Suad Hamada interviews Bahraini lawyer FAWZIYA JANAHI
MANAMA, Oct 31 (IPS) - Transsexuals in the Gulf call Bahraini lawyer Fawziya Janahi "guardian angel". She is the Arab world's only female lawyer who takes up cases on behalf of clients who want to change their sex.
Janahi's clients want legal permission to undergo sex change operations. While the law is quite straightforward on this in Bahrain, the lawyer says it is more difficult in other countries in the region.
"But that wouldn't stop me from helping transgendered trapped in their bodies," she says. "I'm ready to challenge the odds!"
Janahi, 47, spoke with IPS about her unusual practice, her future and hopes of greater acceptance of transgendered/transsexuals in Gulf societies.
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Sunday, November 1, 2009
Aussie gov't apologizes to transsexual
SYDNEY, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- A transsexual has won an apology from the Australian government for having to travel on a passport identifying her as a man, officials confirm.
Stefanie Imbruglia, 42, a first cousin of pop singer Natalie Imbruglia, applied for a passport in 2007 to travel to Bangkok for sex reassignment surgery. Having already lived for two years as a woman, she asked to be identified on her passport as a female, but the government denied her request.
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Stefanie Imbruglia, 42, a first cousin of pop singer Natalie Imbruglia, applied for a passport in 2007 to travel to Bangkok for sex reassignment surgery. Having already lived for two years as a woman, she asked to be identified on her passport as a female, but the government denied her request.
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Woman murder suspect is charged
A man has been charged with the murder of a woman whose body was discovered in her burned-out flat in Brighton.
Andrea Waddell's strangled body was found in her bedroom in the property on Upper Lewes Road on Thursday night.
Neil McMillan, a satellite dish installer, 41, of Bennett Road, Brighton, was also charged with arson with intent to endanger life.
He is due to appear before Brighton Magistrates' Court on Wednesday morning.
Mr McMillan had been arrested on Saturday night and detectives were granted an extension to continue questioning him.
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Andrea Waddell's strangled body was found in her bedroom in the property on Upper Lewes Road on Thursday night.
Neil McMillan, a satellite dish installer, 41, of Bennett Road, Brighton, was also charged with arson with intent to endanger life.
He is due to appear before Brighton Magistrates' Court on Wednesday morning.
Mr McMillan had been arrested on Saturday night and detectives were granted an extension to continue questioning him.
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Sex reassignment surgery in Canada: what's covered and where
INTERACTIVE / Province-by-province breakdown of SRS coverage
http://www.xtra.ca/BinaryContent/stories/77/06/7706/7706-SRS/212_SRS.swf
http://www.xtra.ca/BinaryContent/stories/77/06/7706/7706-SRS/212_SRS.swf
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