! It …
How to Witness to a Transgender Family Member?
My father is transgender, and I’ve told him I don’t agree with him, and see him as a man, as my father. How do I discuss this with him and stand strong bibli...
'Why we want transgender rules changed'
Transgender people are asking for support to make getting a correct birth certificate easier.
What a parent of a transgender child knows
When one of her twins transitions, this parent and minister began to see the trouble with male/female.
