All Posts Tagged With: "transgender persons"
Govt to introduce new transgender legislation
Source: breakingnews.ie
Legislation recognising transgender people in their new identity is set to be introduced after the Government scrapped a Supreme Court appeal.
The State was due to challenge a ruling that current Irish law on transgender rights was in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
But after dropping its appeal against the High Court [...]
Transsexual Is Argentina’s “Woman of the Year”
From Latin American Herald Tribune
BUENOS AIRES – A transsexual who recently prevailed in a 10-year-long court battle to receive a new identity document recognizing her as a woman has been honored by lawmakers as Argentina’s “Woman of the Year.”
“I am what I am. The right of one person is the right of all,” Marcela Romero [...]
Play explores transgender issues
The East Oregonian
A play by Jeannie LaFrance, which portrays the lives of four transgender people as they explore their relationships to family, gender, Christianity and spirituality, will be staged Saturday at 7:30 p.m., at Pendleton Center for the Arts, 214 N. Main St.
The free performance of “You Have Always Been Welcome Here” is being sponsored [...]
Gay, transgender persons could be in future census
(AP)
SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Census Bureau is making an unprecedented effort to include same-sex couples in next year’s national population count, but counting the number of individuals who identify as gay, lesbian or transgender could be next.
Census representatives told community leaders in San Francisco on Thursday that categories could be added in future editions [...]
U.N. Terrorism Report Cites Transgender Prejudice
by Kilian Melloy – Boston EDGE
A report to the U.N. expressing concern that transgendered persons might be caught up in security measures designed to catch terrorists have been lambasted by conservatives.
The report, authored by Martin Scheinin, who is a U.N. Special Rapporteur, warns that time and resources could be wasted by document verification procedures that [...]
Changing Genders: An Interview With the World’s Leading Sex Change Surgeon
By Karlie Pouliot – Fox News
Ever since Cher’s daughter Chastity Bono — now Chaz Bono — announced she was beginning the process of becoming a man – many have wondered what exactly a sex change involves.
In order to get that answer, FOXNews.com talked to Dr. Marci Bowers, an internationally renowned surgeon who performs more than [...]
Transgender debate not a matter of rights
I was interested in Dr. Jennifer Madden’s recent letter (April 3: “Transgender bill vote brought her to tears”) in which she expressed dismay that she had fewer rights than most of her medical colleagues. I’m not clear what rights she feels she is lacking.
Can her home or office be entered and searched without a warrant?
Can [...]
Catholics Oppose Maryland Transgender Legislation
by Amanda Hess
The Maryland Catholic Conference has come out against the Maryland Senate Bill 566, legislation that would protect against discrimination of transgender persons in the state. According to the group’s executive director, Mary Ellen Russell, the church generally would totally support something like this:
Consistent with our long-standing advocacy on behalf of society’s most vulnerable [...]
Tears of Joy for Nepali Gays, Transgender Persons over Supreme Court Decision
KATHMANDU, November 17, 2008 – There were tears of joy in the Nepali LGBT community today when the Supreme Court published its full written decision on a petition demanding both protection and rights for sexual and gender minorities.
“Reading this decision [...]
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