LGBULLETIN #100 – THE WEEK IN LGBTI NEWS (SEPTEMBER 1-7, 2017)
Summary
Friday, September 1
Australia: transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. and gender-diverse young people experience high level of distress, research shows
Results of a new survey finds high rates of depression, anxiety and self harm in the young transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. community. @telethonkids pic.twitter.com/Dr55phhD85
— ABC News (@abcnews) September 1, 2017
Transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. and gender-diverse youth are “at an extraordinarily high risk of suicide and more likely to be depressed or anxious,” according to a new Australian survey.
859 transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. and gender-diverse people aged 14–25 took part in the Transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. Pathways survey, as well as 194 parents and guardians of young transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. people. The results of the study are somewhat sobering: 48% of participants indicated they had attempted suicide at some point in their lives, and 79.8% indicated they have engaged in self-harm. About three in four reported having experienced anxiety or depression, compared to 7.7 per cent of adolescents in the general population.
An alarming 60% of survey participants also reported feeling isolated from medical and mental health services, and 42% of them experienced reaching outbeing open about their diverse sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or sex characteristics. to a service provider who did not understand or respect their gender identityrefers to a person’s deeply felt internal and individual experience of gender, which may or may not correspond with the sex assigned at birth..
“Our results support previous research which has indicated that transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. populations are at very high risk for mental health difficulties,” senior researcher Dr Ashleigh Lin said. “However, (…) it is important to emphasise that this is not because an individual identifies as transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth.. Rather, these difficulties are largely caused by external factors – in other words, how the world perceives and treats transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. people.”
A lack of awareness from service providers also creates further barriers: “Transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. young people told us there is a desperate need for genderrefers to a social construct which places cultural and social expectations on individuals based on their assigned sex. services to be expanded, and for current service providers to receive training in genderrefers to a social construct which places cultural and social expectations on individuals based on their assigned sex. diversity and the specific health needs of transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. people,” said lead author Penelope Strauss.
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Friday, September 1
Jamaica: LGBT activist murdered in his own home
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His name was Dexter Pottinger. He was a fashion designer, a reality TV star, and an outbeing open about their diverse sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or sex characteristics. gayadjective to describe people whose enduring physical, romantic, and/ or emotional
attractions are to people of the same gender. Men, women and non-binary people may use this
term to describe themselves. man who in 2016 served as the ambassador of the Jamaica Pride (PRiDE JA) celebrations.
On August 30, he was found stabbed to death in his Kingston home. A neighbour reported hearing screams of “Help!” and “Murder!” from Pottinger’s house, but did not immediately notify police. His body was not found until a day later.
Police said that they have arrested and
21-yo Romario Brown, Tattoo & Makeup Artist of Rocky Valley, Stony Hill, St. Andrew was charged with the murder of Dexter Pottinger. pic.twitter.com/2Rais9Ef0y
— Jamaica Constabulary (@JamaicaConstab) September 6, 2017
charged
a suspect. According to early reports, his murder hasn’t been ruled as a hate crimeoffences that are motivated by hate or bias against a particular group of people. This could be based on gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, or sex characteristics amongst others., and robbery may have played a part in the incident.
Human rights defenders reminded others of his role in advancing the situation for rainbow communities in the country: “He lived his truth and thrived while doing whatever he could to make Jamaica better for LGBT people in his own ways,” Jaevion Nelson wrote.
His decision to become a public figure, regardless of his personal safety, as a Pride ambassador was praised by many: “He was the most perfect ‘Face of Pride’ , Nelson remembered. “The face of pride is a representation of our bravery, resilience and pride in the face of oppression as a people. The planning committee ‘admired his courage, sense of self, drive, relationship with his family and friends, and pride in being Jamaican and in being a gayadjective to describe people whose enduring physical, romantic, and/ or emotional
attractions are to people of the same gender. Men, women and non-binary people may use this
term to describe themselves. man’.”
