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sexta-feira, junho 11, 2010

[España]
Reflexiones al Congreso Internacional de Identidad de Genero y Derechos Humanos (Barcelona 1-6 Junio 2010)
Barcelona una vez más ha demostrado ser una Ciudad abierta, solidaria, progresista, plural y Cosmopolita. Así mismo el Gobierno de España apoyando esta iniciativa junto con otras entidades y organismos Europeos demuestran una sensibilidad a favor de las Identidades Transexuales.

[España]
Colegas dice vetar Tel Aviv es antisemita, y que Orgullo refuerza estereotipo de gays que "se divierten y follan"
La Confederación Española COLEGAS de Lesbianas, Gays, Bisexuales y Transexuales, quiere mostrar su más profundo rechazo e inquietud ante el alarmante clima de antisemitismo que recorre la sociedad española.
FELGTB y COGAM aclaran que LGTB de Israel si están invitados, Ayuntamiento de Tel Aviv no

[España]
ATA celebra la concesión de indemnizaciones a los represaliados del franquismo
Desde que entrara en vigor la Ley de la Memoria Histórica en 2007, la Asociación de Transexuales de Andalucía – Sylvia Rivera, ATA, ha asesorado y gestionado con éxito 10 expedientes para la petición de la indemnización a expresos sociales por su orientación sexual, contemplada en la mencionada Ley.

[Turkey]
Turkey’s Transsexual Community: A Day in the Life …
We meet Sevval again the next morning at her morning job with Women’s Door – it’s a developement foundation that helps those in the sex industry with medical and legal aid. The young lady we saw at the LGBTT headquarters with the bruised face drops by the office, and Sevval translates her story.

[Malawi]
Malawi Couple Split After Legal Trauma--One Takes Female Partner
The history of gays and lesbians is littered with individuals pressed into relationships they did not want; the question for observers in the case of gay Malawi couple Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga is whether this is one more such episode.

[South Africa]
Caster can compete as a woman: report
Golden girl Caster Semenya has reportedly been cleared to run as a woman, after nearly a year of speculation over her gender.
Semenya cleared to compete as woman: media

[India]
Transgender self-help group gets assistance for economic activity
State Minister for Cooperation Ko. Si. Mani gave away Rs. 5 lakh to a transgender group, Kurinji Malar, for starting economic activity.
A release from the Coimbatore District Central Cooperative Bank said the Minister asked the group to judiciously use the amount and promised to increase the loan to Rs. 10 lakh if the repayment was ahead of schedule.

[Canada]
Trans rights bill passes second reading
NDP MP Bill Siksay's trans rights bill passed second reading in the House of Commons on June 8 after the government declined to take a recorded vote on the issue.

[USA]
Passport Rules Eased for Transgender People
The U.S. State Department Wednesday announced passport rules that removed a strict requirement that applicants must undergo gender-reassignment surgery before qualifying for a gender change on their passport.
US changes passport rules for trans people
Estados Unidos: Transexuais poderão trocar de gênero nos passaportes sem cirurgia
Transgender Law Center Applauds New U.S. State Department Policies Affecting Transgender Americans
Estados Unidos permitirá el cambio de sexo sin CRS al igual que España desde el año 2007
Surgery not required to change gender on passports


[CA, USA]
Woman settles with local motorcycle shop
A locally-owned Harley Davidson dealership will pay a former transgender employee who accused it of gender discrimination $55,000 as part of a settlement in a federal lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

[DE, USA]
Rehoboth Leaders: No Plans to Revisit Topless Transgender Issue
Even though the debate over who has to wear a bathing suit top at the beach is generating a lot of talk, it's not coming from leaders in the city of Rehoboth Beach.
On Tuesday, Mayor Samuel Cooper said the city would not readdress a Memorial Day weekend incident where several topless transgender people, identified as female, initially refused requests by lifeguards to cover themselves.

[Argentina]
Mujer transexual argentina denuncia que fue abusada sexualmente por tres policías
La transexual que denunció haber sido víctima de un abuso sexual contra tres policías sufrió el hecho dentro de la comisaría de Villa Argüello, en Berisso, después de haber sido detenida en un control de pasajeros de taxis. El caso, que puede provocar un escándalo y fue anticipado ayer en exclusiva por Trama Urbana, ocurrió en la madrugada del martes 2 de junio, cuando la víctima viajaba con un amigo, en un taxi que tomaron en Berisso, hacia La Plata.