(Washington, DC) -- On Friday, April 25, students around the
country will address the harassment faced by LGBT youth-not through their words but without them. By not speaking, they draw attention to the ways in which intolerance silences members of our communities. This year's event is dedicated to the memory of Lawrence King, an eighth grader who was shot and killed by a classmate this year because of his sexual orientation and gender identity.
The Day of Silence is a student-led action, sponsored by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), a national organization that works for the rights
of children of all sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions to have a safe and fair education. More than 500,000 students have participated in the Day of Silence in past years, in K-12 schools as well as colleges and universities.
At NCTE, we believe passionately in the rights of all children and young people to go to school and be free from bullying and harassment. Learning needs to take place in an environment where children are safe -- physically as well as emotionally -- and can express their identities as they grow and develop.Transgender children and teens deserve these rights as much as every other student in our schools.
We want to extend our thanks to all those who are participating in the Day of Silence. Over the years, this has been a truly transformative experience, both for the students who keep silent and for their classmates.
The National Center for Transgender Equality is a national social justice organization devoted to ending discrimination and violence against transgender people through education and advocacy on national issues of importance to transgender people. The National Center for Transgender Equality is a 501(c)3 organization.For more information, please visit www.nctequality.org.
Mas alla de cualquier ideologia... mas alla de lo sabio y lo profano... soy parte del espacio, soy la vida... Por el hecho de ser un ser humano" Facundo Cabral
Mas alla de cualquier ideologia... mas alla de lo sabio y lo profano... soy parte del espacio, soy la vida... Por el hecho de ser un ser humano" Facundo Cabral
sponsored by the National Center for Transgender Equality and the Transgender Law
Center
Were you frustrated, angry or disappointed at Congress' decision to set aside the transgender-inclusive version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA)?
Were you excited by the passage of a transgender-inclusive Hate Crimes bill?
Do you believe elected officials need to hear directly from transgender people about the bills and issues that impact our lives?
If so, come to DC for Lobby Day on April 14 & 15!
Members of Congress have said that more education is needed in order to convince their colleagues to vote for legislation that includes gender identity and expression; let's make sure they hear from us loudly and clearly this year that only full equality under the law is acceptable to our community.Our community needs -- and deserves
-- full protections against the rampant discrimination we face. Will you help us send this message?
We must make sure our elected officials understand who we are and why our community needs protetions agains workplace discrimination and violence. To do this, we need as many diverse members of the transgender community as we can gather, and our families and allies, to come to Washington, DC on April 14-15 to speak directly to our members of Congress.
We must tell legislators why a transgender-inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act is absolutely essential. We need to share the real story of trangender lives: our need for basic health care and employment; the right to raise our families and have
safe homes; and the chronic harassment and violence that many of us face on a daily basis. Our representatives need to know that there are transgender people living in thier districts, voting and participating in the civic life of our nation. And we need to show our politicians and the other organzations in our nation's capital the strength of our commitment to stand up for transgender civil rights.
Join us on April 14-15 for what we are sure will be the largest transgender Lobby Day to date. Last year broke records, but this year we need your presence even more. This year's event will include:
ØA comprehensive training session to make sure you have all of the information you need for an effective and positive visit with your member of Congress
ØA rally on the Capitol steps for transgender rights
ØA briefing on all of the major public policy issues impacting the transgender community right now
ØA reception at the National Press Club (separate ticket)
ØIf this is your first time visiting your member of Congress, we'll provide
assistance in making the appointment and getting you started
Here's what you can do to help:
ØPlan to come to Washington, DC April 14-15
ØHelp organize a delegation from your city, town, or state
ØVolunteer to help make appointments and assist others for whom this is their first lobbying experience; please contact us at ncte@... to let us know if you are willing to
volunteer
ØSpread the word to others in our community by forwarding this information and future announcements about lobby day; let people know why you think this is an important event
ØRaise funds to help people come to lobby day who would not otherwise be able to afford it; you can donate money or frequent flyer miles to the scholarship fund or assist others
through a local organization
ØWrite about it in your blog or newsletter; send e-mails to your friends and colleagues about why it is vital for the transgender community to send this message to Congress
Participating in Lobby Day, including the training, policy briefing and rally, is free. We do need you to register in advance so that we can plan for your participation and make sure that you are able to meet with your member of Congress. Once you register, we'll send you a comprehensive packet of
information about how to prepare for your visit. Click to registertoday!
There will be a ticket charge for the reception, to defray our costs and to help raise funds to support this and ongoing efforts to educate Congress about the need for transgender-inclusive legislation. Scholarships are available; please contact us at ncte@... for more information. Click for more information.
The National Center for Transgender Equality is a national social justice organization devoted to ending discrimination and violence against transgender people through education and advocacy on national issues of importance to transgender people. The National Center for Transgender Equality is a 501(c)3 organization.For more information, please visit www.nctequality.org.
