Bulletin T-informa / Year I - Issue 012

Editorial

One year of T-Informa
One year ago we published the first Bulletin T-Informa of Trans Secretariat of ILGA, with the idea to create an space of interaction for trans collective, give information of trans global identity and also be a reference for the trans community. In this year we had learnt a lot, had been a personal and collective learning. Looking for give a voice to trans community we had talk about different trans personalities, we had published articles and interviews, also letters and other contributions, we relieve not only contemporary people, also some personalities that are part of the past to remember their contributions to trans visibility and also in the fight for the respect of human rights for trans population.

We have a lot much to say, we understand the huge challenge we have in order to support trans collective in their different places, politic contexts and personal situations. In this assignment we again compromise with our readers to help for make trans population visible and fighting for their plain citizenship.

We thank you all for be part of this project. We ask you again for your contribution with letters, articles, resumes, questions or answers. Trans identity is a process and all of us could be part of it.

In this bulletin you will find a report of Second Trans Pre Conference with new challenges and self critics. And also the sections you already know, an interview with a transsexual Mexican writer, in personalities Bülent Ersoy a Turkish celebrity, a critic of Transamerica, letters from our readers, and a chronology of trans movement in Spain. We are waiting for your participation, don’t hesitate in write to us to any question.

Bethsabé Huamán Andía
Editor Investigator
Bulletin T-Informa
ILGA Trans Secretariat
http://trans.ilga.org/

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CONTENT

ILGA's documents: Report of Second Trans Pre Conference. November 3, 2008, Vienna
The Second Trans Pre Conference was a previous meeting before the XXIV ILGA World Conference, it took place in Vienna, Austria, November 3. We count with twenty participants but at the end this number grow up until twenty eight.

Interview: Hazel Gloria
Transsexual mexican writer.
"I consider that the word transsexual had define myself because define a fight, define also something rebel, define a position against a repressive dichotomous, that is why I respect other forms of thinking but I define my self as a transsexual woman".

Campaign: Violence is
This is a manner to join with the activist around November 25, International Day of No Violence Against Women. We felt very pleased for this poster of Thursday Group and we ask authorities and all governments institutions, as well as human rights organization, to recognize that violence against women has an extension in violence against transvestite and trans women. This is a call for respect and reject violence and death.

Personalities: Bülent Ersoy
Born in 1952 at Turkish. She is a popular singer of Ottoman classical music. Over the years, Ersoy has become a symbol for the increased tolerance to LGBT figures in Turkish media.

History: Trans Chronology in Spain
Continue with the creation of a world chronology we took from a study made by Juan Ramos Cantó (Transsexual Spain Association, Transexualia), to present an approach to the process of trans movement in Spain.

Arts: Transamerica
The movie is interesting because show some situations that trans population had to suffer but it is only present the reality of upper-class and not the hard difficulties that most of this population had to deal with.

Mailbox
Jó Bernardo: Dear Colleagues, As a co-participant of the research work conducted in 1998 by the PPortuguese AIDS Association Abraço, I would ask the authors of the article the rectification of certain inaccuracies contained in the article...
STI: Dear Jó Bernardo: Thank you very much for clarify ILGA's participation in the research about trans people in Portugal as well as legal issues, we will replace the article in our webpage with the respective correction...

Gavriel Ansara: Interesting and disturbing that you provide the Diane Arbus photo "Hermaphrodite and Dog at Carnival" without any commentary, as this photo is blatantly dehumanising, offensive, and objectifying.
STI: Dear Gavriel Ansara: We are very pleased for your critical commentary about our webpage, we think the idea of a ILGA Trans Webpage is to offer different points of view of any of the aspect about trans diversity and trans identity.

See the newsletter N° 012

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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.