 |
| Anna Grodzka image via Wikipedia |
I'm rounding up the year in a series of posts - in which no doubt I've missed something, so please let me know what I've missed in the comments!
Transgender and intersex rights
One of the world's most progressive transgender equality laws was passed in Argentina's parliament and in the UK a plan for comprehensive changes to ensure equality for trans people was announced. Chile also passed an anti-discrimination based on gender identity law as did California and Massachusetts. But in Puerto Rico a roll-back of legal protection was proposed.
The Pole Anna Grodzka became the first transsexual MP in Europe and only the second trans parliamentarian in the world.
Germany removed the surgery requirement for legal gender change, as did Kyrgyzstan.
Pakistan's Supreme Court created a 'third gender' category, but authorities have been slow to implement it. This caused real problems for trans people during the flooding which hit the country this year as did a similar failure to follow through on legal change in Nepal.
The first trans rights rally took place in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and new trans and intersex groups appeared in Russia and in Africa and the African groups came together to meet in Uganda.
Turkey jailed trans activists for 'insulting police' but an activist won a case against police at the European Court of Human Rights. Attacks on trans people by police in Albania drew protests.
The death of trans activist Aleesha Farhana in Malaysia after courts refused to change her gender on official documents sparked mass protests and a government concession and also increased, sometimes bizarre, coverage in local media.
The first intersex mayor in the world was elected in Australia. In September, the world's first International Intersex Organising Forum took place in Brussels.
Figures released in October showed that one transgender person is murdered somewhere in the world at least every other day.
RSS feed
Join our page
Here is an intersex item you missed out - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton excluded intersex people - 4% of the world's population and some of the most heavily discriminated against on the grounds of homophobia - from her historic LGBT-only remarks at the UN in Geneva on December 6th, Intersex people everywhere are deeply dismayed and distressed by this exclusion and its implications:
ReplyDeletehttp://oiiaustralia.com/15741/intersex-not-included-excluded-secretary-state-clinton-remarks-lgbt-human-rights-un-december-2011/
http://oiiaustralia.com/15981/oii-chairperson-oii-usa-director-hida-viloria-letter-us-secretary-state-hillary-clinton-intersex-inclusion-white-house-lgbt-equality-lgbti/
Lovely poost
ReplyDelete