Judge Says ‘Gender Identity is Real’ TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Saying gender identity is real, a federal judge (Clinton) temporarily blocked portions of a new Florida law that bans transgender minors from receiving puberty blockers, MORE
On Thursday, mourners in Berlin gathered at the funeral for at least 54 men, women and children whose bones were discovered on the site of the former Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics. According MORE
Women earn about 82 cents for every dollar men make, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office. That means on March 14, women’s pay catches up to what men made in 2022. Tuesday is Equal MORE
One in three women will experience physical or sexual violence in her lifetime. Whilst there is no single cause for such violence, some of the strongest and most consistent factors are harmful social norms that MORE
From the BBC: The poisonings have notably been concentrated in Qom, a city that is home to important Shia Muslim shrines and the religious leadership that forms the backbone of the Islamic Republic. Since September, MORE
From the New York Times: “It was almost midnight in Grand Rapids, Mich., but inside the factory everything was bright. A conveyor belt carried bags of Cheerios past a cluster of young workers. One was MORE
Now students are planning a statewide walkout. DeSantis asked to see the records of any student who has experienced gender dysphoria in the past five years. In addition, he wants their ages and the dates they received MORE
Church plans to spend $121m to take action to address ‘our shameful past’ for involvement in the 18th-century slave trade. The Church of England knew it was investing in the transatlantic slave trade during the MORE
Controversial and provocative far-right influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have been arrested in Romania on human sex-trafficking allegations a day after being roasted on Twitter by teen climate activist Greta Thunberg. The brothers MORE
Iran’s morality police, which is tasked with enforcing the country’s Islamic dress code, is being disbanded, the country’s attorney general says. Mohammad Jafar Montazeri’s comments, yet to be confirmed by other agencies, were made at MORE
There was concern on Tuesday over the wellbeing of Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi, who competed in South Korea on Sunday without wearing the head covering required of all women by her country’s hardline Islamic government. MORE
Mr Raisi has dismissed the protests as “riots”. Iran, he said, must “deal decisively with those who oppose the country’s security and tranquillity”. President Ebrahim Raisi pledged to “deal decisively” with the protests, which have MORE
About two dozen women marched down a main street of Kabul chanting “bread, work, freedom,” “we want political participation” and “no to enslavement.” The protesters unfurled a large banner announcing the anniversary of the Taliban’s MORE