Mas alla de cualquier ideologia... mas alla de lo sabio y lo profano... soy parte del espacio, soy la vida... Por el hecho de ser un ser humano" Facundo Cabral
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FAMILY ACCEPTANCE Promoting Health & Well-Being & Strengthening Families with LGBT Children in the 17thInternational Conference AIDS 2008
Mexico City August 2-8, 2008
Join us in Mexico City from August 2-8, 2008 for activities promoting Family Acceptance in conjunction with the 2008 International AIDS Conference in Mexico City.
We are an international group of families, health and
mental health providers and advocates who work to promote family acceptance, civil rights and communities free of discrimination for our LGBT children, thus helping prevent HIV infection and support those living with HIV and their families. We have organized three meetings for Spanish and Portuguese speaking groups in Spain and the Americas, the third one in Montevideo, Uruguay September 2007.
We invite you to join us for an historic gathering of families from around the world to:
Bring together and empower families to increase support and
acceptance through workshops and training.
Share strategies, resources, publications and
advocacy campaigns.
Present new research from the Family Acceptance Project on how family acceptance and rejection affects the health and well-being of our LGBT children. Please visit http://familyproject.sfsu.edu/ . A special session on this research and the importance of family acceptance will be presented in the Leadership track of the
International AIDS Conference on August 4, 2008.
Network with conference attendees to bring about social change and to model attitudes on acceptance and support.
Expand the international network of PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of
Lesbians and Gays) inspired groups. Three such groups are active in Mexico.
Participate in the first World March against Homophobia, on Saturday Aug. 2, with the float of parents and friends of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons. We expect to participate in the Global Village (no registration fee) at the International AIDS Conference, open to 20,000 visitors from all countries in the world. We are currently planning local
activities, including a networking booth, special panel presentations, cultural and film presentations, support areas for one- on-one conversations, skills building workshops, and networking zone.
We are contacting PFLAG in the
USA to include PFLAG groups in all our activities.
If you are also working with AIDS organizations in your country, please consider joining their delegation. Some scholarships will be available through www.aids2008.org
The deadline for submissions for special events in the Global Village is February 19, 2008. Please let us know your interest before February 10th if you would like to coordinate a special activity in the Global Village. We will also schedule programming for non- registered participants.
You can also bring information about your group that will be
distributed in our Family Booth in the Global Village.
English and Spanish will be spoken throughout our sessions.
Pronto recibirán la invitación en
español. Soon you will receive this invitation in Spanish.
Sponsors: La Asociación Internacional de Familias por la Diversidad Sexual (a Federation of Spanish and Portuguese speaking PFLAG- inspired groups in America and Europe), and the Mexican Federation of Sexuality Education and Sexology (FEMESS).
Information: For more information on our international gathering, please contact:
Luis Perelman President, Federación Mexicana de Educación Sexual y Sexología, A.C Officer at Large, Asociación Internacional de Familias por la Diversidad Sexual
Mas alla de cualquier ideologia... mas alla de lo sabio y lo profano... soy parte del espacio, soy la
vida... Por el hecho de ser un ser humano" Facundo Cabral
Editor's note: This is one in an occasional series about transgender youth.
[PHOTO: Courtesy photo The Children's National Medical center in Washington, D.C.]
Puberty can be scary for many children, but doctors say it's absolutely terrifying for transgender youth.
"If they're not terrified of it, they're not trans," said Dr. Norman Spack,
clinical director of the endocrine division of Children's Hospital in Boston.
The hospital opened a transgender clinic for children nearly a year ago, the first in the nation like it, according to Spack.
At the onset of puberty, children begin to feel the effects of their gender assigned at birth and develop the related secondary sex characteristics, such as breasts. That's especially difficult for transgender youth who identify with a gender opposite of the body in which they were born.
[PHOTO: Courtesy photo Dr. Edgardo Menvielle is the director of the Gender and Sexuality Development Program at the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C.]
Transgender is an umbrella term used to describe people who
don't fully identify with their birth gender or who were born with intersexed conditions. It can include people ranging from transsexuals who live as the opposite sex or have been surgically reassigned to someone who cross-dresses occasionally.
There is limited and varying data on the number of transgender people in the nation, according to the Human Rights Campaign in Washington, D.C. A report issued last year by a University of Michigan professor estimates the frequency of male-to-female transsexualism is in the range of 1 in 500 to 1 in 2,000.
There are medical options for transgender youth, but opinions differ on the best time to intervene, doctors say.
One option, practiced in the Netherlands, is to delay puberty by prescribing hormone blockers in an early stage of development called Tanner 2, Spack said. He said this is between the ages of 12 and 14 for boys and 10 to 12 for girls on average. The blockers extend the time doctors have to evaluate the child and make a diagnosis, while the child continues to gain the reasoning skills to help make up his or her mind.
Development continues normally if blockers are discontinued. But should the child not have a change of mind, they can change development by taking cross hormones next, Spack said.
He said a young person can develop like the gender they identify with this way and possibly achieve a result more convincing to others and personally satisfying than if they had transitioned later in life. For example, a transgender female will then never grow facial hair, and
a transgender male will never grow breasts.
