Human Rights

Intersex still less equal than others in the United Kingdom

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Intersex still less equal than others in the United Kingdom

KEITH Taylor MEP – Member of the Parliament of Europe – for the South East Region has published a letter of enquiry and its reply as record of his correspondence with British Home Secretary Theresa May and Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Equalities Lynne Featherstone. The subject is the non-inclusion of intersex people from the United Kingdom’s…
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Existence of intersex now recognized by US Department of State

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THE U.S. Department of State has now recognized the existence of intersex people and the fact that the passports of US intersex citizens need to reflect that reality. The text of the US Department of State’s manual concerning this policy update – 7 FAM 1350 APPENDIX M INTERSEX CONDITIONS (DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT) is a…
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CTiTV.com: 是男也是女!擁抱陰陽人　支持接納她和他

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11月8號是國際陰陽人團結日，一般人很少了解這群弱勢族群，他們發生的機率是兩千分之一，就讀高雄縣樹德科技大學的博士生丘愛芝本身就是陰陽人，從小就透過手術被指定成了女性，但她有喉結、鬍渣、乳房沒發育，外型就像男生，上女廁還會被轟出去，如今她走到人群，發起擁抱陰陽人行動，希望能讓社會認識接納他們。 HIKER Chiu is founder of OII Chinese, and is based in Taiwan. CTiTV.com: 是男也是女!擁抱陰陽人　支持接納她和他

The Standard: Court to rule on intersex convict in November

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Republished from an article by Judy Ogutu: AN intersex convict will have to wait until November when he is likely to know his fate in a case he has lodged seeking for legal recognition. A Constitutional court said on Wednesday it will on November 9, deliver its verdict on the suit filed by Mr Richard…
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The Himalayan Times: Project for LGBTI rights

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MINISTRY of Women, Children and Social Welfare (MoWCSW) and Blue Diamond Society (BDS), an NGO for third gender rights, are jointly working to amend legal provisions to ensure equal rights for the third gender. Sher Jung Karki, under secretary at the ministry said that third genders suffer violence, harassment, discrimination, exclusion and stigma. After the…
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DELGA: EU discrimination law must cover gender identity issues

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LIBERAL Democrat European justice & human rights spokeswoman and London MEP Sarah Ludford has asked the European Commission to explore what action can be taken at European level to prevent discrimination against both transgender and non-gendered people. Commenting on the reply from the Commissioner for justice, fundamental rights & citizenship Viviane Reding, Sarah Ludford said,…
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