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segunda-feira, setembro 23, 2013


[Internacional]
Comissária dos Direitos Humanos e Arcebispo Desmond Tutu em vídeo sobre discriminação laboral LGBTI
A comissária dos Direitos Humanos da ONU, Navi Pillay, e o arcebispo Desmond Tutu aparecem num novo vídeo da ONU sobre o trabalho LGBTI.

[Brasil]
Professor transexual se mata em motel após anunciar suicídio no Facebook!
O professor de Inglês e transexual,Oseias de Souza Alves,cometeu suicídio dentro de um motel na tarde desta sexta feira (20/9) em um motel na cidade de Mossoró, no Rio grande do Norte. Ele usou um revolver calibre 38 para por fim a sua própria vida.


[UK]
Trans activist elected as chair of Wirral Conservative Future
A trans and human rights activist has been elected to the Wirral branch of the youth wing of the Conservative Party.

[Bulgaria]
Ataka wants imprisonment for homosexuals
Bulgarian right extreme party Ataka proposes amendments to the Criminal Code in order to provide for imprisonment for people who demonstrate their own or the homosexuality of others.

[Russia]
'It's a Witch Hunt': Proposal To Confiscate Children Stokes Fear Among Russian LGBTs
When Sasha understood that she was a lesbian, she knew many challenges lay ahead for her in Russia.
But nothing prepared the young woman for the possibility of social services taking her child away.

[India]
India to get its 1st trans pin-up girls
Transgender rights group’s unique 2014 calendar to feature leading transgender activists

[Bangadesh]
Anger as Bangladesh refuses to decriminalise homosexuality
Gay rights activists have criticised the Bangladeshi government after it rejected recommendations to remove a clause in its penal code which criminalises gay relationships.

[USA]
Cher: My trans son gave me a ‘deeper understanding of gender and sexual politics’
US singer Cher, who recently refused to perform at Russia’s 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi due to the country’s anti-gay laws, has revealed that it was her trans son who gave her a “deeper” and more “visceral” understanding of gender and sexual politics.
Cher: 'my daughter's sex change gave me a deeper understanding of sexual politics'

[USA]
Growing Visibility: Transgender People in the Media (Panel Discussion Hosted by GLAAD)
Join GLAAD for a panel addressing the experiences of transgender people who have shared their personal stories in the media. Communicating with journalists can be particularly challenging for transgender people, who are faced with a range of obstacles, from navigating pervasive stereotypes, to being misgendered, and asked to answer invasive questions about their medical and psychological histories.

[CA, USA]
Professor forced out of job at Christian college after coming out as trans
Trans theology professor 'asked to leave' after working at the university for 15 years

[CA, USA]
Transgender H.S. Student Crowned Homecoming Queen
Transgender high school student Cassidy Lynn Campbell was named Homecoming queen of Marina High School in Huntington Beach, Calif., on Friday.
For transgender homecoming queen, a crowning achievement
Principal proud of transgender homecoming queen's election
Transgender Teen Crowned Homecoming Queen Confesses It's Not What She Hoped For: 'I'm So Sad, I'm So Distraught'
Cassidy Lynn Campbell, Transgender Teen, Named Homecoming Queen
Trans homecoming queen victim of cyber bullying

Video: US’ first transgender homecoming queen reduced to tears over hateful online messages

[CA, USA]
Anti-gay rights organization fighting California transgender law
An anti-gay rights organization is seeking to overturn a California law that allows transgender students to use bathrooms that match their gender identity.
NOM Goes After Transgender Students Rights Law
Gay Marriage Foe NOM Endorses Effort To Repeal Transgender Student Bill