Published Date: 30 July 2009
The Home Secretary has agreed to reconsider a decision to refuse refuge to an asylum seeker living in south-east London who says he is "a man in a woman's body" and fears persecution in his homeland.
Human rights lawyers believe the case could set a precedent for other transgender applicants from Muslim countries who say they fear ill-treatment because their condition is not understood in the Islamic world.
The Pakistani national, referred to as X, came to the High Court in London on Thursday to challenge a decision last June to deport him. He first claimed asylum in the UK in December 2007.
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Thursday, July 30, 2009
Transsexual bashing: An ugly reality in the closet
Posted by Joseph Wardy/ NJ Voices Blogger July 28, 2009 12:37PM
Good News: Over the years since the Stonewall riot and through the work of Harvey Milk, the gay community has made some progress toward equality and tolerance in our culture.
Bad News: This progress for homosexuals and lesbians has not been the case for those who are transsexual.
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Good News: Over the years since the Stonewall riot and through the work of Harvey Milk, the gay community has made some progress toward equality and tolerance in our culture.
Bad News: This progress for homosexuals and lesbians has not been the case for those who are transsexual.
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EU: “Transgender persons should have their human rights fully respected” says Commissioner Hammarberg
29 July 2009 | 15:31 | FOCUS News Agency
Strasbourg. “Council of Europe member states should do more to stop transphobia and discrimination against transgender people. The situation of transgender persons has long been ignored and neglected, although the problems they face are very real and often specific to this group alone. They experience a high degree of discrimination and intolerance in all fields of life, as well as outright violence. Transgender persons have been the victims of brutal hate crimes, including murder, in some European countries” said the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg, publishing today an expert Issue Paper on “Human rights and gender identity”, the Council of Europe informed.
The Issue Paper makes the point that agreed international human rights standards, such as the right to life, physical integrity and the right to health care, apply equally to all people, including transgender persons. Likewise, they have the right to be protected against discrimination on the labour market.
The Commissioner's document also describes positive steps which have been taken in some countries in order to protect the rights of transgender people. However, transphobia as well as genuine ignorance in this area are widespread. The Issue Paper recommends that Member states of the Council of Europe take further action to prevent discrimination, including through training of health personnel. The Issue Paper also maintains that it should not be necessary to undergo sterilisation or other medical treatment as a compulsory requirement for a person's gender identity to be recognised.
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Strasbourg. “Council of Europe member states should do more to stop transphobia and discrimination against transgender people. The situation of transgender persons has long been ignored and neglected, although the problems they face are very real and often specific to this group alone. They experience a high degree of discrimination and intolerance in all fields of life, as well as outright violence. Transgender persons have been the victims of brutal hate crimes, including murder, in some European countries” said the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg, publishing today an expert Issue Paper on “Human rights and gender identity”, the Council of Europe informed.
The Issue Paper makes the point that agreed international human rights standards, such as the right to life, physical integrity and the right to health care, apply equally to all people, including transgender persons. Likewise, they have the right to be protected against discrimination on the labour market.
The Commissioner's document also describes positive steps which have been taken in some countries in order to protect the rights of transgender people. However, transphobia as well as genuine ignorance in this area are widespread. The Issue Paper recommends that Member states of the Council of Europe take further action to prevent discrimination, including through training of health personnel. The Issue Paper also maintains that it should not be necessary to undergo sterilisation or other medical treatment as a compulsory requirement for a person's gender identity to be recognised.
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Gender police at the gym
by Ethan Jacobs
associate editor
Wednesday Jul 29, 2009
During the Beacon Hill Judiciary Committee hearing July 14 on the transgender rights bill, a group of representatives of the gym and health club industry testified that such a bill would hurt their businesses by allowing people to use locker room and bathroom facilities based on their gender identity or expression, rather than on their biological sex. They argued that women would feel uncomfortable sharing facilities with anatomical males, particularly if the women had young children with them. Yet at gyms in Boston, where a similar transgender non-discrimination ordinance has been on the books since 2002, there have been seemingly no negative repercussions to extending non-discrimination protections to transgender people. The current transgender rights bill, House Bill 1728, would rewrite the state’s hate crimes and non-discrimination laws-including around public accommodations-to make them trans-inclusive.