The other belief, common in England, is that the natural progression of puberty is necessary for brain development, Spack said. He said they do not allow transitions before the age of 16.
He added that many transgender children without treatment make attempts to end their lives before reaching that age.
Medical treatment of gender identity conflicts is in an early stage, and there is not yet a general consensus on the best way to proceed, he said.
"This is still somewhat of an experiment," he said.
For a parent of a young transgender woman in the Seacoast area, reversing the effects of puberty made all the difference. He asked to remain anonymous to protect his daughter's identity.
The parent said his child started with hormone blockers, then took cross hormones and more recently underwent sexual reassignment surgery.
"She's the same, but not," he
said.
When it's time to make a gender change, he said, it's the sooner, the better.
"You want what's inside to come out," he said.
Anne Boedecker, a psychologist and gender specialist in Bow, said children begin to understand gender around the age of 3, and most with gender identity issues report them around 4 or 5 years old.
She said some children express that they want to be the opposite gender when they "grow up," since they have a sense of development as being a fluid process.
Others are envious of the body parts of those of the opposite gender and don't understand why theirs are different.
Boedecker said some people are born gender variant, and the fact that young children express this long before they express their sexuality proves that.
The proper response at that age, Boedecker said, is to give it time.
"It's a gradual process for adults, and it takes even longer for kids," she
said.
Doctors use the standards of care for gender identity disorders by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, formerly known as the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association.
After acknowledging and accepting a gender conflict, the standard is to begin with a complete psychiatric assessment and therapy to reduce distress.
The standards put physical intervention into three categories — fully reversible, partially reversible and irreversible — and say they should progress gradually in that order.
Boedecker said the fully reversible hormone blockers help delay the development that can be "horrifying" for transgender kids, and give them time to make their decision. She added that it's important not to make any permanent changes too soon.
"You don't have to rush to assign kids a gender," she said. "It really needs to be driven by the child."
However, she said, the
younger children transition, the more likely their peers will accept the change.
Dr. Edgardo Menvielle, director of the gender and sexuality development program at the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., said biological girls tend to express their gender variancy later than boys.
That may be because girls seen as "tomboys" find more social acceptance than a boy seen as effeminate, he said.
[PHOTO: Courtesy photo Dr. Norman Spack Children's Hospital Boston}
His program provides evaluations and therapy for children with a range of gender issues, as well as education and advocacy. It has focused on younger children, since there already are more programs available to help teenagers, he said.
Menvielle said he uses a clinical judgment to determine a genuine gender identity disorder in young
children by speaking with them and parents about the degree of discomfort and the history of how the issue evolved, for instance.
He said it would be ideal for children to wait until puberty to make a final decision regarding their gender change.
But, he said, "the real world is not ideal."
He said many children are in such severe psychological distress over their gender identity conflict that it might not be humane to wait.
Mas alla de cualquier
ideologia... mas alla de lo sabio y lo profano... soy parte del espacio, soy la vida... Por el hecho de ser un ser humano" Facundo Cabral
Join transgender community members, families, and allies for an exciting weekend of skills building, brainstorming and networking at the 3rd Annual Transgender Leadership Summit. This event is FREE and is open to individuals of all skill levels involved or interested in advancing civil rights for transgender people in California.
Mas alla de cualquier ideologia... mas alla de lo sabio y lo profano... soy parte del espacio, soy la vida... Por el hecho de ser un ser humano" Facundo Cabral
UIC biologist Dr. David Featherstone continues his research into changing the sexual orientation of fruit flies by manipulating a single gene. UIC researchers locate 'gay' gene
By: Amanda Wowk
Posted: 1/14/08
UIC researchers led by Dr. David Featherstone, an Assistant Professor in the Biological Sciences department, have discovered that manipulating a single gene in fruit flies can alter their normal sexual behavior. The gene, dubbed "gender-blind, " has not only attracted a tremendous amount of publicity, but is also a breakthrough in the study of various aspects of animal behavior, such as sexuality and choosing a mate.
The discovery was part of a larger body of research.
"We were studying information processing in the brains of the fruit flies," Dr. Featherstone explained, "because
we can easily mutate their genomes. A protein we happened to be studying regulates the strength of information transfers in the brain - and by chance, the information the protein regulates is pheromone-related. "
"What happened is that the male flies whose genome had been mutated for the 'gender-blind' gene interpreted male pheromones differently. The smell of other males was no longer repulsive. However, females were still attractive, making these flies bisexual," Dr. Featherstone said.
The study, while still groundbreaking, has raised the obvious question of how these findings might affect how society views sexuality as a whole. After the study, many have wondered if humans could respond in the same way that the fruit flies did in the study.
Dr. Patrick Finnessy, the director of the Office of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Concerns (OGLBTC) said of the findings, "This research reveals one primary consideration: sexuality is quite complex
and more fluid than most people acknowledge. The research reveals the complexities, complications, and expectations regarding the intersections of biological sex, gender identity, sexual orientation and sexual behavior."
