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domingo, outubro 24, 2010

[España]
Tesis doctoral de la Universidad de Granada analiza calidad de vida y tejido social de transexuales
Una tesis doctoral realizada en la UGR analiza por primera vez en España las vivencias y la calidad de vida de las personas transexuales, y la invisibilidad con la que el sistema social, político y científico ha tratado a este colectivo a lo largo de la historia. Este trabajo ha puesto de manifiesto las dificultades con que estas personas se encuentran en su vida cotidiana para construir su identidad.

[España]
Gamá pone en marcha Preventrans, un programa de prevención de VIH y otras ITS en mujeres transexuales
Gamá pone en marcha Preventrans, un programa de prevención de VIH y otras ITS en mujeres transexuales que ejercen el comercio sexual y sus clientes.
A pesar de que las mujeres transexuales trabajadoras del sexo son una minoría dentro del colectivo de personas que ejercen la prostitución, éstas tienen una prevalencia de infección por VIH muy superior a la hallada en mujeres no transexuales que ejercen la prostitución.

[UK]
Equality Act
Excerpt: Gender Reassignment Discrimination – under the new law a person no longer has to be under medical supervision to be protected from discrimination and harassment if they are a transsexual person. A person will also be protected from direct discrimination as a result of being associated with someone who is transsexual or if a person is being discriminated against by someone because they think they are a transsexual even if they are not. Transsexual people will also be
protected from indirect discrimination where a rule, policy or practice particularly disadvantages transsexual people and cannot be justified.
The practical implications of the Equality Act

[Sweden]
Declaration of the 3rd TGEU Council on the discrimination and violence targeted at the trans participants from Turkey
We the participants of this 3rd TGEU Council are shocked at the experience of the trans activists from Turkey who were subjected to transphobic and racist violence on two occasions during their stay in Malmo. We are also concerned at the unacceptable discrimination and victimisation that they suffered at the hands of the police while they were reporting the violence that took place on the night of Thursday 30th September.
Atacan a dos mujeres transexuales en en el Congreso Transgénero celebrado en Suecia

[Cyprus]
Legal limbo for honest prostitutes
Two sex workers from Greece have asked to live and ply their trade in Cyprus, leaving authorities here at a loss.
Through their lawyer on the island, the two Greek nationals - one female, the other a transsexual - have written to four government ministers requesting information on which procedures they should follow.

[Iran]
El transexual revolucionario
Irán, donde ser gay puede acarrear pena de muerte, es el segundo país con más operaciones de cambio de sexo. Todo gracias a Maryam Molkara, quien convenció al ayatolá Jomeini de que ser transexual no es pecado.

[Hong Kong/China]
Hong Kong judge: Transgender woman can't marry man
A transgender woman lost a legal challenge Tuesday against Hong Kong marriage rules that prevent her from marrying her boyfriend.
Hong Kong rules against transsexual marriage
Court rules out transsexual marriage bid
Hong Kong trans woman barred from marrying boyfriend
Hong Kong transsexual woman loses fight to marry
Court blocks transgender marriage

[Blog/Commentary] W cannot marry
Tribunal de Hong Kong impide a una mujer transexual casarse aunque ya figura como fémina en su DNI
'The ball's in your court'

[Blog/Commentary] Hong Kong: Cis judge rules against marriage of woman and cis man
[Blog/Commentary] Ms. W Loses Hong Kong Trans Marriage Case

[USA/Portugal] “To Die Like a Man” Lives on at Strand
Joao Pedro Rodrigues’ “To Die Like a Man,” which ranked second in criticWIRE’s 2009 survey of the best undistributed films, has found a home for U.S. distribution at Strand Releasing. Recently, the film was submitted by Portugal as their official entry for Best Foreign Film at this year’s Oscars. It also competed in the official selection at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, and played at the Toronto and New York Film Festivals. Strand has slated for the film to open in early 2011.

[USA] [Blog/Commentary]
Prostitution arrest raises concerns about D.C. police transgender treatment
On Friday, Sept. 24, D.C. police conducted an undercover sting operation inside Woodley Park's Marriott Wardman Park hotel. Police arrested six people on charges of solicitation of prostitution that night—one of them a transgender woman.

[USA]
Group Aims to Protect Trans Athletes
In a report issued this week, a think tank spearheaded by the National Center for Lesbian Rights and the Women's Sports Foundation urged that school administrators adopt concrete inclusion policies for transgender athletes.

[CA, USA]
Remembering Gwen Araujo
With a rash of gay youth suicides and LGBT violence being reported all over the news in the past two weeks, today we will spend some time remembering the tragic murder of transgender teen Gwen Araujo. Araujo was murdered by four men eight years ago after they discovered that she was transgender. Receiving national attention and calls to educate people and reform laws concerning LGBT hate crimes, the people of the United States are still very far from understanding and accepting transgender people, especially teens. Gwen's mother, Sylvia writes a remembrance letter today. (Photo: Gwen Araujo's Mother Sylvia Guerrero)
Sylvia Guerrero, Mother of slain teen Gwen Araujo, addresses LGBT youth suicide

[DC, USA]
Bowing to Trans Pressure, D.C. Starbucks Switching to Gender-Neutral Restrooms
Washington, D.C.-area Starbucks coffee shops have made the switch from gender-specific to gender-neutral restrooms in the wake of efforts from gay and trans equality groups.
[Commentary] Starbucks to Get Trans/Gender Neutral Bathrooms (Should've Happened Here First)

[MI, USA]
Transgender student has kind words for Mona Shores schools
A transgender student at the center of a homecoming king controversy praises Mona Shores schools in a letter posted online.

[Latin America]
Cuando el sexo no coincide con los genitales
"Todas las personas lo saben a los 3 ó 4 años. Es más una intuición, de falta de comodidad con lo que ocurre a tu alrededor, que algo claro en la cabeza".
"Cuando el sexo no coincide con los genitales" Extenso reportaje de la BBC sobre la realidad transexual

[Chile]
Atacan Festival de Diversidad Sexual en Chile, policía española también investigara el caso
El hecho fue denunciado por el Movilh ante los ministros de Educación y de Cultura y ante la División de Organizaciones Sociales. También se informó a Carabineros, mientras que la policía española también investigará el hecho, dado que tuvo lugar en el Centro Cultural España. Felizmente nadie resultó herido y la función logró desarrollarse sin problemas, pues el incidente se conoció una vez finalizada la exhibición.

[Argentina]
Presentan proyecto que reconoce la identidad de género
La diputada radical Silvana Giudici presentó un proyecto de ley para que se reconozca el derecho a la identidad de género, de manera tal que cualquier persona en la que no haya coincidencia entre su psiquis y su sexo podrá solicitar la rectificación del género y su nombre de pila en su partida de nacimiento.
Proyecto Sur y el Frente Grande respaldan la Ley de Identidad y de Reasignación de Género