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associate editor
Wednesday Jul 29, 2009
During the Beacon Hill Judiciary Committee hearing July 14 on the transgender rights bill, a group of representatives of the gym and health club industry testified that such a bill would hurt their businesses by allowing people to use locker room and bathroom facilities based on their gender identity or expression, rather than on their biological sex. They argued that women would feel uncomfortable sharing facilities with anatomical males, particularly if the women had young children with them. Yet at gyms in Boston, where a similar transgender non-discrimination ordinance has been on the books since 2002, there have been seemingly no negative repercussions to extending non-discrimination protections to transgender people. The current transgender rights bill, House Bill 1728, would rewrite the state’s hate crimes and non-discrimination laws-including around public accommodations-to make them trans-inclusive.
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Transgender prisoners sentenced to rape
Safety of all prisoners should be guaranteed by government
By Lovisa Stannow, McClatchy-Tribune
Monday, July 27, 2009
Prison officials need to do more to protect inmates from sexual assault. And there is one group of inmates whose vulnerability has gone all but unnoticed -- and that's people who are transgender.
The majority of U.S. corrections systems house inmates based on their birth gender, disregarding other factors, such as physical appearance that may be entirely feminine (including breasts) or government identity documents that categorize these individuals as female.
Not surprisingly, while in men's detention facilities, most transgender women are sexually assaulted.
A recent academic study of the experiences of hundreds of transgender women in California's men's prisons -- a survey that was commissioned by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation -- revealed that 59 percent of male-to-female transgender prisoners had been sexually assaulted while incarcerated. A shocking 0 percent of these inmates considered prison officials to be allies in protecting their physical safety.
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By Lovisa Stannow, McClatchy-Tribune
Monday, July 27, 2009
Prison officials need to do more to protect inmates from sexual assault. And there is one group of inmates whose vulnerability has gone all but unnoticed -- and that's people who are transgender.
The majority of U.S. corrections systems house inmates based on their birth gender, disregarding other factors, such as physical appearance that may be entirely feminine (including breasts) or government identity documents that categorize these individuals as female.
Not surprisingly, while in men's detention facilities, most transgender women are sexually assaulted.
A recent academic study of the experiences of hundreds of transgender women in California's men's prisons -- a survey that was commissioned by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation -- revealed that 59 percent of male-to-female transgender prisoners had been sexually assaulted while incarcerated. A shocking 0 percent of these inmates considered prison officials to be allies in protecting their physical safety.
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Transsexual says college failed to address harassment
July 27, 2009
By Cherri Greeno, Record staff
KITCHENER — Janet Merner hasn’t had an easy life. As a transsexual, she says she’s been teased, denied jobs and, most recently, forced to quit school because of constant harassment.
Now, she’s had enough.
“I’m a regular person,” said Merner, 40, as she protested outside Conestoga College Monday morning.
As a woman living in a man’s body, Merner — who just recently changed her name from Philip to Janet — drew lots of stares from fellow students last year. She says she was called horrible names and, at one point, challenged to a fight. Although the harassment was upsetting, what hurt Merner the most was that the college did nothing to stop it, she says.
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By Cherri Greeno, Record staff
KITCHENER — Janet Merner hasn’t had an easy life. As a transsexual, she says she’s been teased, denied jobs and, most recently, forced to quit school because of constant harassment.
Now, she’s had enough.
“I’m a regular person,” said Merner, 40, as she protested outside Conestoga College Monday morning.
