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Supreme Court upholds Tennessee law barring gender-affirming care for youth | Courts News

The United States Supreme Court has ruled that a Tennessee law barring puberty blockers and hormone therapies for transgender minors does not violate the US Constitution and can therefore remain in effect. Wednesday’s decision was split along ideological lines, with the high court’s six conservative judges siding with Tennessee and its three left-leaning judges joining…

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‘Open prison’: The forced labour driving India’s $5 trillion economy dream | Labour Rights

Amid the relentless clatter of machinery, Ravi Kumar Gupta feeds a roaring steel furnace with scrap, blown metal and molten iron. He carefully adds chemicals tailored to the type of steel being produced, adjusting fuel and airflow with precision to keep the furnace running smoothly. As his shift ends about 4pm, he stops briefly at…

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Olympic boxing champ Imane Khelif requires gender test to continue fighting | Olympics News

World Boxing says Algerian gold medallist must get genetic screening to compete in future events, including Olympics. Algeria’s Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif must undergo genetic sex screening in order to participate in upcoming events, the sport’s governing body said, as it introduced mandatory sex testing for all boxers in its competitions. World Boxing announced…

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‘She’s the queen’: Sri Lanka bids farewell to film legend Malini Fonseka | Cinema

Colombo, Sri Lanka — As a girl, when Srimathi Mallika Kaluarachchi would go to the cinema with her family, and a man on the screen would hit the character played by superstar Malini Fonseka, Kaluarachchi would cry. Then she would turn to her father in desperation. “We used to scream at the screen, telling our…

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‘Adolescence’ is right: We’re failing both young men and women | Gender Equity

In 2014, I was teaching English to undergraduate freshers at a university in Massachusetts. A student in class, behind on his work, grew angry with a new assignment we were working on. He picked up a chair and threw it past an aisle of students and across the room. He then sat down as if…

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US Supreme Court allows ban on transgender troops to take effect | Donald Trump News

The United States Supreme Court has allowed a ban on transgender military members to take effect while legal challenges over the restriction continue. On Tuesday, the court’s conservative majority issued an unsigned order lifting a lower court’s injunction that had blocked the ban from taking effect. The order also indicated that the Supreme Court’s three…