In an effort to gain custody of his children from a judicial system that, in his words, “punishes” dads, an Ecuadorian man has officially altered his gender. Outrage was the reaction from transgender campaigners. On December 30, Rene Salinas Ramos legally transitioned into a woman, he informed the Ecuadorian daily La Voz del Tomebamba. Salinas Ramos, whose two girls he hasn’t seen... 

Members of the Australian Defence Force are being ordered to avoid using gender-specific pronouns such as “he” and “she” according to new protocols detailed in an LGBTI training guide. The Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) issued a manual that stresses the importance of “diversity and inclusion practice” for staff and trainees in consideration of a variety of “sexual orientations.” “There...