As a woman living in a man’s body, Merner — who just recently changed her name from Philip to Janet — drew lots of stares from fellow students last year. She says she was called horrible names and, at one point, challenged to a fight. Although the harassment was upsetting, what hurt Merner the most was that the college did nothing to stop it, she says.
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Monday, July 27, 2009
India, Tamil Nadu: Transgender gets admit card for teacher training
Express News Service
First Published : 27 Jul 2009 04:03:00 AM IST
Last Updated :
TIRUCHY: A member of the transgender hailing from Chettikulam near Vadugaptti in Theni district was issued the admit card to join the Government Teacher Training
Institute, Tiruppur, during the counselling conducted here on Sunday.
According to sources, the first round of counselling for admission into the various teacher training
institutes in the State commenced on July 2. As many as 12,035 candidates were issued the admit card in the first round till July 18.
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First Published : 27 Jul 2009 04:03:00 AM IST
Last Updated :
TIRUCHY: A member of the transgender hailing from Chettikulam near Vadugaptti in Theni district was issued the admit card to join the Government Teacher Training
Institute, Tiruppur, during the counselling conducted here on Sunday.
According to sources, the first round of counselling for admission into the various teacher training
institutes in the State commenced on July 2. As many as 12,035 candidates were issued the admit card in the first round till July 18.
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Federal Judge Says State Not Obligated to Pay for Sex-Change Surgery
Joel Stashenko
New York Law Journal
July 28, 2009
New York state is not obligated to pay for gender reassignment surgery for a Medicaid recipient, even though it provided coverage for individual procedures that are necessary preliminaries to the change, a federal judge in Buffalo has determined.
Western District of New York Judge Charles J. Siragusa in Rochester ruled that Morgana Ravenwood's constitutional rights under the 14th Amendment were not violated by the denial of coverage.
He also refused to order state Health Commissioner Richard F. Daines to rescind 18 N.Y.C.R.R. §505.2(l), the 1998 law prohibiting state Medicaid funding for "care," "services" or "drugs" related to gender reassignment surgery.
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New York Law Journal
July 28, 2009
New York state is not obligated to pay for gender reassignment surgery for a Medicaid recipient, even though it provided coverage for individual procedures that are necessary preliminaries to the change, a federal judge in Buffalo has determined.
Western District of New York Judge Charles J. Siragusa in Rochester ruled that Morgana Ravenwood's constitutional rights under the 14th Amendment were not violated by the denial of coverage.
He also refused to order state Health Commissioner Richard F. Daines to rescind 18 N.Y.C.R.R. §505.2(l), the 1998 law prohibiting state Medicaid funding for "care," "services" or "drugs" related to gender reassignment surgery.
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Survey: Third of Mass. transgendered weigh suicide
By Associated Press
Monday, July 27, 2009
BOSTON — Nearly a third of transgender residents in Massachusetts have considered suicide according to a new survey by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
The study compares the health of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender residents to heterosexual and non-transgender residents.
It found that about 31 percent of transgender respondents said they have considered attempting suicide in the past year, compared to just 2 percent for heterosexual residents, 4 percent for gay and lesbian residents and 7 percent for bisexual residents.
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Monday, July 27, 2009
BOSTON — Nearly a third of transgender residents in Massachusetts have considered suicide according to a new survey by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
The study compares the health of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender residents to heterosexual and non-transgender residents.
It found that about 31 percent of transgender respondents said they have considered attempting suicide in the past year, compared to just 2 percent for heterosexual residents, 4 percent for gay and lesbian residents and 7 percent for bisexual residents.
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Friday, July 24, 2009
UK:Transsexual killer: Keeping me in men's prison violates my human rights
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 1:51 PM on 24th July 2009
A transsexual jailed for strangling her boyfriend has gone to the High Court claiming that keeping her in a men's prison violates her human rights under European law.
The prisoner, in her 20s and serving a life sentence for manslaughter and attempted rape, is legally female and her birth certificate has been amended accordingly, London's High Court heard.
