All Posts Tagged With: "gender rights"

Association decries police ban on conference

Indra Harsaputra , The Jakarta Post Organizers of an international conference on gender rights and sexually marginalized groups regretted the ban on the event on Wednesday, saying it was hoping to seek solutions to problems faced by marginalized communities in general. Poedjiati Tan, who chairs the organizing committee of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender [...]

25Mar2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

U.S. Job Site Bans Bias Over Gender Identity

By BRIAN KNOWLTON – The New York Times WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has inserted language into the federal jobs Web site explicitly banning employment discrimination based on gender identity. The protection is expected to apply to the small transgender population — people who identify their gender differently from the information on their birth certificates [...]

6Jan2010 | | 0 comments | Continued