7 hours ago Gender recognition certificates should be viewed the same as adoption papers

The Supreme Court has been told that a trans person with a gender recognition certificate is ‘recognised in law’ as having changed sex.

Politics

7 hours ago Ohio governor signs bill limiting bathroom use by transgender students

A ban on transgender students from kindergarten through college using multiperson bathrooms that fit their gender identities has become law in Ohio

Politics

8 hours ago Sex changes ‘recognised in law’ with gender recognition certificate, court told

It came during a legal challenge by For Women Scotland over whether trans women can be regarded as female for the purposes of the Equality Act.

Events

13 hours ago Why a verdict on the Supreme Court's definition of a woman will take until next year

The UK Supreme Court is debating what the legal definition of a woman is after the campaign group For Women Scotland challenged the Scottish Government’s own guidance.

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16 hours ago Kristian White’s future with NSW police ‘under consideration’ after being found guilty of 95

State police commissioner says ‘this should never have happened’ after guilty verdict over Clare Nowland’s deathGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA police officer’s employment with the force is “under consideration” after he was convicted of manslaughter for fatally shooting a 95-year-old woman in a nursing home with a Taser.Sen Const Kristian James Samuel White was found guilty by a jury in the New South Wales supreme court on Wednesday. He will remain on bail until he is sentenced, with Justice Ian Harrison to hear arguments from the prosecution and defence on Thursday.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news emailSign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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20 hours ago Police officer found guilty of manslaughter after shooting Clare Nowland with a Taser in NSW nursing home

A jury has found Kristian White guilty of manslaughter over the death of the 95-year-oldGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA police officer who fatally shot a 95-year-old woman in a nursing home with a Taser because she refused to put down a sharp knife has been convicted of manslaughter in the New South Wales supreme court.Sen Const Kristian James Samuel White was found guilty by a jury on Wednesday. He will remain on bail until he is sentenced, with Justice Ian Harrison to hear arguments from the prosecution and defence on Friday.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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24 hours ago How a battle over what it means to be woman ended up in the UK’s highest court

Judges will rule on whether trans women should be considered female under the 2010 Equality Act

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24 hours ago Bolsonaro allies nearly launched military coup in 2022, police report says

Senior Brazil military figures backed plot to seize power after Bolsonaro’s election defeat, federal documents allegeBrazil came within a whisker of a far-right military coup and the assassination of a supreme court judge just days before President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took power in January 2023, a federal police report has claimed.The report about the alleged plot to help the rightwing populist Jair Bolsonaro cling to power was made public on Tuesday, and paints a chilling portrait of how close one of the world’s largest democracies came to being plunged back into authoritarian rule. Continue reading...

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26 hours ago Brazil’s Bolsonaro participated in a 2022 coup plot, unsealed police report says

Brazil’s former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro was fully aware of and actively participated in a coup plot to remain in office after his defeat in the 2022 election, according to a Federal Police report that has been unsealed

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