Born male, she has had hair on her face and legs permanently removed by laser and has developed breasts after hormone treatment.
Describing her as 'a woman trapped inside a man's body', barrister Phillipa Kaufman said the prisoner was desperate for gender reassignment surgery but medics have refused unless she has lived as a woman for an extended period - only possible if she is moved to a female jail.
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Last updated at 1:51 PM on 24th July 2009
A transsexual jailed for strangling her boyfriend has gone to the High Court claiming that keeping her in a men's prison violates her human rights under European law.
The prisoner, in her 20s and serving a life sentence for manslaughter and attempted rape, is legally female and her birth certificate has been amended accordingly, London's High Court heard.
Born male, she has had hair on her face and legs permanently removed by laser and has developed breasts after hormone treatment.
Describing her as 'a woman trapped inside a man's body', barrister Phillipa Kaufman said the prisoner was desperate for gender reassignment surgery but medics have refused unless she has lived as a woman for an extended period - only possible if she is moved to a female jail.
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Every third day, a trans person is murdered
And this is just what's being reported, according to new research just released on violence against trans people worldwide. Transgender Europe (TGEU) is working with the multilingual online magazine Liminalis on a collaborative project titled, /Trans Murder Monitoring Project/. According to their results:
The very preliminary results of the first step of this project have revealed a total of 204 cases of reported murders of trans people world wide in the last 1 1/2 years. 121 cases of murdered trans people have been reported in 2008. From January to June 2009 already 83 cases of murdered trans people have been reported.
Furthermore, the preliminary results show an increase in the number of reports of murdered trans people over the last years. Since the beginning of 2008 the murder of a trans person is reported every third day, on average.
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The very preliminary results of the first step of this project have revealed a total of 204 cases of reported murders of trans people world wide in the last 1 1/2 years. 121 cases of murdered trans people have been reported in 2008. From January to June 2009 already 83 cases of murdered trans people have been reported.
Furthermore, the preliminary results show an increase in the number of reports of murdered trans people over the last years. Since the beginning of 2008 the murder of a trans person is reported every third day, on average.
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Friday, July 17, 2009
NY man guilty of hate crime in transgender slaying
By WILLIAM KATES (AP) – 10 hours ago
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A jury on Friday convicted a man of manslaughter as a hate crime for killing a transgender woman he shot outside a house party last year.
Dwight DeLee was found guilty of first-degree manslaughter for the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Lateisha Green outside a Syracuse house party in November because of anti-gay bias. He becomes just the second person in the U.S. convicted of a hate crime that involved the death of a transgender victim.
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A jury on Friday convicted a man of manslaughter as a hate crime for killing a transgender woman he shot outside a house party last year.
Dwight DeLee was found guilty of first-degree manslaughter for the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Lateisha Green outside a Syracuse house party in November because of anti-gay bias. He becomes just the second person in the U.S. convicted of a hate crime that involved the death of a transgender victim.
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Thursday, July 16, 2009
Pakistan: SC orders equal benefits for transvestites
By Nasir Iqbal
Wednesday, 15 Jul, 2009 | 09:00 AM PST
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has ordered that transvestites, being equal citizens of Pakistan, should also benefit from the federal and provincial governments’ financial support schemes such as the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP).
‘They are citizens of Pakistan and enjoy the same protection guaranteed under Article four (rights of individuals to be dealt with in accordance of law) and Article nine (security of person) of the Constitution,’ ruled a three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali and Justice Jawwad S Khawaja on Tuesday.
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Wednesday, 15 Jul, 2009 | 09:00 AM PST
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has ordered that transvestites, being equal citizens of Pakistan, should also benefit from the federal and provincial governments’ financial support schemes such as the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP).
‘They are citizens of Pakistan and enjoy the same protection guaranteed under Article four (rights of individuals to be dealt with in accordance of law) and Article nine (security of person) of the Constitution,’ ruled a three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali and Justice Jawwad S Khawaja on Tuesday.
