Non-binary and genderqueer are umbrella terms for gender identities that are outside the male/female gender binary. Non-binary identities often fall under the transgender umbrella since non-binary people typically identify with a gender that is different from the sex assigned to them at birth,although some non-binary people do not consider themselves transgender.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,transgender,and queer (LGBTQ) rights in Malta rank among the highest in the world. Throughout the late 20th and early 21st centuries,the rights of the LGBTQ community received more awareness and same-sex sexual activity was legalized on 29 January 1973. The prohibition was already dormant by the 1890s.
In law,sex characteristic refers to an attribute defined for the purposes of protecting individuals from discrimination due to their sexual features. The attribute of sex characteristics was first defined in national law in Malta in 2015. The legal term has since been adopted by United Nations,European,and Asia-Pacific institutions,and in a 2017 update to the Yogyakarta Principles on the application of international human rights law in relation to sexual orientation,gender identity,gender expression and sex characteristics.
Transgender Europe (TGEU) is a network of different organisations working to combat discrimination against trans people and support trans people rights. It was founded in 2005 in Vienna during the 1st European Transgender Council as "European Transgender Network" and it is currently a registered NGO as "Transgender Europe".
India has a long and ancient tradition of culture associated with the LGBTQ community,with many aspects that differ markedly from modern liberal western culture.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in Kerala face legal and social difficulties not experienced by non-LGBT persons. However,Kerala has been at the forefront of LGBT issues in India after Tamil Nadu. It became one of the first states in India to establish a welfare policy for the transgender community and in 2016,proposed implementing free gender affirmation surgery through government hospitals. Same-sex sexual activity has been legal since 2018,following the Supreme Court ruling in Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India. In addition,numerous LGBT-related events have been held across Kerala,including in Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram. However,there is also increasing opposition to LGBT rights recently as evidenced by the anti-LGBT campaigns spearheaded by meninist groups and Muslim organisations like Indian Union Muslim League,Samastha and Jamaat-e-Islami.
Intersex rights in Malta since 2015 are among the most progressive in the world. Intersex children in Malta have world-first protections from non-consensual cosmetic medical interventions,following the passing into law of the Gender Identity,Gender Expression and Sex Characteristics Act in 2015. All Maltese intersex persons have protection from discrimination. Individuals who seek it can access simple administrative methods of changing sex assignment,with binary and non-binary forms of identification available.
Transgender rights in the United Kingdom have varied significantly over time.
Gopi Shankar Madurai is an Indian equal rights and Indigenous rights activist. Shankar was one of the youngest,and the first openly intersex and genderqueer statutory authority and one of the candidates to contest in 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election. Shankar is also the founder of Srishti Madurai Student Volunteer Collective. Shankar's work inspired the Madras High Court to direct the Government of Tamil Nadu to order a ban on forced sex-selective surgeries on intersex infants. In December 2017,Shankar was elected to the executive board of ILGA Asia. In August 2020,the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment appointed Shankar as the South Regional representative in the National Council for Transgender Persons.Shankar introduced the "others" option in the sex column of application forms for political parties and central universities,including Jawaharlal Nehru University. Shankar was also instrumental in granting civil rights for transgender persons,including pilot licenses for transmen and property inheritance rights for transwomen. Additionally,the Juvenile Justice Committee and POCSO Committee seek Shankar’s advice on issues related to the infancy and childhood of infants and children born with diverse sex characteristics.
This is a timeline of LGBT Mormon history in the 2020s,part of a series of timelines consisting of events,publications,and speeches about LGBTQ+ individuals,topics around sexual orientation and gender minorities,and the community of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The 2019 European Parliament election was held in Malta on 25 May 2019. 8 different political parties took part in the election,of which,only 2 won seats in the European Parliament;the Labour Party and the Nationalist Party,with 4 and 2 seats respectively.
Preferred gender pronouns are the set of pronouns that an individual wants others to use to reflect that person's own gender identity. In English,when declaring one's chosen pronouns,a person will often state the subject and object pronouns,although sometimes,the possessive pronouns are also stated. The pronouns chosen may include neopronouns such as "ze" and "zir".
Malta is a democratic republic whose human rights are constitutionally defined. Human rights concern the expression and treatment of other citizens,panning areas including religion,expression,and labour. The constitution acts as an impartial determinant in civil matters,including human rights issues. The Maltese ombudsmen are authorised to investigate disputes which infract the laws as determined by the constitution. Several organisations and NGOs have been established with the aim of creating awareness and calling for change around certain freedoms and rights within Malta. The constitution contains similar freedoms to that of other European nations and to aims to reach the standards as established by The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
Nik Kacy,stylized as NiK Kacy is a fashion designer,founder of Equality Fashion Week,former board member of the Los Angeles LGBT Chamber of Commerce,and part of the Trans Inclusion Task Force for the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce. In September 2019,Wells Fargo featured Kacy on their Empowerful Exchange video series. In 2017 and 2019,Kacy's gender-free fashion approach was discussed in two scholarly articles,and in 2020,in the book Crossing Gender Boundaries:Fashion to Create,Disrupt,and Transcend. Kacy is a trans-masculine gender-nonbinary person and uses the pronouns they/them/their.
Association Spectra is a grassroots organization that works on promotion and protection of human rights of trans*,gender diverse and intersex persons in Montenegro. It was founded in 2017 as a spin-off from the organization Queer Montenegro. The organization works in the field of community support,advocacy,education,media and culture.
MGRM:The Malta LGBTIQ Rights Movement,previously known as the Malta Gay Rights Movement,is an LGBTQ rights organisation in Malta. It advocates for equality of all people regardless of sexual orientation,gender identity,sex characteristics and expression.
