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domingo, abril 28, 2013

[International]
Transgender rights: the next big political movement
Akin to the marriage equality effort, there is a coalition forming to end discrimination and misunderstanding of the trans community

[International]
Trans women 49 times more likely to have HIV
Using multiple studies and assessing over 11,000 women from around the world, a study has found HIV is highly prevalant among trans women
Study shows trans women at HIVrisk

[España]
Afectados por VIH protestan contra los recortes frente al Ministerio de Sanidad, vestidos de presos condenados a muerte
Representantes de la Coordinadora Estatal del VIH/sida, CESIDA, han protestado este miércoles frente al Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad por los recortes que están "asfixiando" a muchos de estos pacientes, especialmente en el caso de los inmigrantes en situación irregular, al limitar su acceso a los tratamientos. Para escenificar su protesta, han ido encapuchados con sogas en el cuello, vestidos de presos condenados a muerte.

[UK]
Joey Barton Threatened By PSG After Calling Thiago Silva An 'Overweight Ladyboy'
Joey Barton has been threatened with action by PSG after calling their defender Thiago Silva an “overweight ladyboy”.

[USA]
Taxpayer-funded sex-change operations on the horizon?
The American Civil Liberties Union and other pro-LGBT legal groups want to force taxpayers to fund gender-change surgery. Cultural analyst Matt Barber claims he saw that coming when ObamaCare came on the scene.

[AZ, USA]
'Pregnant man' to appeal divorce decision
Thomas Beatie, a transgendered man known as the "Pregnant man" was denied divorce by a judge who said his marriage to a woman was not legal in Arizona.

[FL, USA]
Transgender woman found shot to death in Oak Ridge area
A transgender woman was found shot to death Thursday morning in a wooded area in the Oak Ridge area of Orange County.
Black Trans Woman Killed In Florida And Subsequently Misgendered By The Media

[MA, USA]
Megyn Kelly Trivializes Transgender Prison Inmate's Plea For Necessary Medical Treatment
Just moments after claiming to "understand the torture" experienced by transgender people, Fox News' Megyn Kelly mocked a transgender inmate's attempt to acquire medically necessary gender reassignment treatment while in prison.

[MN, USA]
Mpls. Woman Sentenced in Schooner Tavern Assault Case
A Minneapolis woman was sentenced to 180 days in jail for a third-degree assault during a melee near Schooner Tavern in Minneapolis.

[TX, USA]
Transgender Student Can Now Wear Dress To Prom
When it comes to allowing a transgendered student the opportunity to dress for the prom in a dress, Spring High School now has a change of heart.
Transgender student wins bid to wear dress to prom
District allows transgender high school student to wear dress to prom
Texas School Will Allow Student To Wear Dress To Prom
Texas school relents, lets trans teen wear a dress to prom


[Argentina]
La Ley Antidiscriminación, un reclamo desde la diversidad sexual
Se trata de una normativa que está en vigencia pero no incluye a los pueblos originarios, personas discapacitadas, ni al sector de la diversidad de género. A luz de nuevos hechos de violencia y discriminación, el reclamo se renueva.