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It’s Anti-Transgender Tuesday in Britain · PRIDE Daily

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  Speaker 1: the safest countries for queer tourists. First, though, it's a
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  Speaker 1: bit of an anti-transgender Tuesday in Britain with some new
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  Speaker 1: toilet and tennis rules coming into force. Trans children in
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  Speaker 1: England now have to use bathrooms and changing rooms at
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  Speaker 1: school that align with their biological sex. This is to
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  Speaker 1: keep kids safe, says the government. Meanwhile, Britain's tennis governing
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  Speaker 1: bodies ban transgender women from its domestic female competitions, cause fairness.
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  Speaker 1: Kazakhstani tennis player Elena Rybakina, not wildly enthusiastic. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: I don't know what to comment if we gotta do it.
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  Speaker 1: We will do it. For me, I won't say it's unnecessary,
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  Speaker 1: but I think it was without this test also fine.
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  Speaker 1: That from the International Women's Tennis Association, which brought in
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  Speaker 1: genetic sex testing in July as part of an updated
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  Speaker 1: eligibility policy. So a trans ban by another name, like
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  Speaker 1: world boxing brought in last year. And back to England's schools,
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  Speaker 1: they've also got new guidance around social transition that basically
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  Speaker 1: says a child's wishes on this can just be disregarded. Next,
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  Speaker 1: Ecuador's adoption rules have been made even more anti-queer. A
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  Speaker 1: new law bans single LGBTQ plus people, like same-sex couples
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  Speaker 1: were already because of the country's constitution. And just for
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  Speaker 1: good measure, any adoptive parent who supports their child being
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  Speaker 1: transgender could lose custody. And we've got the safest countries
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  Speaker 1: for queer tourists if you go by a new LGBTQ
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  Speaker 1: plus risk map. Taking various factors into account, including surveys
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  Speaker 1: with travellers, Canada and the Netherlands come out best, with
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  Speaker 1: Spain and Austria doing well too. They're seen as treating
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  Speaker 1: queer people and couples respectfully. with public displays of affection
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  Speaker 1: being not so much of an issue and very good
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  Speaker 1: feedback when it comes to police and authorities. Kelseprise, America's
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  Speaker 1: seen as having quite a bit of work to do,
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  Speaker 1: so maybe hold off on that trip to the US
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