The number of Russians acquiring new passports with revised gender markers soared in 2022,&nbsp;according to a report by the independent news source Mediazona. In contrast to 554 passports in 2021 and 428 in 2020, 936 new passports were issued last year citing "sex change" according to statistics provided by Russia's interior ministry.&nbsp;The statistics also revealed that the sudden rise started in March, right after Russia invaded Ukraine.

“Human rights advocates who spoke to Mediazona said that the spike is likely a result of the war in Ukraine and Russia’s crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights as transgender people seek to avoid mobilisation and fear that authorities could ban transitioning altogether in the future,” the report said.

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The claims emerge months after Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, approved a limited mobilisation in an effort to support Moscow's soldiers, who were suffering significant casualties on the battlefield. Sergei Shoigu, the Russian defence minister, announced in September that 300,000 reservists will be called up to help Moscow's military operation. But rumours started to spread that Russia was gathering up homeless people and deploying them at&nbsp;the front lines. 
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The number of Russians acquiring new passports with revised gender markers soared in 2022, according to a report by the independent news source Mediazona. In contrast to 554 passports in 2021 and 428 in 2020, 936 new passports were issued last year citing "sex change" according to statistics provided by Russia's interior ministry.

The number of Russians acquiring new passports with revised gender markers soared in 2022, according to a report by the independent news source Mediazona. In contrast to 554 passports in 2021 and 428 in 2020, 936 new passports were issued last year citing "sex change" according to statistics provided by Russia's interior ministry. The statistics also revealed that the sudden rise started in March, right after Russia invaded Ukraine. “Human rights advocates who spoke to Mediazona said that the spike is likely a result of the war in Ukraine and Russia’s crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights as transgender people seek to avoid mobilisation and fear that authorities could ban transitioning altogether in the future,” the report said. ALSO READ | Ukraine war: President Zelensky calls for faster military aid, says situation in east very difficult Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Russia has seen a significant increase in new passports issued due to gender transition. We explain why many Russian trans people decided to update their documents now, amid warhttps://t.co/28hKjlDBWv pic.twitter.com/x34WBUc8eG — Mediazona (@mediazona_en) February 14, 2023 × “In December 2022, 119 Russians received passports with updated gender markers, more than in any previous month on record,” it added. ALSO WATCH | Report: Thousands of Ukrainian children put through Russian ‘re-education’ camps The claims emerge months after Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, approved a limited mobilisation in an effort to support Moscow's soldiers, who were suffering significant casualties on the battlefield. Sergei Shoigu, the Russian defence minister, announced in September that 300,000 reservists will be called up to help Moscow's military operation. But rumours started to spread that Russia was gathering up homeless people and deploying them at the front lines. WATCH WION LIVE HERE:

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A state court in Texas on Wednesday temporarily halted the child abuse investigation of a family providing medical treatment for its transgender 16-year-old, but allowed other investigations to continue under a contentious policy initiated last week by Gov. Greg Abbott.

Soon after, President Joe Biden issued his first comments on the Texas policy, calling it “a cynical and dangerous campaign targeting transgender children and their parents.” He said he had directed the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to take steps “to keep transgender children in Texas and their families safe — putting the state of Texas on notice that their discriminatory actions put children’s lives at risk.”

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The intervention by the court in Austin, the state capital, came in response to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas and Lambda Legal on behalf of the parents of a transgender child who were being investigated for abuse by the Department of Family and Protective Services.

That inquiry immediately followed a directive by Abbott to conduct child abuse investigations when medically accepted treatments — including hormones or puberty-suppressing drugs, which doctors describe as gender-affirming care — are prescribed to transgender adolescents.

But the ruling Wednesday, a temporary restraining order by Judge Amy Clark Meachum, fell short of what the groups had asked the court to do: stop such child abuse investigations altogether. They argued that the governor’s directive and the investigations by the agency broadly violated the Texas Constitution and the constitutional rights of transgender youth, as well as of their parents, and were improperly issued under state law.

The court is set to consider those arguments March 11 and will decide whether to block the governor’s directive statewide, which would stop all related investigations or prosecutions.

Abbott’s directive followed an opinion by the state attorney general, Ken Paxton, that certain medical treatments for transgender children could be considered child abuse. The moves have had an immediate and chilling effect on the families of transgender youth in Texas, forcing some to consider halting recommended courses of medical treatment or even to leave the state. Investigations into other families have already begun, lawyers said.

