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sábado, setembro 01, 2007

[Italia]
Rebibbia, più assistenza ai transessuali
Maggiore assistenza sanitaria, sociale e psicologica per i transessuali ospitati nel nuovo complesso di Rebibbia. Queste sono le priorità fatte emergere dall'assessore al Bilancio della Regione Lazio, Luigi Nieri, dal presidente nazionale dell'Arcicay, Aurelio Mancuso e dall'esponente dell'associazione Antigone, Gennaro Santoro, che oggi hanno visitato la sezione transessuali del carcere.

[Ecuador]
Un transexual podrá estudiar periodismo
La Defensoría del Pueblo resolvió que Pedro Jijón Arce, ciudadano transexual de 24 años, ingrese a la Universidad. Estudiará la carrera de periodismo sin ser discriminado por su orientación sexual.

[Chile]
INFORME DE UNIVERSIDAD
En su Quinto informe Anual de Derechos, la Universidad Diego Portales advierte que algunas autoridades hacen uso ilegítimo de su poder para discriminar a las minorías sexuales. Denuncia desigualdades en salud, educación, trabajo y justicia, al tiempo que expresa una especial preocupación por la vulnerabilidad del mundo transexual y el Pacto de Unión Civil (PUC).

[Argentina]
Ordenan darle un nuevo nombre a un transexual
La Justicia autorizó que Osvaldo pase a llamarse Camila y que tenga un nuevo DNI. "Pese a desarrollar ahora una vida plena como mujer, debo soportar la discriminación por carecer del nombre de registro por ejemplo al buscar trabajo, al votar y para realizar estudios", había dicho.

[Thailand]
Temples tricked by ladyboy’s lies
The life of a Thai ladyboy is full of challenges that most members of Thai society could hardly fathom – let alone deal with. On the bureaucratic front, this can be seen from the current debate raging on whether to let those who have undergone "sex reassignment surgery" use the title "Miss" on their ID cards.

[New Zealand] [News/Events]
Event to unite Auckland's “third sex” citizens
There is a growing divide between "third sex" communities in central and south Auckland which needs to be addressed, says the New Zealand AIDS Foundation's Pacific Peoples Project.

[Australia]
Intersex: The space between the genders
The Western world defines gender in two distinct categories. But in reality, gender is a spectrum. Why does society, and even science, struggle to understand and accept those who are somewhere between male and female?

[Canada]
Trans activists demand political action
With a provincial election rapidly approaching, trans activists are working to raise the profile of their issues with both the queer community and Ontario's political parties.

[WA, USA]
"Whoever he becomes, that's OK because that's who he is"
Five-year-old Zach stands barefoot in the middle of his bedroom, faced with a dilemma: Should he wear the pink dress or the powder blue? Both are long princess-style affairs, the first displayed on a hanger held by his mother, Rebecca, the second, slightly wrinkled, pulled from the top of a dresser by Zach himself.