European Court of Justice changes German translation of Judgment of 7.11.2013, C‑199/12 – C‑201/12, ECLI:EU:C:2013:720 § 71 in order to make clear that homosexual asylum seekers cannot reasonably be expected to be discreet in their home State
See: https://www.queer.de/detail.php?article_id=40110&pk_campaign=Nwsl
See for details also: https://www.lsvd.de/de/ct/6009-Asylrecht-Bei-homo-und-bisexuellen-Gefluechteten-darf-nicht-von-diskretem-Leben-ausgegangen-werden
Conférence Zoom de Michal Raz le jeudi 14 octobre 2021 de 10h15 à 12h, organisée dans le cadre du cours « Genre, sciences et médecine ».
Titre de la conférence : “Entre modèle et exception. L’histoire de la médicalisation de l’intersexuation au XXème siècle à travers le cas de l’hyperplasie congénitale des surrénales (HCS)“
Résumé: Cette présentation examinera la façon dont la médicalisation de l’HCS a rendu possible la normalisation d’autres variations liées au sexe dans le cadre de la généralisation d’un nouveau paradigme médico-psychologique développé aux États-Unis dans les années 1950. Nous verrons en quoi le cas spécifique de l’HCS représente à la fois une exception et un cas emblématique d’intersexuation à partir duquel la pratique de la médicalisation et l’intervention chirurgicale et hormonale précoce sur les enfants intersexes s’est diffusée. Il s’agira donc de montrer comment, historiquement, les innovations médicales, parfois fortuites, développées dans le cas de l’HCS (seule variation intersexe qui présente, dans certains cas, un risque vital pour le nouveau-né) ont constitué le prélude à l’approche médicale de « l’urgence ».
Bionote: “Michal Raz est docteure en sociologie, attachée de recherche et d’enseignement à l’EHESS. Ses travaux portent sur la manière dont les sciences biomédicales traitent et produisent le genre. Plus spécifiquement, sa thèse, soutenue en 2019 au sein du laboratoire Cermes3, retrace l’histoire de l’approche médicale à l’égard des individus intersexués en France depuis les années 1950. Elle est intitulée “La production des évidences sur l’intersexuation. Savoirs et pratiques médicales autour de l’hyperplasie congénitale des surrénales (France, 1950-2018)” et a gagné le prix de thèse du GIS genre en 2020.”
La conférence est ouverte à toute personne intéressée.
Pour recevoir le lien Zoom, veuillez écrire directement à Geraldine.Saugy@unil.ch
Switzerland votes to legalize same-sex marriage
Swiss citizens voted on Sunday to amend the Swiss Civil Code to legalize same-sex couples’ right to marry and to adopt children. Voters accepted the proposal in a 64 to 36 percent vote.
The Swiss Federal Council and Parliament called for a referendum and endorsed same-sex marriage. They explained that although same-sex Swiss couples could enter into registered partnerships, and about 700 couples did so every year, such couples could not marry. The council and Parliament proposed eliminating family inequality by opening marriage to all couples, granting same-sex couples the right to adopt children, and allowing all couples access to legally regulated semen.
Opponents challenged the proposed amendment, arguing that granting same-sex couples the right to marry would violate the Swiss constitution. They reasoned that their constitution grants opposite-sex couples the right to marry because opposite-sex couples can “pass on life.” Opponents further contended that marriage should be limited to opposite-sex couples so as to “protect the cornerstone of society and the state.” In support of this contention, they said that children’s best interests should be protected in a household with “role models from both genders.”
The Swiss Federal Council and Parliament countered, observing that children were already growing up in households with two mothers or two fathers. Hence, they argued that allowing same-sex couples to marry and legitimately raise children in attentive and caring homes served children’s best interest. The council and Parliament also noted that this right would not change marriage between a woman and man, and it would limit the government’s ability to interfere with citizen’s private lives.
