Some religious right and social conservative views regarding the sanctity of parental rights: From Focus On The Family’s affiliateCitizenLink article Parental Rights Vs. Government-School Hijack: Parents are furious. Why? State governments are usurping parents’ God-given rights, responsibilities and roles in raising their children as they see fit, and to impart family values and morals regarding [...]

Just this week, the Australia’s Supreme Court ruled that trans people don’t need surgery for changing identity documents. From the National Center for Transgender Equality’s (NCTE’s) blog Advancing Transgender Equality: Australia’s highest court ruled today [Thursday, October 6, 2011] that transgender people can legally change their gender without undergoing surgery, at least in some Australian [...]