The court’s ruling applied only to the family that brought the suit — identified as John and Jane Doe, the parents, and Mary Doe, their daughter — and a licensed psychologist in Houston, Dr. Megan Mooney, who is required to report suspected child abuse under Texas law. Mooney has a practice that includes transgender patients.

The court found that the family would “suffer irreparable injury” unless the state was immediately restrained from enforcing the governor’s directive. Jane Doe, an employee of the family protective agency, was placed on administrative leave after Abbott’s order. Investigators have already interviewed the family at home and sought medical records related to Mary.

The family members, Meachum wrote, “face the imminent and ongoing deprivation of their constitutional rights, the potential loss of necessary medical care, and the stigma attached to being the subject of an unfounded child abuse investigation.” She blocked the state from taking any adverse employment action against Jane Doe.

And in the case of Mooney, the judge wrote that, if she followed the governor’s directive, she would have been forced to choose between criminal prosecution for not reporting abuse, or potential civil liability for not treating patients “in accordance with professional standards and loss of licensure for failing to follow her professional ethics.”

Though the ruling was limited, lawyers for the plaintiffs argued that the message had been clear: The state’s investigation had “put the Doe family at incredible harm,” said Karen Loewy, senior counsel for Lambda Legal. “It would be pretty unconscionable for the agency to continue investigations when that’s the assessment,” she added.

Loewy said she thought the state was unlikely to appeal the temporary restraining order given its limited scope. “It would be extraordinary, and incredibly punitive for the state to appeal when at the moment the only relief is to the parties,” she said Wednesday evening.

Soon after, the state, represented by the attorney general’s office, appealed the ruling.

A spokesperson for the governor did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

But in a call with reporters earlier Wednesday, the top strategist for Abbott’s reelection campaign, David Carney, said that being against medical treatment for transgender children, and treating it as child abuse, was a “winning issue” for the governor. Abbott is running for a third term in November.

“That is a 75 to 80% winner,” Carney said. “This is why the Democrats across the country are out of touch.”

A state court in Texas on Wednesday temporarily halted the child abuse investigation of a family providing medical treatment for its transgender 16-year-old, but allowed other investigations to continue under a contentious policy initiated last week by Gov.

A state court in Texas on Wednesday temporarily halted the child abuse investigation of a family providing medical treatment for its transgender 16-year-old, but allowed other investigations to continue under a contentious policy initiated last week by Gov. Greg Abbott. Soon after, President Joe Biden issued his first comments on the Texas policy, calling it “a cynical and dangerous campaign targeting transgender children and their parents.” He said he had directed the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to take steps “to keep transgender children in Texas and their families safe — putting the state of Texas on notice that their discriminatory actions put children’s lives at risk.” Also read | In Texas, transgender minors and their parents face probes, harassment at the hands of republican governor The intervention by the court in Austin, the state capital, came in response to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas and Lambda Legal on behalf of the parents of a transgender child who were being investigated for abuse by the Department of Family and Protective Services. That inquiry immediately followed a directive by Abbott to conduct child abuse investigations when medically accepted treatments — including hormones or puberty-suppressing drugs, which doctors describe as gender-affirming care — are prescribed to transgender adolescents. But the ruling Wednesday, a temporary restraining order by Judge Amy Clark Meachum, fell short of what the groups had asked the court to do: stop such child abuse investigations altogether. They argued that the governor’s directive and the investigations by the agency broadly violated the Texas Constitution and the constitutional rights of transgender youth, as well as of their parents, and were improperly issued under state law. The court is set to consider those arguments March 11 and will decide whether to block the governor’s directive statewide, which would stop all related investigations or prosecutions. Abbott’s directive followed an opinion by the state attorney general, Ken Paxton, that certain medical treatments for transgender children could be considered child abuse. The moves have had an immediate and chilling effect on the families of transgender youth in Texas, forcing some to consider halting recommended courses of medical treatment or even to leave the state. Investigations into other families have already begun, lawyers said. The court’s ruling applied only to the family that brought the suit — identified as John and Jane Doe, the parents, and Mary Doe, their daughter — and a licensed psychologist in Houston, Dr. Megan Mooney, who is required to report suspected child abuse under Texas law. Mooney has a practice that includes transgender patients. The court found that the family would “suffer irreparable injury” unless the state was immediately restrained from enforcing the governor’s directive. Jane Doe, an employee of the family protective agency, was placed on administrative leave after Abbott’s order. Investigators have already interviewed the family at home and sought medical records related to Mary. The family members, Meachum wrote, “face the imminent and ongoing deprivation of their constitutional rights, the potential loss of necessary medical care, and the stigma attached to being the subject of an unfounded child abuse investigation.” She blocked the state from taking any adverse employment action against Jane Doe. And in the case of Mooney, the judge wrote that, if she followed the governor’s directive, she would have been forced to choose between criminal prosecution for not reporting abuse, or potential civil liability for not treating patients “in accordance with professional standards and loss of licensure for failing to follow her professional ethics.” Though the ruling was limited, lawyers for the plaintiffs argued that the message had been clear: The state’s investigation had “put the Doe family at incredible harm,” said Karen Loewy, senior counsel for Lambda Legal. “It would be pretty unconscionable for the agency to continue investigations when that’s the assessment,” she added. Loewy said she thought the state was unlikely to appeal the temporary restraining order given its limited scope. “It would be extraordinary, and incredibly punitive for the state to appeal when at the moment the only relief is to the parties,” she said Wednesday evening. Soon after, the state, represented by the attorney general’s office, appealed the ruling. A spokesperson for the governor did not immediately respond to a request for comment. But in a call with reporters earlier Wednesday, the top strategist for Abbott’s reelection campaign, David Carney, said that being against medical treatment for transgender children, and treating it as child abuse, was a “winning issue” for the governor. Abbott is running for a third term in November. “That is a 75 to 80% winner,” Carney said. “This is why the Democrats across the country are out of touch.”