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Endocrine Society released guidelines for treatment of transsexuals
Guidelines include recommendations for hormone therapy, surgery and long-term care for all ages.
New guidelines from the Endocrine Society call for close and continued collaboration between endocrinologists and mental health professionals for the treatment of transsexual people.
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New guidelines from the Endocrine Society call for close and continued collaboration between endocrinologists and mental health professionals for the treatment of transsexual people.
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009
NY to use hate crime law in transgender case
(AP) By WILLIAM KATES
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — It was no secret to friends and family that Lateisha Green was born a boy. She had been living mostly as a female since age 16.
On a Friday night last November, Green — this time dressed as a man — and her brother, Mark Cannon, went to a party. Several guests objected because they thought the two were gay. Several started yelling "profane and vulgar comments," police reports said.
As Green and Cannon were sitting in their car a few minutes later, one of the partygoers emerged from the house with a .22-caliber rifle. Without a word, police say Dwight DeLee fired a single shot. The bullet grazed Cannon's arm, and with a deadly thud hit Green, 22, in the chest.
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — It was no secret to friends and family that Lateisha Green was born a boy. She had been living mostly as a female since age 16.
On a Friday night last November, Green — this time dressed as a man — and her brother, Mark Cannon, went to a party. Several guests objected because they thought the two were gay. Several started yelling "profane and vulgar comments," police reports said.
As Green and Cannon were sitting in their car a few minutes later, one of the partygoers emerged from the house with a .22-caliber rifle. Without a word, police say Dwight DeLee fired a single shot. The bullet grazed Cannon's arm, and with a deadly thud hit Green, 22, in the chest.
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Mass. transgender equity bill fuels bathroom fight
(AP) By STEVE LeBLANC
BOSTON (AP) — When Ethan St. Pierre decided in 2001 to begin a public transformation from woman to man, he said the security company he worked for at first supported his decision.
Then his features began looking more like a man's.
"Once they saw the changes that my body was making they decided that I could no longer do my job," said St. Pierre, 47, a transgender man living in Haverhill, Mass. "They started taking my responsibilities away from me one at a time until finally they told me that I was no longer welcome."
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BOSTON (AP) — When Ethan St. Pierre decided in 2001 to begin a public transformation from woman to man, he said the security company he worked for at first supported his decision.
Then his features began looking more like a man's.
"Once they saw the changes that my body was making they decided that I could no longer do my job," said St. Pierre, 47, a transgender man living in Haverhill, Mass. "They started taking my responsibilities away from me one at a time until finally they told me that I was no longer welcome."
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Australia: Trans passport laws eased
Category: News
Author: Andie Noonan
Posted: Tuesday, 14 July 2009
The Australian Passport Office has reviewed its policy to make it easier for transgendered people seeking a passport in their preferred gender.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has provided information on its website indicating a more flexible approach to determining sex as stated on passport documents.
In order to obtain an Australian passport in a reassigned gender, a person must present a revised birth certificate or gender recognition certificate that an Australian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages (RBDM) has accepted.
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Author: Andie Noonan
Posted: Tuesday, 14 July 2009
The Australian Passport Office has reviewed its policy to make it easier for transgendered people seeking a passport in their preferred gender.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has provided information on its website indicating a more flexible approach to determining sex as stated on passport documents.
In order to obtain an Australian passport in a reassigned gender, a person must present a revised birth certificate or gender recognition certificate that an Australian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages (RBDM) has accepted.
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Trans academic wins human rights award
HIV/AIDS / Namaste illuminates trans, bi and swinger lives
Shawn Syms / National / Monday, July 13, 2009
Noted Montreal academic, author and activist Viviane Namaste has been awarded the 2009 Canadian Award for Action on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights for her efforts to address the HIV prevention and treatment needs of trans people, bisexuals and the swingers community.
