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terça-feira, fevereiro 21, 2012



[España]
ATA envía documento a Consejería Salud Andalucía y al Consejo Audiovisual
A.T.A envía Documento sobre los límites en la Atención e información a personas transexuales a la Consejería de Salud de la Junta de Andalucía y al Consejo Audiovisual de Andalucía. Casi treinta asociaciones se unen a la divulgación de un documento sobre las prácticas abusivas que sufren las personas transexuales.

[España]
Esquerra pide en el Congreso que transexualidad deje ser considerada enfermedad mental
El diputado de ERC Joan Tardà ha presentado una proposición no de ley en el Congreso en la que insta al Gobierno a impulsar las medidas oportunas para que la transexualidad deje de estar incluida en el catálogo de enfermedades mentales de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS).

[UK]
Paddy Power Cheltenham Festival ad sparks controversy, earns ASA referral
Paddy Power have stirred up a controversy with the release of a new advert that some transsexual groups say offends transgenders.
Cheltenham Festival Paddy Power Ladies Day TV Ad "Mares v Stallions"
Paddy Power faces investigation over 'transgendered ladies' ad
Video: Betting ad asks if trans women are ‘stallions or mares’


[UK]
Male Mum: I Will Be A Good Dad
Britain's first “male mother” has revealed his delight at having a baby.
Man who gave birth after being born a woman recounts baby joy

[Ireland]
Courage of plaintiff a source of inspiration
What is your favourite case?
The case of Dr Lydia Foy, the transgender person who was born male and sought to have her birth certificate rectified to reflect her new gender. The Free Legal Advice Centres represented Dr Foy and I was brought in to work on the case.

[Italy]
Homophobia in Italy: Transsexual assaulted in Licata (Sicily)
A case that is typical of the reality in which LGBTI people in Italy are currently living. It is a tragic reality, yet very often victims of abuse and violence fail to report the attacks. The politicians and media are doing nothing about these episodes of homophobia, a phenomenon that is now totally out of control.
Transessuale aggredito a calci e pugni a Catania, denuncia
Trans pestato a sangue a Catania
Aggredito perchè transessuale, la disavventura di un licatese a Catania
Aggressione omofoba al pub denuncia di Arcigay a Catania


[Sweden]
Sweden set to drop sterilisation rule for official trans recognition
The Swedish Christian Democrat party has abandoned its support for the rule which requires transgender people to be sterilised before the state recognises their gender and so cleared the way for repeal.

[Israel]
Meretz MK postpones gay rights bill to seek support
Mk Nitzan Horowitz delays bill prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation to allow LGBT groups to lobby.

[Russia]
LGBT activists graffiti United Russia headquarters
A group of Moscow LGBT activists painted the United Russia party office in the north of the city on Monday night, "Novaya gazeta" reported.

[Uganda]
Uganda government shuts down LGBT workshop, group denied freedom
The Ugandan government has not been shy about their opposition to gay rights and LGBT organizations working in the country. On February 14, the government’s raid on a peaceful gathering of LGBT workers has sparked the furor of international and local rights organizations.

[India]
Primera mujer transexual pastora de la India es evangélica, obispo dice no restringe derechos a nadie
La primera pastora transexual de la India, de edad de 25 años y a cargo de una pequeña congregación ubicada en la ciudad sureña de Chennai, pertenece a una denominación evangélica de corriente dominante, cuyo obispo cautelosamente declara que la constitución de su iglesia no le restringe a ningún transexual de sus derechos a ser ordenado pastor.

[China]
Transfobia e morte
Uma televisão local de Qingdao, no noroeste da china, inadvertidamente fez de uma trans uma celebridade online.

[Malaysia]
People ready to help Jais monitor transvestites
Some members of the public here are ready to give Sarawak Islamic Religious Department (Jais) a helping hand in curbing the activities of transvestites in the resort city.

[Australia]
Transgender person charged over teenage train assault
A transgender person has been arrested and charged with the alleged indecent assault of a teenager on a train between Newtown and Redfern.
Police charge transgender person over Sydney train assault

[USA]
Transgender kids get puberty-blocking drugs, sex-changing hormones; MDs say numbers are rising
A small but growing number of teens and even younger children who think they were born the wrong sex are getting support from parents and from doctors who give them sex-changing treatments, according to reports in the medical journal Pediatrics.

[USA]
Kids who veer from gender norms at higher risk for abuse
When a boy struts in a tutu or a girl dons boxer shorts, it makes grown-ups nervous. It's one of the first lessons kids who are gender nonconforming learn.

[MD, USA]
Transgender bill stirs fear, controversy in Baltimore County
Council vote on controversial anti-discrimination measure set for Tuesday
Transgender challenges: More than bathrooms (Video)

[NE, USA]
Gay rights supporters expect 'massive' turnout to oppose bill blocking Omaha effort
Gay rights advocates are preparing to fight a bill in the Nebraska Legislature that would prevent cities from enforcing local rules to protect gays and transgendered people from discrimination.

[Brasil]
Brasil facilitara la denuncia contra las agresiones a transexuales y travestis
El estado de Río de Janeiro iniciará en marzo una política pionera para facilitar el registro de crímenes contra travestis y transexuales. Permitirá que se identifiquen con sus nombres no oficiales cuando denuncien esos delitos a la policía.

[Argentina]
Jóvenes transexuales de provincia de Salta, en Argentina, reclaman sanción Ley Identidad de Genero
La secretaria general de la Asociación en Lucha por la Diversidad Sexual en Salta (ALUDIS), María Pía Ceballos, ha difundido esta tarde un comunicado de prensa en el que el colectivo reclama la sanción de la ley de identidad de género.

[Argentina]
La transnoche de Mar del Plata
Las obras que protagonizan transformistas, sean heterosexuales, gays o travestis, ya son un auge en la ciudad balnearia. Y va al teatro todo tipo de público, hasta familias con sus chicos.