Sadly, more violent incidents across the world targeting members of rainbow communities were reported in the past few days. In Tunisia, a man was stabbed to death in his home; police reported arresting a man who confessed murdering his victim after meeting him for a sexrefers to the classification of a person as male, female, or other - usually made at birth, written on a birth certificate, and usually based on the appearance of their external anatomy. A person’s sex, however, is actually a combination of bodily characteristics, including chromosomes, hormones, internal and external reproductive organs, and secondary sex characteristics. encounter. Kashmire Nazier Redd, a 28-year-old transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. man, was fatally stabbed by his partner during an argument inside their shared apartment in Gates, NY, United States. In Dambulla, Sri Lanka, a 34-year-old transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. person and HIV-peer educator was also murdered.
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Friday, September 1
Interfaith diversity gathering held in Ghana
More than 30 persons from 10 countries across West Africa gathered together in Ghana in late August to celebrate an interfaith diversity event under the theme “Building Bridges, Sharing Stories, Creating Hope.”
The event was convened by the Interfaith Diversity Network of West Africa (IDNOWA), a regional network of “activists, faith based individuals, LGBTQI persons, advocates and individual activists working for inclusion of diverse persons to create a world governed by respect and dignity.”
For five days, activists from Benin, Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Gambia, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali and Togo came together to share their experiences, study how religious texts convey a message of acceptance, and hold an interfaith worship.
“Religion is meant to promote respect for individuals irrespective of their sexual orientationrefers to a person’s capacity for profound emotional, affectional and sexual attraction to - and intimate and sexual relations with - individuals of a different gender or the same gender or more than one gender. or gender identityrefers to a person’s deeply felt internal and individual experience of gender, which may or may not correspond with the sex assigned at birth.,” IDNOWA co-chair Davis Mac-Iyalla told the Washington Blade. “Our network is embraced by everyone who wants a change in attitude for a fairer and inclusive society for everyone.”
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Saturday, September 2
Indonesia: 12 women evicted from their homes following people’s assumptions on their sexual orientationrefers to a person’s capacity for profound emotional, affectional and sexual attraction to - and intimate and sexual relations with - individuals of a different gender or the same gender or more than one gender.
Suspected lesbians raid in Tugu Jaya village, Bogor, involved village head and police commissioner https://t.co/fYaWeqdOp9
— Andreas Harsono (@andreasharsono) September 6, 2017
Twelve women have been evicted from their homes in the Indonesian province of West Java, following speculations about their sexual orientationrefers to a person’s capacity for profound emotional, affectional and sexual attraction to - and intimate and sexual relations with - individuals of a different gender or the same gender or more than one gender..
Police raided a residential compound in the village of Tugu Jaya, following complaints from local Islamic youth groups and religious leaders that the women’s cohabitation was “against the teachings of Islam.” According to interviews conducted by Human Rights Watch, authorities provided no legal justification for the raid after police demanded that the women relocate from the area within three days’ time.
The head of the neighbourhood where the women lived in Tugu Jaya sought to justify the raid by saying that the women were “unsettling the public.”
“What’s most offensive about this incident is that police and government officials steamrolled privacy rights and rule of law to appease the bigotry of a few neighbours,” said Andreas Harsono, senior Indonesia researcher at Human Rights Watch. “Evicting these women based on prejudiced assumptions of their sexual identity threatens the privacy of all Indonesians and has no place in a country whose motto is ‘unity in diversity.’”
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Tuesday, September 5
Malta introduces ‘X’ genderrefers to a social construct which places cultural and social expectations on individuals based on their assigned sex. marker in official documents
Licence to be yourself. ‘X’ marker available on identity card and passport from today @JuliaFarrugia @MaltaGov pic.twitter.com/dtDo7A9BPb
— Helena Dalli (@helenadalli) September 5, 2017
The government of Malta has introduced the option for its citizens to choose an “X” genderrefers to a social construct which places cultural and social expectations on individuals based on their assigned sex. marker on official documents – including passports, identity cards and residence permits.