By all accounts, the research is by no means the final say on how sexuality develops in human beings. Dr. Finnessy said, "More research, dialogue, and thought needs to occur on these intricate aspects of identity and behavior."
Dr. Featherstone added that there is a human gene similar to the "gender-blind" gene in fruit flies, but he also commented that he doubts if this gene performed the same function of gender identification and mate choice in both species.
"It wouldn't be a surprise if it regulated information transfers," said Dr. Featherstone, "but for example, if we mutated that gene, we might see colors differently. "
Mas alla de cualquier ideologia... mas alla de lo sabio y lo profano... soy parte del espacio, soy la vida... Por el hecho de ser un ser humano" Facundo Cabral
Department of Homeland Security
Issues Final Rules for REAL ID Act
Washington, DC- Today the Department of Homeland Security issued final rules for the implementation of the REAL ID Act which became law in 2005. NCTE, in collaboration with many other organizations, has worked in opposition to this dangerous law that would create a
national ID card and place significant personal information at risk.
We have worked since passage, particularly on the implementation rules, to ameliorate damage inherent in this bad and dangerous law.
Specifically to transgender people, NCTE was concerned that:
1) The REAL ID Act requires states to have gender as a mandatory field on driver licenses. The final rules unfortunately do not eliminate that requirement.
2) The REAL ID Act could have mandated a preemption of state gender change policies in favor of a federal standard or even federal definition of gender. We are pleased that the new rules would reserve gender definition and gender change rules for the states.
3) The REAL ID Act
essentially mandates a national database (a network of state databases) that would include personal information that could lead to discrimination and violence against transgender and other people. These new final rules do not address these concerns and we continue to be very concerned about this privacy degradation.
Though NCTE's analysis of the new rules are not yet complete, since this 284 page document was only issued at noon today, we are also initially concerned about a requirement that states match their databases against Social Security Administration (SSA) databases. NCTE has been working with states, most of which already match with SSA, to understand that federal requirements do not mandate matching gender data with SSA.
Another notable point is that people born before December 1, 1964, will not be required to have compliant IDs until 2017.
NCTE will issue a more thorough analysis in the following weeks after consultation with other
allies that are also performing analyses of the new rules.
For more information now, the following sources may provide insight:
The National Center for Transgender Equality is a national social justice organization devoted to ending discrimination and violence against transgender people through education and advocacy on national issues of importance to transgender people. The National Center for Transgender Equality is a 501(c)3 organization.For more information, please visit www.nctequality.org.
Mas alla de cualquier ideologia... mas alla de lo sabio y lo profano... soy parte del espacio, soy la vida... Por el hecho de ser un ser humano" Facundo Cabral
Estimados miembros de el grupo estate subiendo unos archivos con informacion muy importante, especialmente para los miembros que viven en Mexico.
Por favor leerlos y imprimanlos y pasen la voz...
Mas alla de cualquier ideologia... mas alla de lo sabio y lo profano... soy parte del espacio, soy la vida... Por el hecho de ser un ser humano" Facundo Cabral
Infornacion muy importante por favor, compartirla!
Mas alla de cualquier ideologia... mas alla de lo sabio y lo profano... soy parte del espacio, soy la vida... Por el hecho de ser un ser humano" Facundo Cabral
A todos los nuevos miembros de el grupo les damos la bienvenida, esperando
que podamos compartir muchas cosas!
Mas alla de cualquier ideologia... mas alla de lo sabio y lo profano... soy parte del espacio, soy la vida... Por el hecho de ser un ser humano" Facundo Cabral
Me parece bien que mandes o le mandes mi direcion a la persona que tiene la informacion.
Mandame la informacion a mi correo y yo la mandare al grupo, yo se que hay algunos miembros que viven en Mexico, y ojala que te den el apoyo que necesitas.
Espero tu respuesta,
tania torres <taniatravesti_@...> wrote:
hola marina,
gracias por tu apoyo, y gracias por decir que es un esfuerso mio,pero no es un esfuerso mio sino de los pincipales frentes transgenero y transexuales del pais, yo solo cumplo con mi parte, ya que existe un post en una pagina de internet en la cual se difundio el post, y de
ay yo participe, pero bueno bolviendo a lo demas tengo un correo con documentos y archivos referentes al tema y es donde viene la informacion mas concreta, pero si te interesa contactar con la persona que me dio la informacion respondeme este correo para comunicarte con ella, bueno tambien te comento que no existe una agenda electronica ya que como esta difundido el proyecto seria visitas fisicas a los diputados con la finalidad de que no vean que es un correo mas y lo borren, asi sera mas que obvio el echo de que estasmo presentes en este asunto, bueno de igual manera te quisiera pedir que si estas de acuerdo publicaras un post en los foros de tu grupo de yahoo siendo que tu eres la propietaria, bueno tambien te comento que es dificil mandar un correo a yahoo por el echo de que no se pueden adjuntar achivos y sumar un total de mas de 1mb es dificl eso asi que si deverdad nos puedes ayudar en esto, espero y me puedas responder que te parece y si tienes alguna
otra manera para enviarte los documentos.
