U.S. Supreme Court won't consider lowering bar to prove defamation
After a Florida megachurch was designated a hate group for holding anti-LGBT views, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review its grounds for proving defamation claims
Filipina wins transgender pageant in Thailand
Billed as the world's largest and most popular transgender pageant, the contest in Thailand was launched over a decade ago and brings together transgender women from around the world
Daley 'furious' over FINA's transgender ruling
After FINA's decision to restrict the participation of transgender athletes in elite women's competitions, Olympic diving champion Tom Daley speaks out
Peru's indigenous communities fear rising violence from drug traffickers
Drug traffickers and coca farmers have targeted more territory in Peru's central Amazon region since the coronavirus pandemic
Bangladesh disaster response neglects vulnerable trans community
Already struggling to access work, education and other basic rights, trans and intersex people in Bangladesh are at greater risk from climate threats like floods and cyclones
Trans sports bans are 'fearmongering', says Marvel actor Zach Barack
Moves to bar trans women from competing in elite sports is an attempt to police people's bodies, says the 'Spider-Man' actor
In bombed-out Ukraine city, residents lose homes and livelihoods
Thousands of Kharkiv residents have lost homes and jobs due to Russian shelling that has left buildings in ruins and shuttered factories and shops in Ukraine's second-largest city
Legal clashes await U.S. companies covering workers' abortion costs
Companies, like Amazon, Apple and Microsoft, that offer to cover abortion costs of employees face lawsuits and even potential criminal liability in anti-abortion states
Roe v Wade ruling disproportionately hurts Black women, experts say
More Black women live in states that will ban abortion and those living in southern states - with the most restrictive laws - will bear the brunt
Green groups fear failure on new global biodiversity pact after sluggish talks
Lack of progress at Nairobi talks aimed at brokering a global nature deal leave environmentalists frustrated, with much to do ahead of the make-or-break COP15 in December