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Barbados case challenges anti-trans bias in workplace

Barbados case challenges anti-trans bias in workplace

A trans activist in Barbados has challenged her employer’s decision to terminate her for changing her name to reflect her gender identity.

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Barbados school won't let trans girl wear girls' uniform

Barbados school won’t let trans girl wear girls’ uniform

To attend school, a 14-year-old trans girl in Barbados must wear the uniform designed for schoolboys, her private school says.

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We need to do better: Barbados Pride for me as a trans woman

We need to do better: Barbados Pride for me as a trans woman

Trans rights activist Alexa Hoffman recalls her work helping to organize Barbados Pride in previous years and now regrets her absence from many Pride activities this year. Transgender Barbadians deserve better from her, from the LGBT community and from Barbados overall, she says.

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Launching an Inter-American challenge to Barbados anti-LGBT laws

Launching an Inter-American challenge to Barbados anti-LGBT laws

Three LGBT Barbadians are seeking help from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in overturning the country’s anti-LGBT anti-sodomy law.

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Barbados training: Police learn about LGBTI community

Barbados training: Police learn about LGBTI community

In the Caribbean, 16 officers from the Royal Barbados Police Force took part in sensitivity training sessions aimed at helping them to improve their understanding LGBTI people and the local LGBTI community, the Nation News of Barbados reports.

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