Tania Torres
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:48:44 -0800 From: eliana_20_00@... Subject: Re: ley de identidad de género To: taniatravesti_@...; familia_de_transgeneros@yahoogroups.com
Hola Tania,
Un aplauso por el esfuerzo que estan haciendo, ojala y todo lo que se esta buscando se haga una realidad.
Pudiera ser posible, que pudieras mandar las direcciones electronicas de los diputados/as para asi poder mandar correos electronicos, urgiendoles que aprueben las medidas. Yo podria hacer una carta master, donde solo se le agragaria el nombre de la persona que la esta mandando.
Espero tu respuesta.
P.D son estas fechas correctas?
·Estrategia 2: Sensibilización del tema.
·Periodo: Marzo a Mayo de 2007.
Atentamente,
Marina
tania torres <taniatravesti_@...> wrote:
hola mi nombre es Tania soy de México y le mando este correo como una invitación a participar en la aprobación de la ley de identidad de genero, no se si ya se encuentren participando pero de no ser así el caso espero y le interese esta propuesta, después de leerla si le interesa participar y ayudarnos a promover la propuesta que esperemos así sea ájala y nos pudiera apoyar promoviéndola en su grupo de yahoo Familia_de_transgeneros bueno si le interesa esperemos se pueda contactar conmigo a mi correo para poder contactarlo con la persona que esta encargada de este frente para la aprobación de la ley que nos beneficiara de gran forma. Sin más espero lea la propuesta y si le interesa apoyar espero su respuesta.
Lograr la aprobación de una ley de identidad de género en México te conviene, económica y socialmente. Conocela, criticala, te conviene. Tu puedes ser la diferencia. uneté al esfuerzo que ya estamos realizando las personas transexuales en México:
ESTRATEGIA DE INFORMACION Y SENSIBILIZACION SOBRE EL TEMA TRANSEXUAL HACIA EL CONGRESO DE LA UNION
Público objetivo: 500 diputados y diputadas del Congreso de la Unión.
Estrategia 1: Acercamiento e información sobre el tema.
Periodo: Diciembre 2007 a Marzo de 2008.
¿Cómo?: Distribución de 500 ejemplares (mínimo) de un “kit” de información (como la de los vendedores cuando ofrecen su producto, una carpeta básica con información),
que contenga:
1.Tríptico informativo sobre la Ley para la no Discriminación de los Derechos Humanos y Civiles de las personas transgéneros y transexuales.
2.CD con material documental sobre el tema.
3.Un ejemplar de la propuesta de Ley para la no Discriminación de los Derechos Humanos y Civiles de las personas transgéneros y transexuales.
4.Documentos de apoyo de personas o instituciones internacionales.
5.Folleto denominado “Nuestros /asHijos /as Trans” de la Red Transgénera de Padres, Madres, Familiares y Amigos /as de Lesbianas y Gays (PFLAG
Network).
Igual podemos crear una sitio donde almacenar esa misma información e incluir la dirección dentro del kit. El “kit” sería costeado por cada persona que vaya a ver a su diputado: impresión del papel y quema del disco. Algunos casos de excepcional escasez de recursos quizás sean apoyados por las organizadoras.
Primera etapa: Podemos hacerlos
llegar a la Comisión Permanente que estará laborando en el periodo que descansan los demás diputados.
Segunda etapa: Visitando directamente a los diputados a sus oficinas, ya sea sacando una cita o dejando el folleto en sus oficinas (distritales o del congreso) con sus asesores, finalmente estos son los que dicen que información le hacen llegar al diputado y por correo electrónico (uno cada semana al menos dependiendo de la disponibilidad que haya mostrado el diputado). Dentro de esta etapa se distinguen los siguientes pasos o fases:
Primera fase:
Elaborar un directorio de los 500 diputados del país (enero de 2007).
Segunda fase: Establecer directorio de personas que puedan visitar a uno o más diputados, transexuales o no transexuales, para ver la cobertura que podemos hacer (enero a febrero de 2007).
Tercera fase: impresión del material y contacto con el diputado (febrero 2007).
Cuarta fase: informe final del
contacto sobre la experiencia, Podemos hacer un cuestionario que nos daría una perspectiva de lo que podemos esperar, los avances logrados o si fracasamos (febrero a marzo de 2007).
Tercera etapa: entrega masiva del kit a los 500 diputados en la primera sesión del segundo período del 2007 (inicia por marzo).
·Estrategia 2: Sensibilización del tema.
·Periodo: Marzo a Mayo de 2007.
·¿Cómo?:
Actividad 1: Gestionar un espacio o
“stand” donde distribuir más información sobre el tema: más folletos, impresiones físicas del proyecto de ley, posters (por toda la Cámara), artículos que sensibilicen, etc. Incluir una persona con dominio del tema responsable del stand. Puede ser en el mismo momento que se entreguen folletos en una sesión del congreso.