Texas court halts investigation of parents over care for transgender youth

Texas conservative Governor Greg Abbott is investigating parents of transgender kids under a controversial new order, according to a complaint filed Tuesday.

Governor Greg Abbott has called gender transition procedures for such minors "child abuse." &nbsp;

"Sex change procedures" constitute child abuse under existing Texas law according to Abbott's letter to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS), published in the middle of an election campaign.

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Gender reassignment surgeries, he says, can result in sterilization and mastectomies. He also mentions puberty blockers, which slow the body's changes during adolescence.

The Republican governor wrote&nbsp;that the Department of Family and Protective Services has a duty to "investigate the parents of a child who is subjected to these abusive gender-transitioning procedures".

According to the court document, the mother of a transgender teen was suspended by her employer -- a Texas family services agency -- and visited by a Child Protective Services investigator who wanted to know whether her 16-year-old daughter was "currently transitioning from male to female."

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The family, supported by the influential US civil rights organization ACLU, sought to block Abbott's investigation and in general to invalidate his directive from February 22.

In their petition against the initial investigation, the unidentified plaintiffs claim that their family has suffered anxiety and fear and that their daughter has been "traumatised" by the prospect she could lose "access to the medical treatment that has enabled her to thrive."

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In addition to the family, a licensed psychologist with many LGBT and transgender clients joined the complaint, expressly worried about being forced to report those clients to authorities by the Abbott directive.

Transgender minors' care, as well as their participation in sports competitions and use of public restrooms according to their gender identity, is a hotly debated issue in the United States, where many conservative states have taken steps to adopt restrictive regulations.

(With inputs from agencies)

Texas conservative Governor Greg Abbott is investigating parents of transgender kids under a controversial new order, according to a complaint filed Tuesday. Governor Greg Abbott has called gender transition procedures for such minors "child abuse.

Texas conservative Governor Greg Abbott is investigating parents of transgender kids under a controversial new order, according to a complaint filed Tuesday. Governor Greg Abbott has called gender transition procedures for such minors "child abuse." "Sex change procedures" constitute child abuse under existing Texas law according to Abbott's letter to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS), published in the middle of an election campaign. Also read | Texas attorney general calls gender-affirming surgeries ‘child abuse’, sparks outrage Gender reassignment surgeries, he says, can result in sterilization and mastectomies. He also mentions puberty blockers, which slow the body's changes during adolescence. The Republican governor wrote that the Department of Family and Protective Services has a duty to "investigate the parents of a child who is subjected to these abusive gender-transitioning procedures". According to the court document, the mother of a transgender teen was suspended by her employer -- a Texas family services agency -- and visited by a Child Protective Services investigator who wanted to know whether her 16-year-old daughter was "currently transitioning from male to female." Also read | After Canadian Freedom Convoy, US 'People's Convoy' protests pandemic restrictions The family, supported by the influential US civil rights organization ACLU, sought to block Abbott's investigation and in general to invalidate his directive from February 22. In their petition against the initial investigation, the unidentified plaintiffs claim that their family has suffered anxiety and fear and that their daughter has been "traumatised" by the prospect she could lose "access to the medical treatment that has enabled her to thrive." Watch | Gravitas: US senators want FDA to allow gay people to donate blood In addition to the family, a licensed psychologist with many LGBT and transgender clients joined the complaint, expressly worried about being forced to report those clients to authorities by the Abbott directive. Transgender minors' care, as well as their participation in sports competitions and use of public restrooms according to their gender identity, is a hotly debated issue in the United States, where many conservative states have taken steps to adopt restrictive regulations. (With inputs from agencies)

