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domingo, setembro 11, 2011

For all victims of all 9/11 around the world and the heroes who risk their lives to try to save them...



[International]
Protest at conference promoting Intersex Genital Mutilation (IGM) at The Royal College of Surgeons, 35-43 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2, 17 – 19 September 2011
Intersex people and organizations including Organisation Intersex International (OII) call on intersex activists and friends to protest outside the Royal College of Surgeons, 35-43 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2, 15 – 19 September 2011.

[UK]
Police figures show rise in recorded anti-gay and transphobic crimes
Recorded hate crime in England, Wales and Northern Ireland fell by seven per cent last year – but crimes based on sexual orientation, transgender status and disability rose.

[Poland]
'I always felt more feminine than male': Poland's Next Top Model favourite tells judges how she was born a hermaphrodite
With her flawless skin and versatile look, it is little surprise that Michalina Manios is a favourite to win Poland's Next Top Model.
But the 22-year-old stunned viewers last night when she revealed to judges that she was born a hermaphrodite.
She explained that she had both male and female genitalia at birth, but was officially considered male until four years ago because doctors had initially assumed she was a boy.

[USA]
Keisling: Obama Plan Good for Trans People
The jobs proposal announced by President Obama Thursday may be particularly helpful to transgender Americans, who are “disproportionately likely to be among the long-term unemployed,” says Mara Keisling, executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality.
Obama praised for jobs speech despite ENDA omission

[USA]
Lacey Schwimmer, Gloria Allred Back Chaz Bono On 'Dancing With The Stars'
Chaz Bono's dancing partner on Dancing with the Stars, Lacey Schwimmer, and lawyer Gloria Allred say the fuss over Bono's appearance on the reality dancing competition is overblown.

[DC, USA]
Trans Woman Found Dead in Columbia Heights
Cause of death yet to be determined, but police told activists victim suffered trauma to the face
D.C. police report ‘suspicious’ death of trans woman


[Colombia]
MATARON EN MEDELLIN A CAMILA NINIA TRANS D 30 ANIOS APENAS LLEGANDO D ROMA NADA LE ROBARON LA MATARON DENTRO DE SU COCHE (Via twitter)


[Argentina]
Universidad pide reconocer a transexuales por el nombre elegido
Autoridades, docentes, alumnos y personal transexual deben ser reconocidos por "el nombre que expresan y sienten", según un planteo de la Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral (UNPA) que busca "formalizar el reconocimiento a la identidad de género" en sus claustros.