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Vatican says gender change, surrogacy are threats to human dignity
New York Times, Published on 09/04/2024
» ROME — The Vatican on Monday issued a new document approved by Pope Francis stating that the church believes that gender-fluidity and transition surgery, as well as surrogacy, amount to affronts to human dignity.
Greece becomes first Orthodox country to allow same-sex marriage
New York Times, Published on 16/02/2024
» ATHENS — Greece legalised same-sex marriage and equal parental rights for same-sex couples Thursday as lawmakers passed a bill that has divided Greek society and drawn vehement opposition from the country’s powerful Orthodox Church.
‘Captain Condom’ turned the tide in war on Aids, overpopulation
New York Times, Published on 06/08/2022
» Mechai Viravaidya twice saw Thailand in desperate trouble — first from a ruinous population explosion and then from the Aids epidemic — and he responded to both crises the same way: with condoms and his own considerable charisma.
Nonbinary airline passengers ask: What’s gender got to do with it?
New York Times, Published on 25/06/2022
» In late May, chef Silver Cousler flew to Miami from Asheville, North Carolina, to have a “last hurrah” party before getting married and a new restaurant opening. While booking the flight, Cousler, who identifies as nonbinary and uses the pronoun “they,” felt like they had “a split-personality disorder” when the Delta Air Lines website required them to choose either “male” or “female.”
Americans to be allowed to mark gender as ‘X’ on passports
New York Times, Published on 31/03/2022
» WASHINGTON: The Joe Biden administration Thursday announced several measures intended to make federal forms of identification, applications for federal programs and travel documents more inclusive for Americans who identify as transgender or nonbinary, or who otherwise do not conform to traditional gender roles.
Transgender in the Philippines: passion and paradox
New York Times, Published on 30/04/2018
» MARIA RESPONDO, Philippines: Angel Cabaluna dusted makeup onto her thighs, styled her hair in loose curls and applied smoky eye shadow that glittered on her lids.
Playboy to feature its first transgender Playmate
New York Times, Published on 20/10/2017
» For the first time in its 64-year history, <i>Playboy</i> magazine will feature a transgender Playmate, a decision that Cooper Hefner, a top executive at the magazine, said on Thursday was in keeping with its founding mission of embracing changing attitudes about sex.
Make it green next year
New York Times, Published on 10/12/2016
» When the question of what will define 2017 comes up, the response most often includes words such as “Trump” and “populism” and “division” and “anger”.
Ageing China, Europe search for more children
New York Times, Published on 11/11/2015
» China's decision to allow more families to have a second child is an effort to confront a problem that is facing much of Europe, too - ageing populations and not enough babies. But reversing a demographic slide involves a complicated set of incentives that have more to do with social mores than with government policies, experts say.