In September 2014, the GoI had sought a clarification from the court on whether lesbians, gays and bisexuals qualify as “third gender”. Read more

Insights from HMS course offer model to counter inequitable care Read more

The High Court is on Friday set to hear a landmark case in which a transgender woman, Tshepo Ricki Kgositau, is contesting government’s refusal to change the gender marker on her identity documents. Read more

It can be easy to feel helpless when in just a few tweets, the president announces a ban on an entire group of people from the military based on gender — and when Congress is threatening to take health care away from millions. Read more

President Trump has announced that transgender Americans will not be allowed to serve “in any capacity” in the U.S. military, a move that could affect thousands of people serving in the armed forces and which resulted in almost immediate pushback from influential Republicans. Read more

An international study found that the percentage of men below 40 who suffer erectile dysfunction has skyrocketed in the last 15 years, from between 2% and 5% to 30%. Read more

A "transgender toolkit" for public schools in Minnesota advises teachers to call children "scholars" instead of boys and girls. Read more

Punjab Additional Chief Secretary Shamail Ahmad Khawaja presided over a meeting of the special committee for further improvement and transparency of examination system in public and private medical colleges at Civil Secretariat on Thursday. Read more

The first global study into egg freezing found that shortages of eligible men were the prime reason why women had attempted to take matters into their own hands. Read more

The sex ratio at birth has risen in 45 provinces and cities a year after the plan to control gender imbalance for 2016-2025 period was agreed, announced the General Office of Population and Family Planning before World Population Day on July 11. Read more