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terça-feira, julho 07, 2015

[Brasil]
Travesti é morto com facada no pescoço em avenida de Cacoal, RO
Vitima foi socorrida ainda com vida, mas não resistiu e morreu.
Relógio encontrado no local pode ser de suspeito, diz polícia.


[Brasil]
Transexuais superam barreiras e conquistam lugar no mercado de trabalho
No início deste ano, Radija saiu de Araçuaí para morar em Belo Horizonte com o marido. Procurou emprego das mais diferentes formas e chegou a participar do processo seletivo de um supermercado. Mas quando a responsável pela seleção viu o nome Douglas impresso na ficha de inscrição, deu logo um jeito de encontrar motivo para dispensá-la. “Ela disse que era para eu ir embora por não ter ensino médio completo. Mas uma moça com menos estudo conseguiu a vaga”, desabafa.

[Brasil]
TRANSEXUAL “CRUCIFICADA” PERDE AÇÃO CONTRA FELICIANO
O juiz indeferiu o pedido da transexual, dizendo que ao se pregar em uma cruz seminua, a autora do processo tinha o objetivo de chamar a atenção gerando controvérsia.

[Brasil]
Pará terá hospital habilitado para mudança de sexo
Este ano, o Pará deve ganhar o primeiro ambulatório de transexualidade. O espaço aprovado pelo Ministério da Saúde, funcionará em Belém em parceria com a Secretaria de Estado de Saúde Pública (Sespa) e a Secretaria de Justiça e Direitos Humanos (Sejudh), que será responsável pelo credenciamento do público.

[Germany/USA]
Freelance marketplace Upwork refuses to pay transgender woman
Upwork wont let transgender woman disburse money she worked for because her bank account is still under her birth name, but it will take a year to change

[Turkey]
MINUTE-BY-MINUTE: WHAT HAPPENED AT THE PRIDE PARADE?
The police attacked the Istanbul LGBTI Pride Parade with tear gas, pressurized water, and plastic bullets. Protesters were taken into custody and journalists assaulted. Parliamentarians from HDP [People’s Democratic Party] and CHP [Republican People’s Party] resisted police violence hand in hand. Despite the police attacks that continued throughout the day, the rainbow flag was waved in all the streets of Beyoğlu.
TURKEY’S LGBTI FILE CRIMINAL COMPLAINTS FOR ATTACKS AGAINST ISTANBUL PRIDE- HEAR THEM OUT!
STATEMENT FROM THE GOVERNORATE CONCERNING THE ATTACK ON PRIDE PARADE


[South Africa]
Transgender in Focus: Navigating the workplace – C’s story
The media storm around Caitlyn Jenner has calmed down, and as it always does after any issue receives major attention for a while, the world has returned to its business. But what happens to the ordinary people living the reality of the issue that has been raised? MARELISE VAN DER MERWE has been interviewing transgender South Africans about their lives. Meet C.

[India]
I feel respected for once — but transgenders still face living nightmares: Manabi Bandyopadhyay
Academic Manabi Bandyopadhyay is India’s first transgendered college principal. Speaking with Priyanka Dasgupta, Bandyopadhyay discussed both happiness and fear in her new position, heavy resistance within the transgender community to education — and how, despite the Supreme Court’s progressive ruling on the third gender, discrimination still surrounds community members seeking homes:

[Malaysia]
Malaysia has ‘no need’ for gay parade, says PM
Says Pride is 'too open' for country's moderate form of Islam

[Philippines]
Pageant to welcome transgender woman?
A transgender woman, who almost made it as one of the official candidates in the 2014 Miss Manila beauty pageant, may finally be admitted to a national beauty contest for single women and single moms.

[Australia]
Tasmanian activist Martine Delaney launches bid to become first transgender federal politician
A Tasmanian activist aspiring to be the first transgender politician elected to Federal Parliament will contest the seat of Franklin for the Greens at the next election.
Transgender advocate to run for Greens

[Canada]
Toronto transgender woman represents Canada in dodgeball
Savannah Burton is currently the only known transgender athlete representing Canada on the international level.

[FL, USA]
The Fifth Annual Transgender Symposium - Part 3
Trans Surgeries Part III of III

[VA, USA]
Obama’s DOJ: Let girl use boys’ school restroom
By filing a “statement of interest,” the Obama administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) is rallying behind a girl who proclaims to be boy — urging her Virginia high school to let her use the boy’s bathroom.