Bulletin T-informa / Year I - Issue 008
Content
Analysis and research about trans legislation: OEA y Yogyakarta
Yogyakarta Principles on the application of international Human Rights law in relation to sexual orientation and gender identity is the result of a distinguished group of human rights experts that has drafted, developed, discussed and refined these Principles. Following an experts’ meeting held at Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, Indonesia from 6 to 9 November 2006.
Campaign: Consensus about Day against Violence to Trans Population
First results of the survey about a day against violence to trans population said there is a consensus about this action is necessary as a denounce of the systematic violence that day a day live trans population (transvestites, transsexuals, transgenders) and intersexuals all around the world.
Books: Law as a field of fight: sexual orientation and gender identity
Lima: Demus, Studio for Women Rights Defend, 2008. This book is a recompilation of four articles that reflected about rights of LGBT community. The first one, “Forward through recognition of rights in LGBT people: about how The Peruvian Constitutional Tribunal had helped to it” by Marisol Fernández Revoredo, in which she review all forms Constitutional Tribunal (TC), maximum interpreter of Constitution had resolve cases of sexual and gender orientation.
Interview with Joán (First part)
“I find myself and I realize I had lived in a lie, I’m not a man, I’m a woman in the wrong body but I decide resolve this error”. This is a long and deep interview that gives us a lot of information about the construction of Tran’s identity. It talks about a woman that discovers herself at her 37 years old. Because of the extension, in this first part we only publish issues refer to family and identity.
Conference: All about the 24rth World Conference of ILGA
The 24rth World Conference of the International Lesbian and Gay Association will be held in Vienna, from November 3 to 6, 2008. It will be co-organised by local member group Hosi-Wien. Its theme will be “Organising locally to bring on global change”.
Personalities: Katherine Cummings
She was born in Scotland in 1935 under the name of John Cummings, but in reality she was Katherine. The life of Katherine Cummings is the same as many transsexual e intersexuals people that should fight for a name, a voice and an identity.
Arts: All about my father
This movie is the story telling of Even talking about his father, Esben. Is the story about his world and personal reality: his transvestism and how it impact in his family, mother, sister and then in the second wife of his father.
ILGA's files: Report of the Second European Transgender Council The Second European Transgender Council, May 2th – 4th 2008 Berlin, Germany, join more than 200 transgender activists from 5 continents at Rathaus Schöneberg (Schöneberg Town Hall) Berlin, under a main pourpose `Make Human Rights Work´.
Survey: Chosse a day against violence of trans population
¿Are you agree with a day against violence to trans population?
Yes
No
Alternatives Dates:
April 3th, 2006: It is created ILGA Trans Secretariat to fight for human rights of t trans population.
May 4th: First Law of Gender Identity in the world, Turkey 1988
December 21th: Solstice, light against shodow
November 16th: Tolerance Day
Another dates:
¡Vote in this survey and suggest other actions!
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T-informa Bulletin
Financed by Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Trans and Intersexuals International Associated (ILGA) and
The Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights ( RFSL)
Director: Belissa Andía Pérez / Editor: Bethsabé Huamán / Designer: Vanessa Laura
Regional Collaboraters: LAC: Andrés Rivera / Europe: Justus Eisfeld / ANZAPI: Joey Mataele / USA: Aidan Dunn
Note: Please excuse mistakes. Translation is our own responsability, we are looking for voluntaries for translation.