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Shawn Syms / National / Monday, July 13, 2009
Noted Montreal academic, author and activist Viviane Namaste has been awarded the 2009 Canadian Award for Action on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights for her efforts to address the HIV prevention and treatment needs of trans people, bisexuals and the swingers community.
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2 arrested in Queens bias attack on transgender female
BY Irving Dejohn
and Brendan Brosh
DAILY NEWS WRITERS
Updated Friday, July 10th 2009, 1:57 AM
A transgender female walking down a Queens street was attacked by a pair of bigoted thugs who pelted her with rocks and beer bottles, prosecutors said.
"I was being attacked because of who I am," said victim Carmella Etienne, 22.
"I'm pretty traumatized."
Nathaniel Mims, 25, and Rasheed Thomas, 22, allegedly screamed anti-gay slurs and threatened to cut the woman's throat Wednesday night in St. Albans.
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and Brendan Brosh
DAILY NEWS WRITERS
Updated Friday, July 10th 2009, 1:57 AM
A transgender female walking down a Queens street was attacked by a pair of bigoted thugs who pelted her with rocks and beer bottles, prosecutors said.
"I was being attacked because of who I am," said victim Carmella Etienne, 22.
"I'm pretty traumatized."
Nathaniel Mims, 25, and Rasheed Thomas, 22, allegedly screamed anti-gay slurs and threatened to cut the woman's throat Wednesday night in St. Albans.
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
'Luna' -- transgender issues for young adult readers
Goodbye, Nancy Drew. Hello, Twilight, terrorism … and transgender issues?
Today’s teens lead complex lives and are faced with issues that their grandparents, as adolescents, would not have been able to fathom — and it shows in their reading material.
William Porter, reporting for The Denver Post, discusses the new “darker” teen fiction that deals with suicide, sexual abuse, and eating disorders. And teens are eating it up.
But are teens ready to deal with transgender issues? Denver area author Julie Anne Peters says yes. Among her award-winning young adult books is Luna, which deals with transgender issues from a sister’s point of view.
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Today’s teens lead complex lives and are faced with issues that their grandparents, as adolescents, would not have been able to fathom — and it shows in their reading material.
William Porter, reporting for The Denver Post, discusses the new “darker” teen fiction that deals with suicide, sexual abuse, and eating disorders. And teens are eating it up.
But are teens ready to deal with transgender issues? Denver area author Julie Anne Peters says yes. Among her award-winning young adult books is Luna, which deals with transgender issues from a sister’s point of view.
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Tuesday, July 7, 2009
(Not so) Feel-Good of the Day: First Women-Run Pharmacy in North America Excludes Trans Women
Sadly, most of the time pharmacists are mentioned on Feministing it's regarding "conscience clause" folks - anti-choice pharmacists (and their buddy Bush) who believe it's their "religious or moral" right to refuse to sell contraception to women even though it's, you know, their job and all. So it was really refreshing to find a group of pharmacists who actually give a hoot about women's health. (Until we found out they exclude trans women - update below.)
Today, Vancouver Women's Health Collective have opened Lu's: A Pharmacy for Women.
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See also the CBC report
Today, Vancouver Women's Health Collective have opened Lu's: A Pharmacy for Women.
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See also the CBC report
Trans March San Francisco 2009
by Rubble
Sunday Jul 5th, 2009 11:59 AM
2009 Trans March San Francisco took place in Dolores Park in the Mission District on Friday, June 26 with an event featuring speakers and performers from 3-7PM, followed by a march around the Mission. Trans March San Francisco continues to be the largest transgender event in the world. Listen to 37 minutes of audio form the event.
"All black girl rock and roll band" Sistas In The Pit finishes their set...
Julia Serano, an author, spoken word performer, trans activist, and biologist, speaks on her experiences with stigmas and misconceptions...
Tiffany Woods, from San Leandro, speaks on gains made by transgender people and the movement since...
Landa Lakes, the current reigning Grand Dutchess of San Francisco...