In Texas, transgender minors and their parents face probes, harassment at the hands of republican governor

The Texas attorney general’s remark that gender-affirming surgeries among minors are cases of "child abuse" has triggered an outrage among trans rights groups who see it as an attack on transgender children.

In a legal opinion released this week, Ken Paxton argued that medical care such as puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and gender-affirming surgeries "must be halted."

He said the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) "has a responsibility to act accordingly."

"There is no doubt that these procedures are "abuse" under Texas law and thus must be halted," Paxton said in a statement.

"I'll do everything I can to protect against those who take advantage of and harm young Texans," he said.

In response to the opinion, Texas Governor Greg Abbott directed DFPS Commissioner Jaime Masters "to conduct a prompt and thorough investigation of any reported instances of these abusive procedures in the State of Texas."

It's unclear how much legal standing the order and opinion will have, reported CNN.

The views expressed by the highest officials in Texas were met with condemnation by the trans rights group, who said that "deliberately attacking children and making life harder for them is shocking and un-American."

"Every major medical association in the country supports healthcare for transgender youth, but Republican Gov. Abbott is ignoring experts on children's issues to cruelly and viciously target transgender young people," CEO and president of the LGBTQ non-profit GLAAD, Sarah Kate Ellis, said in a statement.

Texas government has increasingly taken socially conservative stands in recent years, even as&nbsp;its population's political leanings have drifted away from being a Republican state.

The actions come after a series of anti-trans bills that failed to materialise in recent years, some of which would have included preventing transgender Texans from using bathrooms according to their gender identity rather than their biological sex in government buildings and public schools and universities.

According to a study from the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law, the state has&nbsp;the second highest number of trans people&nbsp;in the US, with some 125,350 adults in Texas identifying as transgender.&nbsp;

(With inputs from agencies)

The Texas attorney general’s remark that gender-affirming surgeries among minors are cases of "child abuse" has triggered an outrage among trans rights groups who see it as an attack on transgender children.

The Texas attorney general’s remark that gender-affirming surgeries among minors are cases of "child abuse" has triggered an outrage among trans rights groups who see it as an attack on transgender children. In a legal opinion released this week, Ken Paxton argued that medical care such as puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and gender-affirming surgeries "must be halted." He said the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) "has a responsibility to act accordingly." "There is no doubt that these procedures are "abuse" under Texas law and thus must be halted," Paxton said in a statement. "I'll do everything I can to protect against those who take advantage of and harm young Texans," he said. In response to the opinion, Texas Governor Greg Abbott directed DFPS Commissioner Jaime Masters "to conduct a prompt and thorough investigation of any reported instances of these abusive procedures in the State of Texas." It's unclear how much legal standing the order and opinion will have, reported CNN. The views expressed by the highest officials in Texas were met with condemnation by the trans rights group, who said that "deliberately attacking children and making life harder for them is shocking and un-American." "Every major medical association in the country supports healthcare for transgender youth, but Republican Gov. Abbott is ignoring experts on children's issues to cruelly and viciously target transgender young people," CEO and president of the LGBTQ non-profit GLAAD, Sarah Kate Ellis, said in a statement. Texas government has increasingly taken socially conservative stands in recent years, even as its population's political leanings have drifted away from being a Republican state. The actions come after a series of anti-trans bills that failed to materialise in recent years, some of which would have included preventing transgender Texans from using bathrooms according to their gender identity rather than their biological sex in government buildings and public schools and universities. According to a study from the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law, the state has the second highest number of trans people in the US, with some 125,350 adults in Texas identifying as transgender. (With inputs from agencies)

Texas attorney general calls gender-affirming surgeries ‘child abuse’, sparks outrage

A Singaporean couple has launched a legal challenge after authorities annulled their marriage because the husband underwent a sex change, a lawyer said Monday.

