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terça-feira, julho 15, 2008

[Israel]
To know a woman
Excerpt: Recently a rift has emerged in Bat Kol, between ultra-Orthodox and Orthodox women, over the attitude toward transgendered women. Ultra-Orthodox B. argues that with respect to halakhic law, a transgender is a man and "it is forbidden to touch a male, period."

[Rússia]
Moscou proíbe manifestação em frente à embaixada iraniana
Nesta segunda-feira, dia 14, ativistas russos foram proibidos pela prefeitura de Moscou de conduzir um protesto que seria realizado em frente à embaixada do Irã, na capital russa. A manifestação tinha o objetivo de lembrar os dois anos do enforcamento de dois jovens iranianos executados em 2005 por crimes de conduta homossexual.

[USA/UK]
Documentary To Explore Pregnant Man's Life
UK based Sundance Films is moving ahead with plans to produce a documentary on the life of Thomas Beatie, the world's first transgender man to give birth. The hour-long documentary, titled Pregnant Man, tells the story of Beatie and his family.

[CA, USA]
Challenges remain for California two-spirits
They were hidden behind a sea of kicking legs as dozens of cheerleaders paused to form towering pyramids during the annual San Francisco pride parade.
As Cheer SF parted and ran past the cheering crowd, another group emerged - quietly - led by a Jingle dancer, a man in a ribbon shirt holding a feathered staff, a Traditional dancer and a man in a Plains-style bonnet.
They were members of Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits, an often-invisible minority even within one of the most liberal cities in the nation.
Photo courtesy Shadi Rahimi -- A dozen members of Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits joined the celebration in San Francisco after California's Supreme Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage.

[EUA]
Mórmon é excomungado após publicar calendário sexy
O criador do primeiro calendário com missionários mórmons dos Estados Unidos, Chad Hardy, foi excomungado por um painel da Igreja de Jesus Cristo dos Santos dos Últimos Dias que se reuniu neste final de semana em Las Vegas. As informações são da agência Associated Press.