TAG: trans rights
RHM nº 47: Call for Papers – Gender-based and sexual violence: barriers to sexual and reproductive health and rights
Reproductive Rights Matters – volume 24 number 47 may/june 2016 In this issue of the journal, we are hoping to gather a wide diversity of articles on how violence can be conceptualised, comprehended and measured. We want to look at the impact of violence on sexual and reproductive health and rights, and what effective […]
Read moreGATE Interview on Trans* Depathologization with Dainius Püras, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health
Global Action for Trans Equality (GATE) met with Dainius Pūras, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health. Mauro Cabral, GATE’s co-founder and co-director, interviewed Mr. Pūras last week about psychiatry, trans people, and depathologization as a human right. Click here to read […]
Read moreUndetermined Discriminations: Trans* persons Rights Emerging post 2014 in India
The legal status of trans* individuals in India was discussed quite extensively in the 2014 case of National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) judgment by the Supreme Court of India.
Read moreResearch Report for Transilience Project on Violence against Transgender Women in South Africa 2014
The Research Report for Transilience Project on Violence against Transgender Women 2014 offers relevant qualitative data to understand the discrimination and violence faced by transgender community in different parts of South African society.
Read moreJoint UN statement on Ending violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people
On 29 September 2015, 12 UN entities (ILO, OHCHR, UNAIDS Secretariat, UNDP, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNODC, UN Women, WFP and WHO) released an unprecedented joint statement calling for an end to violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people. The statement is a powerful call to action to Governments to do […]
Read more“Christian Role Models for LGBT Equality” Guide
Stonewall Acceptance without Exception has launched the “Christian Role Models for LGBT Equality” Guide, which contains 20 stories from LGBT Christians and allies for LGBT equality from around the world. Click here to access it.
Read moreBeing transgender in the workplace is difficult in Vietnam or anywhere
The White House’s naming of a transgender person as the new outreach and recruitment director at the Office of Personnel, the first openly transgender person to occupy a senior position in the White House, is ground-breaking. The appointment of Raffi Freedman-Gurspan is a sign of the inclusive leadership of the Obama administration. The fact that […]
Read moreFRIDA Young Feminist Fund Call For Proposals
The Young Feminist Fund is the only youth-led fund focused exclusively on supporting global young feminist activism to advance social justice movements and agendas. FRIDA was created to bring new resources and new opportunities to young women and trans* youth globally. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 14th September 2015 Who can apply? Groups founded or led by […]
Read moreThe sexual politics landscape in July 2015
In July the hottest topic to be reported on is, undoubtedly, the global controversy that emerged when Amnesty International made public a draft policy defining a new line of work aimed at the protection of the human rights of sex workers, to be approved by the forthcoming meeting of its International Council (beginning on August […]
Read moreMauro Cabral’s speech at Bob Hepple Equality Award
London, July 16th 2015 Dear friends, I am very honored to receive this award, which I accept understanding it as a great acknowledgement of collective achievements in collective struggles. And by collective I have specially in mind those human rights activists in many Global South countries, those who everyday challenge and change the world beyond […]
Read moreTERFs of the Times
This week’s Sunday Review section of the New York Times has as its headline article an opinion piece by feminist academic and film director Dr. Elinor Burkett, entitled “What Makes a Woman?” The tagline summarizing the post is “There is a collision course between feminists and transgender activists.” This of course frames trans activists as […]
Read moreBuhari, LGBT rights, and international pressure
This week General Muhammadu Buhari will be inaugurated as Nigerian’s president, a position he won by campaigning on a platform of change. But will that change include the people on the fringe of society, like lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals?
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