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A high-profile appeal against the Charity Commission's decision to register the LGB Alliance as a charity is expected to go to trial in 2022.

The Scottish Government wants its 8,000 civil servants to add pronouns to their email signatures despite nearly 60 per cent saying they are against the move. Employees would be encouraged to include terms that reflect their gender identity such as she/her, he/him, they/them or 'non standard' terms such as zie or zir. Many have praised the move and said it would 'foster an open culture that is supportive of the LGBTI+ community', The Telegraph said. But it said an internal survey orchestrated to gauge reaction sparked a fierce debate with 60 per cent arguing that they did not back the propo...

Transgender and gender diverse youth need high-quality medical care just as other teenagers The Endocrine Society and a coalition of LGBTQ+ youth and reproductive health organizations argued in a joint submission to the High Court of England and Wales that transgender teenagers should be able to give informed consent to treatment the same way teenagers with other medical conditions can. The coalition submitted a written intervention as part of the appeal of Bell v Tavistock and Portman NHS Health Foundation, a case where the High Court ruled in December 2020 that adolescents younger than age ...

Illustration. (Photo: Getty Images) More than 40 percent of lesbian, gay, and bisexual people experience conflict – such as being undermined, humiliated or discriminated against – at work, according to a recent report. This figure rises to 55 percent for transgender and non-binary staff, compared with 29 percent for their heterosexual colleagues.  The report from the (CIPD), suggests that these issues are often left unresolved and more needs to be done to protect and support LGBT+ people within the workplace.  While some progress has been made, there remains a par...

Mermaids are appealing the widely controversial decision by the Charity Commission to award the LGB Alliance charitable status.