Born intersex and raised as a boy, Polina has known for years that she wanted to live as a woman. But Russia’s sweeping curbs on gender-affirming healthcare have made that much more difficult.

MOSCOW, July 24. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law banning gender affirmation surgeries in Russia. The law was published on the official portal of legal information on Monday.

Because what the Russian Supreme Court labeled the “international LGBT social movement” is not an actual organized, legal ...

Russian State Duma has prepared a bill aimed at prohibiting the adoption of Russian children by foreign citizens of those countries that permit sex change procedures to be carried out, the state news ...

ST. PETERSBURG, May 10. /TASS/. A bill banning the change of gender in passports and other documents in Russia will be introduced soon, Justice Minister Konstantin Chuychenko told a plenary ...

Last week Conservative Public Safety Minister Vic Toews instructed the Correctional Service of Canada to stop performing sex reassignment surgery for transgender federal inmates, at least four of whom ...

The Russia and Eurasia Program offers analysis of rapid economic change in Russia and the consequences for U.S. policy There is no aspect of contemporary Russia that has changed more rapidly and ...

The move effectively eliminates LGBTQ+ support networks and signals a larger crackdown on the country's already vulnerable ...

The assistant Health Secretary of the United States who is also a trans woman empowered children who are seeking gender affirmation treatment to avail the puberty blocker hormone therapy.