Canadians may soon be able to choose a non-gender-specific category when applying for passports.

Leading law firm Freehills has donated $20,000 to LGBTIQ youth mentoring organisation the Pinnacle Foundation from the proceeds of costs awarded to it following a landmark legal win late last year in the High Court.

The Argentinian government has passed gender identity laws which are among the most liberal and progressive in the world.

Against Me! punk rock singer Tom Gabel has come out as transgender and revealed plans to live as a woman with the support of her wife and band.

After months of uncertainty and a number of ill-fated attempts at finding a new location or financial backing, Sydney’s landmark LGBT venue the Taxi Club has announced its doors will be closed for the foreseeable future after it was made to vacate the Flinders Street building it has called home for the past 56 years.

A ruling by the US Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) has set a national standard to protect transgender people from discrimination in the workplace.

Will some of us in our community continue to marginalise ourselves, and others, long after equality has been perceived to be achieved for all?

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has announced plans for segregated holding cells for transgender people.

While a decision by Miss Universe to now allow transgender contestants to compete has been welcome by some, others are wondering whether greater inclusivity in beauty pageants really translates to greater equality. Serkan Ozturk reports.

A transgender entrant in the Miss Universe Canada who was disqualified for not being a ‘naturally-born woman’ can now compete for the title following a back-flip by organisers.

Nepal’s first openly gay MP, Sunil Bapu Pant, has called on Facebook to allow users to select “third gender” or “other” when listing their sex on the hugely popular social networking site, with the maverick politician saying that people who do not identify as male or female “continue to be sidelined by Facebook’s options”.

The Carmen Rupe Memorial Trust (CRMT) is one step closer to creating a lasting legacy in honour of the Trans-Tasman transgender icon after finalising a Deed of Settlement and appointing half of the planned six trustees to the charity which will promote social inclusion, diversity and an appreciation of universal human rights.

The Miss Universe pageant has ousted a Canadian transgender contestant after it was discovered by organisers that she was not “naturally born female” as set out by the rules of the competition which is owned by American billionaire mogul Donald Trump.

A Thai airline has become the first to recruit transwomen as air hostesses following a recruitment drive in which over 100 transgender women applied for positions.

A television advertisement in the United Kingdom by bookmaker Paddy Power has been pulled after coming under intense criticism for asking viewers ‘to spot the trans lady’.