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quarta-feira, outubro 29, 2014

[UK]
NHS Scotland data breach risks 86 transgender clients
In a major data breach incident NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has erroneously revealed 86 email addresses of transgender clients who have attended gender identity service, some compromising full name and date of birth, putting them at risk.
NHS Scotland accidentally leaks list of transgender patients

[UK]
Kellie Maloney: I’d be dead if I hadn’t come out as a trans woman
Former boxing manager Kellie Maloney has said that she would have taken her own life if she hadn’t come out as transgender.

[Ireland]
Lydia Foy settles transgender birth cert case against State
Effective end of 21-year action based on Government intention to enact laws next year

[Philippines]
US marine denies murder of Philippines trans woman
He says there is no 'probable cause for murder or any other crime'

[Australia]
Australian Tabloid Apologizes for Sensationalizing Trans Woman's Murder
Australia's The Courier Mail came under fire for its transphobic approach to covering Mayang Prasetyo's murder. Three weeks later, the newspaper finally has a response.

[USA]
Win for Civilian Army Worker: Agency Says Restroom Restriction, Mis-Gendering Was Discrimination
NCTE applauds the Transgender Law Center and Tamara Lusardi in obtaining a decision from the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) found that the Department of the Army engaged in unlawful discrimination of Ms. Tamara Lusardi and ordered corrective action on her behalf.

[IL, USA]
A local start-up is tackling transgender unemployment
"Why do most people use the internet?" asks Angelica Ross as she begins a presentation on freelancing.

[NY, USA]
Trans Woman Blazes Trail for Women, LGBTs in New York's Fire Department
Brooke Guinan has been quietly raising the profile of LGBT folks and women in the FDNY for years. Now she's become a visible role model, taking part in V.O.I.C.E.'s new 'So Trans, So What?' campaign.

[Ecuador]
Muestra fotográfica ‘Reinas de Quito’ inaugura festival LGBTI
La serie de fotografías ‘Reinas de Quito’, de Raúl Chacón, está abierta al público junto con una selección de videoarte en el Centro de Arte Contemporáneo (CAC) como parte de la muestra ‘En Carne Viva’, una de las actividades paralelas de la duodécima edición del Festival Internacional de Cine LGBTI El Lugar Sin Límites.

[Colombia]
Tutela sobre libreta militar sienta un precedente para transgeneristas
Grace Kelly, transgenerista que ganó una tutela que le permite trabajar sin el obstáculo de la libreta militar, dijo en RCN La Radio que la comunidad LGTBI sigue gestionando instrumentos legales como el de la cédula para quienes se cambian de sexo.

[Colombia]
'Bogotá tiene un imaginario equivocado de las personas transgeneristas'
En el marco de la ‘Semana por la Igualdad’ se realizará ‘Mujer T’, un espacio en el que se premiará a mujeres transgeneristas con la mejor iniciativa social para su población.

[Colombia]
Transgénero será vocera de la alcaldía en Bogotá
Alcaldía de Bogotá nombró a su nueva "Mujer T", quien defenderá los derechos de la comunidad LGBT en la capital colombiana, como parte de un programa para defender los derechos de este colectivo y en especial de las personas transgénero.