Tag: regional
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Spain’s first transgender soccer team makes debut in regional men’s league
A soccer team consisting entirely of transgender men has made its debut in a regional league in Spain, overcoming administrative challenges and prejudice to become the first all-trans squad to achieve federated status in Europe. The team, named Fenix FC after the mythical bird symbolizing rebirth, played some friendlies and seven-a-side games last season but…
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India’s Jammu and Kashmir votes in first regional election in a decade
SRINAGAR, India — Voters lined up outside polling stations in India’s Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday to vote in the first provincial election being held in a decade in the Himalayan region that has grappled with years of militant violence. The nine million registered voters are choosing members for the region’s 90-seat legislature in the three-phase…