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1. Reframing FGM/C Through an Intersectional Lens at CSW69
(News & Blog)
... Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation." This order erroneously equates gender-affirming treatments for transgender youth with female genital mutilation, directing the Department of Justice and ...
Created on 18 March 2025
2. Sahiyo condemns recent executive order conflating female genital mutilation/cutting with gender-affirming care
(News & Blog)
... Administration. While this is unfortunately not the first attempt made by government officials to co-opt anti-FGM/C legislation to criminalize gender-affirming care for transgender and non-binary youth, ...
Created on 31 January 2025
3. Gender-Affirming Treatments are not Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... legislators in Texas and Idaho are looking to use pre-existing bans on FGC to block transgender youth from receiving life-saving, medically necessary gender-affirming treatments. This is a discriminatory ...
Created on 22 March 2022
4. Reframing FGM/C Through an Intersectional Lens at CSW69
(News & Blog)
... Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation." This order erroneously equates gender-affirming treatments for transgender youth with female genital mutilation, directing the Department of Justice and ...
Created on 18 March 2025
5. Sahiyo condemns recent executive order conflating female genital mutilation/cutting with gender-affirming care
(News & Blog)
... Administration. While this is unfortunately not the first attempt made by government officials to co-opt anti-FGM/C legislation to criminalize gender-affirming care for transgender and non-binary youth, ...
Created on 31 January 2025
6. Gender-Affirming Treatments are not Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... legislators in Texas and Idaho are looking to use pre-existing bans on FGC to block transgender youth from receiving life-saving, medically necessary gender-affirming treatments. This is a discriminatory ...
Created on 22 March 2022
7. Transgender Rights
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Transgender Rights
Created on 22 March 2022
8. A Space to Belong: My Reflection on the 2023 Activist Retreat
(Article tagged with: Transgender Rights)
By: Umme Kulsoom Arif  Pronouns: they/them  Age: 29 Why Did You Want To Attend The Activist Retreat? I attended the Activist Retreat for the first time virtually in 2022, and it was a really affirming ...
Created on 01 April 2024
9. Gender-Affirming Treatments are not Female Genital Cutting
(Article tagged with: Transgender Rights)
... legislators in Texas and Idaho are looking to use pre-existing bans on FGC to block transgender youth from receiving life-saving, medically necessary gender-affirming treatments. This is a discriminatory ...
Created on 22 March 2022
10. Proposed legislation in Idaho and Texas discriminates against Transgender Youth and removes protections for children at risk of undergoing FGC
(Article tagged with: Transgender Rights)
... for individuals whose gender does not match the one they were assigned at birth. These amendments are dangerous for transgender youth as well as children who are at risk for or have undergone FGC. These ...
Created on 02 March 2023
11. Sahiyo condemns recent executive order conflating female genital mutilation/cutting with gender-affirming care
(Article tagged with: Transgender Rights)
... Administration. While this is unfortunately not the first attempt made by government officials to co-opt anti-FGM/C legislation to criminalize gender-affirming care for transgender and non-binary youth, ...
Created on 31 January 2025
12. Sahiyo's response to recent Executive Orders by the Trump Administratio
(Article tagged with: Transgender Rights)
To our Sahiyo community, We realize that the past few weeks have been stressful to say the least. With the new administration’s slew of Executive Orders targeting the most vulnerable and the dismantlement ...
Created on 31 January 2025
13. Troubling Idaho House Bill 71 moves on to Senate
(Article tagged with: Transgender Rights)
In 2019, the Idaho Legislature established a law protecting girls from female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), recognizing it as a violation of human rights.  Yet, for the past two years, the same ...
Created on 24 February 2023

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