Actividad 2: Organizar, si es posible dentro de las instalaciones del Congreso charlas con lenguaje claro, emotivas, que reflejen el lado humano y la falta del mismo acceso de oportunidades que tenemos las personas transexuales para ejercer los mismos derechos que las demás personas (una semana, una charla diaria, quizás, temas pendientes de definir, no con el afán de presentarnos como victimas sino el de dar a conocer nuestra
realidad).
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Mas alla de cualquier ideologia... mas alla de lo sabio y lo profano... soy parte del espacio, soy la vida... Por el hecho de ser un ser humano" Facundo Cabral
Un aplauso por el esfuerzo que estan haciendo, ojala y todo lo que se esta buscando se haga una realidad.
Pudiera ser posible, que pudieras mandar las direcciones electronicas de los diputados/as para asi poder mandar correos electronicos, urgiendoles que aprueben las medidas. Yo podria hacer una carta master, donde solo se le agragaria el nombre de la persona que la esta mandando.
Espero tu respuesta.
P.D son estas fechas correctas?
·Estrategia 2: Sensibilización del tema.
·Periodo: Marzo a Mayo de 2007.
Atentamente,
Marina
tania torres <taniatravesti_@...> wrote:
hola mi nombre es Tania soy de México y le mando este correo como una invitación a participar en la aprobación de la ley de identidad de genero, no se si ya se encuentren participando pero de no ser así el caso espero y le interese esta
propuesta, después de leerla si le interesa participar y ayudarnos a promover la propuesta que esperemos así sea ájala y nos pudiera apoyar promoviéndola en su grupo de yahoo Familia_de_transgeneros bueno si le interesa esperemos se pueda contactar conmigo a mi correo para poder contactarlo con la persona que esta encargada de este frente para la aprobación de la ley que nos beneficiara de gran forma. Sin más espero lea la propuesta y si le interesa apoyar espero su respuesta.
Lograr la aprobación de una ley de identidad de género en México te conviene, económica y
socialmente. Conocela, criticala, te conviene. Tu puedes ser la diferencia. uneté al esfuerzo que ya estamos realizando las personas transexuales en México:
ESTRATEGIA DE INFORMACION Y SENSIBILIZACION SOBRE EL TEMA TRANSEXUAL HACIA EL CONGRESO DE LA UNION
Público objetivo: 500 diputados y diputadas del Congreso de la Unión.
Estrategia 1: Acercamiento e información sobre el tema.
Periodo: Diciembre 2007 a Marzo de 2008.
¿Cómo?: Distribución de 500 ejemplares (mínimo) de un “kit” de información (como la de los vendedores cuando ofrecen su producto, una carpeta básica con información), que contenga:
1.Tríptico informativo sobre la Ley para la no Discriminación de los Derechos Humanos y Civiles de las personas transgéneros y transexuales.
2.CD con material documental sobre el tema.
3.Un ejemplar de la propuesta de Ley para la no Discriminación de los Derechos Humanos y Civiles de las personas transgéneros y transexuales.
4.Documentos de apoyo de personas o instituciones internacionales.
5.Folleto denominado “Nuestros /asHijos /as Trans” de la Red Transgénera de Padres, Madres, Familiares y Amigos /as de Lesbianas y Gays (PFLAG Network).
Igual podemos crear una sitio donde almacenar esa misma
información e incluir la dirección dentro del kit. El “kit” sería costeado por cada persona que vaya a ver a su diputado: impresión del papel y quema del disco. Algunos casos de excepcional escasez de recursos quizás sean apoyados por las organizadoras.
Primera etapa: Podemos hacerlos llegar a la Comisión Permanente que estará laborando en el periodo que descansan los demás diputados.
Segunda etapa: Visitando directamente a los diputados a sus oficinas, ya sea sacando una cita o dejando el folleto en sus oficinas (distritales o del congreso) con sus asesores, finalmente estos son los que dicen que información le hacen llegar al diputado y por correo electrónico (uno cada semana al menos dependiendo de la disponibilidad que haya mostrado el diputado). Dentro de esta etapa se distinguen los siguientes pasos o fases:
Primera fase: Elaborar un directorio de los 500 diputados del país (enero de 2007).
Segunda fase: Establecer directorio de personas que puedan visitar a uno o más diputados, transexuales o no transexuales, para ver la cobertura que podemos hacer (enero a febrero de 2007).
Tercera fase: impresión del material y contacto con el diputado (febrero 2007).
Cuarta fase: informe final del contacto sobre la experiencia, Podemos hacer un cuestionario que nos daría una perspectiva de lo que podemos esperar, los avances logrados o si fracasamos (febrero a marzo de
2007).
Tercera etapa: entrega masiva del kit a los 500 diputados en la primera sesión del segundo período del 2007 (inicia por marzo).