Alexandra Byerly, who also MC'd most of the event, tells a heartfelt story of Anna Fernandez and her untimely death...
Finally, three woman punk band Angela Chase plays a song...
Full Story and audio links...
Sunday Jul 5th, 2009 11:59 AM
2009 Trans March San Francisco took place in Dolores Park in the Mission District on Friday, June 26 with an event featuring speakers and performers from 3-7PM, followed by a march around the Mission. Trans March San Francisco continues to be the largest transgender event in the world. Listen to 37 minutes of audio form the event.
"All black girl rock and roll band" Sistas In The Pit finishes their set...
Julia Serano, an author, spoken word performer, trans activist, and biologist, speaks on her experiences with stigmas and misconceptions...
Tiffany Woods, from San Leandro, speaks on gains made by transgender people and the movement since...
Landa Lakes, the current reigning Grand Dutchess of San Francisco...
Alexandra Byerly, who also MC'd most of the event, tells a heartfelt story of Anna Fernandez and her untimely death...
Finally, three woman punk band Angela Chase plays a song...
Full Story and audio links...
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Ad Campaign Fights Transgender 'Bathroom Bill'
Jul 2, 2009 10:07 pm US/Eastern
BOSTON (WBZ) ― They call themselves transgendered -- people who are attempting to become members of the opposite sex.
Thirteen states have laws to protect them from discrimination. But an effort on Beacon Hill is being fought with an ad campaign that calls it "the bathroom bill."
So what's the bathroom bill?
It's a reference to the fact that the transgendered civil rights bill would prohibit gender-based discrimination in facilities like public bathrooms. And opponents of the measure have seized on that detail as a way to dramatize their resistance.
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BOSTON (WBZ) ― They call themselves transgendered -- people who are attempting to become members of the opposite sex.
Thirteen states have laws to protect them from discrimination. But an effort on Beacon Hill is being fought with an ad campaign that calls it "the bathroom bill."
So what's the bathroom bill?
It's a reference to the fact that the transgendered civil rights bill would prohibit gender-based discrimination in facilities like public bathrooms. And opponents of the measure have seized on that detail as a way to dramatize their resistance.
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Transgender Woman Attacked in Queens
El Diario/La Prensa, Posted: Jul 03, 2009
NEW YORK –- Leslie Mora, a transgender woman, was walking to her home in Queens at 3:00 a.m. when she was brutally attacked by two Latino men who left her on the ground naked and bleeding, reports El Diario/La Prensa. After spending the next two weeks at home recovering from her injuries, the 30-year-old Nicaraguan immigrant described her June 19 attack in detail in an interview with the New York Spanish-language newspaper.
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NEW YORK –- Leslie Mora, a transgender woman, was walking to her home in Queens at 3:00 a.m. when she was brutally attacked by two Latino men who left her on the ground naked and bleeding, reports El Diario/La Prensa. After spending the next two weeks at home recovering from her injuries, the 30-year-old Nicaraguan immigrant described her June 19 attack in detail in an interview with the New York Spanish-language newspaper.
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Friday, July 3, 2009
Transsexuals in Yogyakarta to Abstain from Voting
Thursday, 02 July, 2009 | 13:10 WIB
TEMPO Interactive, Yogyakarta: Around 350 transsexuals in Yogyakarta have agreed to abstain from voting in the presidential election on July 8.
They consider that none of the presidential candidates include them on their programs.
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TEMPO Interactive, Yogyakarta: Around 350 transsexuals in Yogyakarta have agreed to abstain from voting in the presidential election on July 8.
They consider that none of the presidential candidates include them on their programs.
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India: There goes Section 377
No longer labelled criminals, says Bangalore's sexual minority
Bangalore, July 3 (IANS) As they celebrate the Delhi High Court's verdict decriminalising gay sex, there is relief among Bangalore's sexual minorities. But there is pain, too, as the Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community recounts stories of suffering and discrimination over the years.
