For many colleges and universities, the rush for sororities and fraternities has just ended, and people everywhere are joining in brother and sisterhood.

It was in a council chambers in the New Zealand city of Dunedin that Tony and Manja became the Briffas last weekend, striking off two firsts in the one event – marrying in council chambers and also the first wedding of an Australian intersex person across the pond.

Argentina's government has granted a six-year-old transgender girl an ID that corresponds with her gender identity.

For the transgender community in Karnataka, it's a big step forward in their quest for equality under the law with their male and female fellow-citizens.