·Estrategia 2: Sensibilización del tema.
·Periodo: Marzo a Mayo de
2007.
·¿Cómo?:
Actividad 1: Gestionar un espacio o “stand” donde distribuir más información sobre el tema: más folletos, impresiones físicas del proyecto de ley, posters (por toda la Cámara), artículos que sensibilicen, etc. Incluir una persona con dominio del
tema responsable del stand. Puede ser en el mismo momento que se entreguen folletos en una sesión del congreso.
Actividad 2: Organizar, si es posible dentro de las instalaciones del Congreso charlas con lenguaje claro, emotivas, que reflejen el lado humano y la falta del mismo acceso de oportunidades que tenemos las personas transexuales para ejercer los mismos derechos que las demás personas (una semana, una charla diaria, quizás, temas pendientes de definir, no con el afán de presentarnos como victimas sino el de dar a conocer nuestra realidad).
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New Resource: "Social Security Gender No-Match Letters and Transgender
Employees"
NCTE receives calls regularly from transgender people across the country who have been "outed" to their employers by the Social Security Administration's unfair gender "no-match" employment letter
policy.To help transgender workers, NCTE is releasing today a new resource: "Social Security Gender No-Match Letters and Transgender Employees - Information for Employees."
This new resource explains what Social Security no-match letters are and what transgender employees can do if the subject of one of these letters.Anyone who has been confused, curious, or concerned about Social Security gender no-match letters will find this information clarifying.
The National Center for Transgender Equality is a national social justice organization devoted to ending discrimination and violence against transgender people through education and advocacy on national issues of importance to transgender people. The National Center for Transgender Equality is a 501(c)3 organization.For more information, please visit www.nctequality.org.
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Mas alla de cualquier ideologia... mas alla de lo sabio y lo profano... soy parte del espacio, soy la vida... Por el hecho de ser un ser humano" Facundo Cabral
Mas alla de cualquier ideologia... mas alla de lo sabio y lo profano... soy parte del espacio, soy la vida... Por el hecho de ser un ser humano" Facundo Cabral
Les deseo a todos Feliz Navidad y un Prospero New Year!!
que todos sus deseos se cumplan y que Dios los colme de bendiciones.
Gracias por este grupo de apoyo, y aunque no escribo seguido siempre
estoy visitando este espacio para informarme y no sentirme sola.
Gracias a todos.
Great news! The 2008 Transgender Leadership Summit will take place at University of California, Berkeley March 14 – 16.
I will keep you posted regarding hotels acommadations.
Thanks,
Marina
Mas alla de cualquier ideologia... mas alla de lo sabio y lo profano... soy parte del espacio, soy la vida... Por el hecho de ser un ser humano" Facundo Cabral
For the people that live in the bay area (San Francisco) I highly recomemd this exhibition, I had the pleasure of seeing it, two years ago, at San Jose University.
Very Powerful!!
For Immediate Release Att: Arts Editors/Calendar/Reviewers
Palo Alto, CA. Dec. 11, 2007 ‹ Bay Area documentary photographer Jana Marcus¹ popular, award-winning work, Transfigurations, will be exhibited as part of the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research¹s Art at the Institute Program, on the Stanford University campus, January 7 -
March 21, 2008.
When: January 7 March 21, 2008. Free admission. Monday-Friday, 9-4:30 PM. Closed on weekends and university holidays.
Lecture and Reception: 4:30pm lecture in the Oak East room, 2nd floor, Tressider Memorial Union, 459 Lagunita Drive, Stanford CA 94305; followed by a reception
at Serra House at 6 PM
Comment and more information: To set up an interview with artist Jana Marcus or a Trans-spokesperson about the photo-documentary, or obtain collection jpegs, or pics, contact Jana Marcus at 408-857-7227 or jana@.... Contact Clayman Institute at 650-906-2375, attn: Karen Rapp. Artist bio and resume, artist statement, and what people are saying about Transfigurations available upon request.
About Transfigurations
Known for her compassionate and revealing photographic images of underground subcultures, Marcus¹ well known, ground-breaking work
Transfigurations explores transsexuals and their notions of masculinity and femininity as they change gender identities. Marcus' work, which has been touring the U.S., since early 2006, premiered at the Santa Cruz Institute for Contemporary Arts and was most recently seen at the IGallery in New York City.
In large black and white images with text, Marcus¹ exhibit focuses on what it means to be a man and a woman, by people who have changed genders‹blurring the line of gender separation and stereotyping. Marcus will lecture on the work, accompanied by several of her subjects, at 4:30 PM on Thursday, January 24 at Tresidder Union. The lecture will be followed by a reception for the
artist at the Clayman Institute at 6 PM. Free parking for both events is available at the Tresidder Union lot. The lecture is co-sponsored by Stanford¹s Feminist Studies Program and LGBT Center.