The possibility, outlined after Cabinet approved the LGBTIQ Action Plan 2015, officially came into force on September 6. Applicants wishing to opt for the “X” marker will be required to take an oath in the presence of a notary; the statement will have to be presented to Identity Malta, where the usual procedures to acquire a new document will then be employed.
“This is a continuation of our policy of recognising every person in the way they want to identify themselves,” Equality minister Helena Dalli said, speaking at a press conference together with parliamentary Secretary Julia Farrugia. “We feel this is another important step towards giving people rights and obligations, irrespective of how they were born.”
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Thursday, September 7
United States: Supreme Court asked to review case of workplace discriminationunequal or unfair treatment which can be based on a range of grounds - such as age, ethnic background, disability, and diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions or sex characteristics, amongst others. suffered by a lesbianadjective/noun to describe a woman whose enduring physical, romantic, and/or emotional attraction is to other women. Women and non-binary people may use this term to describe themselves. woman
A civil rights group has filed a petition before the U.S. Supreme Court, seeking a nationwide ruling that sexual orientationrefers to a person’s capacity for profound emotional, affectional and sexual attraction to - and intimate and sexual relations with - individuals of a different gender or the same gender or more than one gender. discriminationunequal or unfair treatment which can be based on a range of grounds - such as age, ethnic background, disability, and diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions or sex characteristics, amongst others. violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
The highest court in the country will be asked to review the case of Jameka Evans, a Savannah, GA. security guard who claimed she was physically assaulted, harassed at work and denied equal pay – eventually being forced to quit her job – on the grounds of her sexual orientationrefers to a person’s capacity for profound emotional, affectional and sexual attraction to - and intimate and sexual relations with - individuals of a different gender or the same gender or more than one gender. and gender expressionrefers to how a person presents their gender through physical appearance – including dress, hairstyles, accessories, cosmetics – and mannerisms, speech, behavioural patterns, names and personal references..
Evans filed a first lawsuit in April 2015, but the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia court dismissed the case. A two-year legal battle followed, eventually leading to the petition asking the Supreme Court to review the case.
“It’s time for LGBT people everywhere to be protected against employment discriminationunequal or unfair treatment which can be based on a range of grounds - such as age, ethnic background, disability, and diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions or sex characteristics, amongst others.,” said Greg Nevins, Employment Fairness Project Director for Lambda Legal. “We need the highest court in the land to review this case, consider the vital rights at stake, and settle the issue once and for all to ensure that getting or keeping a job shouldn’t depend on your sexual orientationrefers to a person’s capacity for profound emotional, affectional and sexual attraction to - and intimate and sexual relations with - individuals of a different gender or the same gender or more than one gender..”
Is that all? More LGBTIacronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people. Although this is not the acronym available to describe people of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics, it is the most commonly used in United Nations spaces and advocacy. news bites
In Australia, the High Court rejected a legal challenge to the postal plebiscite on marriage equalitywhere national marriage legislation also includes same-sex couples or gender-neutral reference to the spouses. References to “gay marriage” that are sometimes made by media outlets and decision-makers incorrectly are incorrect, as no country has created a marriage law specifically for same-sex couples.. The survey is now set to begin on September 12, and supporters of marriage equality have called on “focus(ing) energy on securing a
Together, let’s get it done.#VoteYes pic.twitter.com/6THxn7aOW9
— AU Marriage Equalitywhere national marriage legislation also includes same-sex couples or gender-neutral reference to the spouses. References to “gay marriage” that are sometimes made by media outlets and decision-makers incorrectly are incorrect, as no country has created a marriage law specifically for same-sex couples. (@AMEquality) September 7, 2017
The annual Miss Samoa Fa’afafine pageant was held in Samoa, marking the 11th anniversary of this event.
A transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. rights organisation in Paraguay filed a complaint reporting a case of police violence against a 23-year old transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. woman and sexrefers to the classification of a person as male, female, or other - usually made at birth, written on a birth certificate, and usually based on the appearance of their external anatomy. A person’s sex, however, is actually a combination of bodily characteristics, including chromosomes, hormones, internal and external reproductive organs, and secondary sex characteristics. worker, who was subjected to “torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment” following her arrest.
The President of Chile signed a draft bill aimed at adding a new article to the Penal Code sanctioning incitement to hatred on the grounds of “race, national or ethnic origin, sexrefers to the classification of a person as male, female, or other - usually made at birth, written on a birth certificate, and usually based on the appearance of their external anatomy. A person’s sex, however, is actually a combination of bodily characteristics, including chromosomes, hormones, internal and external reproductive organs, and secondary sex characteristics., sexual orientationrefers to a person’s capacity for profound emotional, affectional and sexual attraction to - and intimate and sexual relations with - individuals of a different gender or the same gender or more than one gender., gender identityrefers to a person’s deeply felt internal and individual experience of gender, which may or may not correspond with the sex assigned at birth. or beliefs.”
The plans to scrap DACA – the program giving temporary legal immigration status to young, undocumented immigrants in the United States – may affect as well as 75,000 LGBT DREAMers, 36,000 of whom are enrolled in the program.
interACT and Human Rights Watch sent letters to two medical associations urging them to use their upcoming international medical conferences to publicly affirm their support to end medically unnecessary surgery on intersex children.
According to reports, separate provisions to codify wages and protect transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. people’s labour rights have been excluded from the draft of the Wages Code Bill that is currently being discussed in India.
More than 300 people have gathered in Chiang Mai, Thailand for the third Asia Pacific Feminist Forum, whose programme includes a workshop on “The Shrinking space for LBT: Asia Pacific Feminist Movement for Justice.”
Experience of hate crimeoffences that are motivated by hate or bias against a particular group of people. This could be based on gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, or sex characteristics amongst others. by lesbianadjective/noun to describe a woman whose enduring physical, romantic, and/or emotional attraction is to other women. Women and non-binary people may use this term to describe themselves., gayadjective to describe people whose enduring physical, romantic, and/ or emotional
attractions are to people of the same gender. Men, women and non-binary people may use this
term to describe themselves. and bisexualadjective used to describe a person who has the capacity to form enduring physical, romantic, and/ or emotional attractions to those of the same gender or to those of other genders. people in Britain has risen by 78% since 2013, a report has shown, while 2 in 5 transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. people have experienced hate crimeoffences that are motivated by hate or bias against a particular group of people. This could be based on gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, or sex characteristics amongst others. episodes in the last 12 months.
In November 2017, ILGA-Europe and TGEU will host a capacity building seminar and roundtable with public authorities on LGBTIacronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people. Although this is not the acronym available to describe people of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics, it is the most commonly used in United Nations spaces and advocacy. asylum in Brussels, Belgium. The deadline to apply has been extended until September 19.
Religious police in the State of Kano, Nigeria have reportedly arrested at least 52 youths following accusations that they were planning to organize a “gayadjective to describe people whose enduring physical, romantic, and/ or emotional
attractions are to people of the same gender. Men, women and non-binary people may use this
term to describe themselves. party”.
A new report by the East African Sexual Health and Rights Initiative has cast a light on the current human rights situation of LGBTIacronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people. Although this is not the acronym available to describe people of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics, it is the most commonly used in United Nations spaces and advocacy. people and sexrefers to the classification of a person as male, female, or other - usually made at birth, written on a birth certificate, and usually based on the appearance of their external anatomy. A person’s sex, however, is actually a combination of bodily characteristics, including chromosomes, hormones, internal and external reproductive organs, and secondary sex characteristics. workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Model and transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. woman of colour Munroe Bergdorf saw her contract with a cosmetic brand terminated, after a media outlet published details of a Facebook post where she called out racism and white supremacy.