The city-state voided the marriage last year, saying the operation made their partnership a same-sex union that is illegal under Singapore law.

Singapore is a modern and vibrant society in many ways but attitudes towards homosexuality are still conservative and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said the country is not yet ready for same-sex marriage.

The couple, Faith and Bryce Volta, married as man and woman in 2015, the Straits Times newspaper reported.

Faith, the husband, then underwent sex-change surgery and updated her national identity card to read "female", the paper said.

Six months later the government's Registrar of Marriages met the couple to discuss the sex change and later informed them the marriage would be annulled.&nbsp

The couple has now asked the High Court to review the decision taken by the registrar, confirmed lawyer Eugene Thuraisingam, whose law firm is representing them for free.

Authorities previously cited the country's laws which state marriage is a union between a man and a woman as the reason for annulling the union.

Singapore maintains legislation dating back to British colonial rulemaking sex between men a criminal act, although it does not actively enforce the law.

Nevertheless, support for gay rights is growing due to more relaxed views among the younger generation and the large expatriate community.

The city-state voided the marriage last year, saying the operation made their partnership a same-sex union that is illegal under Singapore law

A Singaporean couple has launched a legal challenge after authorities annulled their marriage because the husband underwent a sex change, a lawyer said Monday. The city-state voided the marriage last year, saying the operation made their partnership a same-sex union that is illegal under Singapore law. Singapore is a modern and vibrant society in many ways but attitudes towards homosexuality are still conservative and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said the country is not yet ready for same-sex marriage. The couple, Faith and Bryce Volta, married as man and woman in 2015, the Straits Times newspaper reported. Faith, the husband, then underwent sex-change surgery and updated her national identity card to read "female", the paper said. Six months later the government's Registrar of Marriages met the couple to discuss the sex change and later informed them the marriage would be annulled. The couple has now asked the High Court to review the decision taken by the registrar, confirmed lawyer Eugene Thuraisingam, whose law firm is representing them for free. Authorities previously cited the country's laws which state marriage is a union between a man and a woman as the reason for annulling the union. Singapore maintains legislation dating back to British colonial rulemaking sex between men a criminal act, although it does not actively enforce the law. Nevertheless, support for gay rights is growing due to more relaxed views among the younger generation and the large expatriate community.

Singapore couple challenge annulment of marriage after sex change

A woman seeks sex change in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in what is the first demand of such kind in the region. 
 
The 29-year-old Emirati woman sought leave to have a sex change operation following an amended law that legalised gender reassignment surgery earlier this month. 
 
Lawyer Ali al-Mansouri told Gulf News the woman always felt strongly that she was not the gender she physically appeared to be. 
 
&quot;Ever since she was three, the woman felt instead that she is actually a male. She would have an intense desire to have a male body and to be accepted by others as a male and would feel her true identity is male,&quot; he told the paper. 
 
&quot;She has been undergoing physical and psychological care since 2012 and a medical commission had recommended that she undergo a sex-change surgery,&rdquo; he added. 
 
The court said it would hear the case on September 28. 
 
The new Medical Liability Law that came into effect earlier this month allows for sex change operations on medical grounds. 
 
&quot;The surgical procedure... is permitted if it is part of a treatment for gender dysphoria in transgender people, as advised by a medical commission to be set up for this purpose,&quot; the law says. 
 
(WION with inputs from AFP)

The 29-year-old woman sought leave to have a sex change operation after a new law legalised gender reassignment surgery

A woman seeks sex change in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in what is the first demand of such kind in the region. The 29-year-old Emirati woman sought leave to have a sex change operation following an amended law that legalised gender reassignment surgery earlier this month. Lawyer Ali al-Mansouri told Gulf News the woman always felt strongly that she was not the gender she physically appeared to be. "Ever since she was three, the woman felt instead that she is actually a male. She would have an intense desire to have a male body and to be accepted by others as a male and would feel her true identity is male," he told the paper. "She has been undergoing physical and psychological care since 2012 and a medical commission had recommended that she undergo a sex-change surgery,” he added. The court said it would hear the case on September 28. The new Medical Liability Law that came into effect earlier this month allows for sex change operations on medical grounds. "The surgical procedure... is permitted if it is part of a treatment for gender dysphoria in transgender people, as advised by a medical commission to be set up for this purpose," the law says. (WION with inputs from AFP)

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