Over the past decade there has been heightened public awareness of transgender issues. With the increased visibility of transgender persons also comes an increase in discrimination and violence directed at transgendered and gender variant people. The Gender Education and Advocacy organization states that "Transgendered people are the most stigmatized and misunderstood of the larger sexual minorities (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender)." In spite of this, the transgender community is emerging into its own place in history, as a new movement, expanding the language of gender and sex.
³I discovered that gender is both real and illusory, natural and constructed," Marcus comments. "By
capturing the physical and mental transformation from one sex/gender to another, the photos reveal the importance of the body to gender identity, as well as the effects of transformative practices on the body, which creates a reality beyond ordinary experience.²
Marcus¹ Transfigurations was awarded the prestigious Best Photos of The Year in both 2004 and 2005 by Photo District News of New York. It was also included in The International Photography Awards 2005, the Phelan Art Award 2005, the Excellence in Photography Award 2005 from San Jose State's School of Art & Design, The Center for
Photographic Arts Awards 2004, and recently the Good Times Critic's Choice for Best Art Exhibit of 2006.
About the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research
The Clayman Institute was founded at Stanford University in 1974 as the Center for Research on Women. It is one of the oldest centers for the study of women¹s and gender issues in the U.S. The Clayman Institute was renamed in honor of its major benefactor, Michelle R. Clayman (Stanford M.B.A. 1979), in 2006. The Clayman Institute contributes to the development of a more equal society for women and men through the creation of innovative research studies, and the dissemination of its findings to key decision-makers in universities, business, communities, and government.
About the ³Art at the Institute² Program
³Art at the Institute"
exhibits artists, female and male, whose work critically engages with contemporary discourses around gender. Work seen at Serra House ranges from paintings to photography, computer manipulated images, weaving, prints, and mixed media. The program highlights the ways contemporary art takes part in the ongoing dialogues surrounding gender and illustrates artists' rich use of imagery, form, political perspectives, and grrrl attitude.
Mas alla de cualquier ideologia... mas alla de lo sabio y lo profano... soy parte del espacio, soy la vida... Por el hecho de ser un ser humano" Facundo Cabral
Success in Indiana! Indiana BMV Stops Practice of Using Gender to Invalidate Driver Licenses
The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) has agreed to immediately discontinue using gender mismatches solely as a reason for invalidating driver licenses.Indiana Transgender Rights Advocacy Alliance (INTRAA) and the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) successfully worked with officials at the Indiana BMV to bring about this policy change.
On November 6th, the Indiana BMV began issuing warning letters to people in the BMV database whose information did not match Social Security Administration's (SSA) records.Information compared between the two databases included name, Social Security number, date of birth, and gender.Letters instructed recipients to resolve discrepancies within 30 days or risk losing their driving privileges.
INTRAA and NCTE brought to the Indiana BMV's attention that Social Security uses a different standard for changing gender markers than what the BMV uses.Because of these differing standards, some transgender people legitimately have an Indiana driver license or identification card with one gender marker and SSA records with a different gender marker.Through the work of INTRAA and NCTE, Indiana BMV Commissioner Ron Stiver realized the difficulties surrounding gender marker verification and issued an immediate policy change.The newest policy is that gender mismatches will be ignored by the BMV.
Indiana driver license and identification card holders who have other SSA mismatches besides gender, such as name or date of birth, will still need to resolve those discrepancies.Those with mismatches besides gender, and who fail to get their SSA and BMV records to match, will be sent a second letter.This second letter will advise them that unless the mismatch is resolved their driving license will become invalid, effective 30 days from the date of the second letter.
The Indiana BMV does not plan to issue "disregard" notices to people who received letters for gender-only mismatches.However, people who had gender only as a mismatch will not be issued a second letter.In the future people who have
gender and a second type of information mismatch (for instance, name) will be sent letters that mention only the non-gender mismatches.
INTRAA and NCTE applaud the Indiana BMV for its quick response and for resolving a problem that affected a sizable proportion of transgender people in Indiana.
For more information on the Indiana BMV Social Security Online Verification program, go to http://www.in.gov/bmv/4098.htm .
If you have received one of these letters and are looking for information or assistance, please contact us at info@... or jotto@... .
The National Center for Transgender Equality is a national social justice organization devoted to ending discrimination and violence against transgender people through education and advocacy on national issues of importance to transgender people. The National Center for Transgender Equality is a 501(c)3 organization.For more information, please visit www.nctequality.org.
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Mas alla de cualquier ideologia... mas alla de lo sabio y lo profano... soy parte del espacio, soy la vida... Por el hecho de ser un ser humano" Facundo Cabral
ENDA Debate Beginning Now on CSPAN 1pm Eastern, November 7, 2007
The Debate on ENDA has begun in the House of Representatives. It is viewable on CSPAN. Click here for CSPAN
Mara Keisling Executive Director National Center for Transgender Equality
The National Center for Transgender Equality is a national social justice organization devoted to ending discrimination and violence against transgender people through education and advocacy on national issues of importance to transgender people. The National Center for Transgender Equality is a 501(c)3
organization.For more information, please visit www.nctequality.org.
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