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sexta-feira, julho 19, 2013

[España]
Aumenta la discriminación laboral a homosexuales y transexuales
Aunque no hay datos oficiales, varias asociaciones denuncian que los casos de discriminación por razón de la orientación sexual han aumentado en los últimos meses

[UK]
London rapist of trans woman may have attacked others
Police say a rapist who threw up on his victim who was jailed for eight years a decade after the attack may be responsible for other crimes

[UK]
Sparkling With Pride: Woman becomes first transgender person to advise on Manchester Pride board
A Manchester woman has been selected to be the first transgender person to advise on the Manchester Pride board.

[UK]
Unique transgender archive sent to Canadian university after offer to LSE is rebuffed
A unique archive charting decades of transgender history has been flown to Canada after being turned down by a Holborn university.
Since 1986, Professor Richard Ekins has amassed the extensive collection of media clippings, testimonies, books, audio, video, photographs and artefacts, which has been hailed by academics as “truly a treasure”.

[Ireland]
Government publishes proposed legislation to recognise transgender people
Under the provisions of the Gender Recognition Bill - people will have their new gender formally acknowledged by the State.
People who have sex change to have new gender recognised by state
State 'to recognise transgenders'
Mixed reaction from transgender group to gender recognition bill
Joan Burton publishes outline of Bill to give recognition to transgender people
Govt finally get around to Gender Recognition Bill
Sex change spouses complicate new law
Trans Rights Organisation Express Grave Concerns Over Gender Recognition Bill


[Greece]
Thessaloniki: Trans Women lay down in protest against their detention
Police operations against transgender women have been continued in Thessaloniki since End of May.

[Luxembourg]
Grand-Duché: condamné à perpétuité pour avoir tué et violé un transsexuel
La Chambre criminelle de Luxembourg n’a accordé aucune mesure de faveur à l’accusé de 28 ans. Pour des faits infâmes il a écopé de la peine la plus lourde.

[Macedonia]
LGBT attacks in Macedonia alarm human rights' defenders
Human rights' defenders urge Macedonia's government to condemn violence against sexual minorities and ask for legislative changes to protect the LGBT community.

[Moldova]
Moldova secretly adopts homophobic ‘anti-propaganda’ law
A new ‘anti-propaganda’ law, similar to those recently enacted in Russia, was discussed and adopted away from public scrutiny and entered into force on 12 July. Politicians specifically sought to avoid debating the bill in public.

[Uganda]
LGBTI Africa: A Trans Woman in Uganda
I was born a boy, Ceasar Kambugu, in a bourgeois suburb called Bakuli, on the outskirts of Kampala, to two loving middle-aged parents. As I grew into a transgender girl, it was a process my family couldn’t quite understand. The word transgender is absent in our local dialect, Luganda.

[India]
Changed-sex individuals face parenting woes
A doctor in Central America was a woman trapped in a man's body. Some time ago, he liberated the soul and underwent sex change operation to become a woman named Jennifer. Sooner or later , she will also meet the man of her dreams, marry and settle down. But till then, she wishes to become a father!

[Canada]
Man accused of murdering New West trans woman to stand trial
The man accused of second-degree murder in connection with the Sept 29 death of a New Westminster transgender woman will go on trial by judge and jury June 9 to 16, 2014.

[Mexico]
Transgenders in Mexico Dream of Escape
Puebla is one of many Mexican states where discrimination based on gender orientation is not considered a crime. Many transgenders who live here describe their efforts to leave. And how they wound up giving up.

[Mexico]
Gay and Transgender Migrants Face Staggering Violence
LGBTQ people endure a treacherous journey on the way to a better life.

[Venezuela]
Hablando de derechos, diversidad y sexo con Tamara Adrián
TAMARA ADRIÁN ES RECONOCIDA MUNDIALMENTE POR SU LUCHA EN PRO DE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS DE LAS MINORÍAS SEXUALES. MUJER LUCHADORA Y EXTRAORDINARIA COMO POCAS, NOS SENTAMOS A CONVERSAR CON ELLA Y ESTO FUE LO QUE HABLAMOS