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There goes Section 377
By: Madhusudan Maney Date: 2009-07-03 Place:Bangalore
But will the harassment go with it, is what sexual minorities in the city would like to know
Adult consensual sex is not an offence but police use it as a tool to harass sexual minorities, says city-based advocate B T Venkatesh.
Venkatesh cites the example of a young gigolo who was illegally detained by police for three days on the pretext of interrogation.
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Bangalore, July 3 (IANS) As they celebrate the Delhi High Court's verdict decriminalising gay sex, there is relief among Bangalore's sexual minorities. But there is pain, too, as the Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community recounts stories of suffering and discrimination over the years.
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There goes Section 377
By: Madhusudan Maney Date: 2009-07-03 Place:Bangalore
But will the harassment go with it, is what sexual minorities in the city would like to know
Adult consensual sex is not an offence but police use it as a tool to harass sexual minorities, says city-based advocate B T Venkatesh.
Venkatesh cites the example of a young gigolo who was illegally detained by police for three days on the pretext of interrogation.
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Thursday, July 2, 2009
Transgender Riders Take On TransPass
By TAMARA VOSTOK
Updated 4:35 PM EDT, Tue, Jun 30, 2009
The transgender community takes on SEPTA’s TransPass (ironically enough) Tuesday.
That little “M” or “F” sticker identifying a rider’s gender is enough to cause economic hardship, harassment and lack of access to public transportation for the transgender community, according to Riders Against Gender Exclusion (RAGE).
So, RAGE wants the stickers eliminated.
In 2007, a driver told Charlene Arcila, a trans-identified female, she couldn’t use her TransPass on the SEPTA bus she took to work daily, according to Philadelphia Weekly. So, she got a male sticker in an attempt to avoid frustration and was told yet again that she could not use her pass.
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Updated 4:35 PM EDT, Tue, Jun 30, 2009
The transgender community takes on SEPTA’s TransPass (ironically enough) Tuesday.
That little “M” or “F” sticker identifying a rider’s gender is enough to cause economic hardship, harassment and lack of access to public transportation for the transgender community, according to Riders Against Gender Exclusion (RAGE).
So, RAGE wants the stickers eliminated.
In 2007, a driver told Charlene Arcila, a trans-identified female, she couldn’t use her TransPass on the SEPTA bus she took to work daily, according to Philadelphia Weekly. So, she got a male sticker in an attempt to avoid frustration and was told yet again that she could not use her pass.
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Obama White House not appealing transgender ruling
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is not fighting a nearly $500,000 judgment for a Library of Congress hiree who lost the job while undergoing a gender change from a man to a woman.
The Justice Department let the deadline to appeal the decision pass Tuesday, a day after President Barack Obama hosted gay supporters at the White House and promised to be their "champion." Some activists have complained he has not led on their causes, including ending the ban on gays in the military.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is not fighting a nearly $500,000 judgment for a Library of Congress hiree who lost the job while undergoing a gender change from a man to a woman.
The Justice Department let the deadline to appeal the decision pass Tuesday, a day after President Barack Obama hosted gay supporters at the White House and promised to be their "champion." Some activists have complained he has not led on their causes, including ending the ban on gays in the military.
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Human Rights Commission: School Department Discriminated Against Transgender Student
AUGUSTA (NEWS CENTER) -- The Maine Human Rights Commission took up two cases of discrimination filed on behalf of former students at Asa Adams Elementary School; one involving a transgender student and the other involving a male student.
The Commission found discrimination in the case of the transgender student, but not the in the case of the male student. The transgender student is biologically male but identifies as female. That student's family says the Orono School Department discriminated against their child when it stopped allowing the student to use the shared girl's bathroom.
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The Commission found discrimination in the case of the transgender student, but not the in the case of the male student. The transgender student is biologically male but identifies as female. That student's family says the Orono School Department discriminated against their child when it stopped allowing the student to use the shared girl's bathroom.
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