Bulletin T-informa / Year I - Issue 007
Content
Campaign: Summary of intolerance and violence against trans population
With terrible sorrow we notice how many cases of murders to trans people get in nothing and guilties are unknown in different parts of the World. We summarize reports made by Bulletin T-Informa in the last months and we complete with other cases that were informed by our regional collaborators.
Books: Transgender EuroStudy: Legal Survey and Focus on the Transgender Experience of Health Care
Whittle, Stephen; Turner, Lewis; Combs, Ryan and Stephenne Rhodes. Bruselas: ILGA-Europe, 2008.
This investigation was made between July and December 2007. Mixed information was elaborated, qualitative and quantitative, about discrimination and inequitative experiences to 1,964 transsexuals and transgenders in health system in Europe (615 Tran’s men and 1,349 Tran’s women). The research includes thirteen countries and were requested the same number of translators for analysis of information.
Interviews: Natasha Jiménez
I was born intersex and I am Trans for conviction. I managed all pain I had suffered through art, I sing, I paint. I believe my best medicine is I laugh a lot.
Notes: What is the body?
This is a reflection about how the body is conceptualizing in its cultural and not biological dimension, to understand how Tran’s identity deconstructed the body.
Personalities: Raewyn Connell
Raewyn Connell (formerly Robert William Connell), born January 3, 1944. She is an australian social scientist known for her work in the disciplines of sociology, education, gender studies, political science and history.
Arts: Naked men
The body has been source of artistic searching, from Greek sculptures to Rodin figures, in many differents forms, body cause interest, devotion and expectation in humans beings.
Mailbox
Hi, I would like to know about your Institutional Program, I want to change my gender, I don’t know how to do it, what to do. I’m waiting for your answer. Thanks. Angie
Hi, I’m Andrés García Becerra, anthropologist and student of Master in Gender Studies in Colombia State University. I would like to contact with you, I’m working in my master thesis about transvestite and transsexuals in Bogota, I’m observing manner in which they build their bodies and gender identities, an also relation between gender identity and social marginalization and violence. I’m a trans and I want to star a hormonal treatment as soon as possible. I’m very interested in political action as trans and as anthropologist of gender, that is why I want to be in touch with you. Huges and thanks for your time. Andrés.
Survey: Day against violence of trans population
¡No more crimes, no more marginalization, NO more violence!
Letters and petitions are not anymore a good manner to protest against this matters. We suggest a world action against violence to trans population, there is no possible that authorities continue deniging to identify this crimes as hite crimes, because all this deaths are consecuense of marginalization and discrimination.
Also, there is not only murderes, it is hits without a reason (
as just happen in Memphis
), it is imagines that are part of the newspaper press, and also part of tvshows, in which trans population is make fun, is the thinking that said they are trush, all that is why are murdered, violented and suffer of injustice.
¡Your opinion is important!, please answer this survey:
¿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.