After Swiss voters accepted the amendment in a two-thirds majority, Director of Amnesty Switzerland Alexandra Karle expressed support for the “historic vote,” which will make Switzerland the 29th country to legally permit same-sex marriage. Karle said, “Marriage—and with it the right to found a family—will finally be open to all couples in Switzerland. This is an important step towards equality, which was long overdue.”
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Switzerland accepts same-sex marriage in referendum: 64.1 % of the voters say yes – all cantons and most municipalities accept
More information in English: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58696604
For an interactive overview for each municipality see here: https://www.luzernerzeitung.ch/schweiz/interaktive-karte-die-abstimmungsresultate-in-der-uebersicht-wie-die-kantone-und-gemeinden-abgestimmt-haben-ld.2191575
Poland region repeals ‘anti-LGBT ideology’ resolution
The Polish region of Swietokrzyskie repealed its “anti-LGBT ideology” resolution Wednesday—one of several anti-LGBT resolutions passed in dozens of Polish regions in 2019. The resolution was a symbolic statement by Swietokrzyskie, which had sought to establish itself as an “LGBT-free zone,” clarifying its ideological stance against the LGBT community and symbolizing how LGBT persons were unwelcome in their territory.
Earlier this month, the European Commission had sent formal notices to five Polish regions that had adopted such resolutions, asking for response on the notices and suspending talks about the disbursement of funds under the REACT-EU program, should these resolutions continue to be in place. The Wednesday decision to repeal comes in response to threats of losing funding from the European Commission, which had observed such resolutions to be discriminatory against LGBT persons.
Such resolutions have been argued by Polish regions to be in the interest of family rights and promotion of union between a man and a woman. However, the newly adopted Wednesday resolution in Swietokrzyskie withdraws its anti-LGBT ideology stance and pledge to “respect the centuries old tradition and culture of the Republic of Poland as well as equality and fair treatment.” This makes Swietokrzyskie the first Polish region to withdraw its “anti-LGBT ideology” resolution.
Spokesperson for the European Commission Christian Wigand commented on the development:
We are closely following the latest developments related to the so-called LGBT-free zones in Poland. We see a move in the right direction and expect other regions to move in the same direction. The Commission has a clear position on such resolutions and zones. Let me recall the words of President [Ursula] von der Leyen [that] LGBTQI-free zones are zones free from humanity and there is no place for them in our Union.
It is expected that around PLN 47.5 billion worth of funds under the REACT-EU program will remain suspended in case such resolutions continue in other regions.
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Fürstentum Liechtenstein: Vernehmlassungsbericht betreffend die Abänderung des Partnerschaftsgesetzes und des ABGB verabschiedet
21.09.2021 – 14:11, Vaduz (ots)
Die Regierung hat an ihrer Sitzung vom 21. September 2021 einen Vernehmlassungsbericht betreffend die Abänderung des Partnerschaftsgesetzes und des ABGB verabschiedet.
Hintergrund dieser Abänderung ist ein Urteil des Staatsgerichtshofes vom 10. Mai 2021 (StGH 2020/097), wonach die Unzulässigkeit der Stiefkindadoption für gleichgeschlechtliche Paare gemäss der aktuellen liechtensteinischen Rechtslage gegen Art. 8 i.V.m. Art. 14 der Europäischen Menschenrechtskonvention (EMRK) verstosse, weil die Stiefkindadoption in Liechtenstein nur für heterosexuelle, nicht aber für gleichgeschlechtliche Paare möglich sei.
Aufgrund dessen hat der Staatsgerichtshof die Bestimmung im Gesetz über die eingetragene Partnerschaft gleichgeschlechtlicher Paare (Partnerschaftsgesetz), gemäss welcher Personen, die in einer eingetragenen Partnerschaft leben, nicht zur Adoption zugelassen sind, aufgehoben. Die Rechtswirksamkeit der Aufhebung dieser Bestimmung wurde um ein Jahr nach Kundmachung, welche am 13. Juli 2021 erfolgte, aufgeschoben.
Mit dem von der Regierung verabschiedeten Vernehmlassungsbericht soll in Umsetzung des erwähnten Urteils des Staatsgerichtshofes die Stiefkindadoption für eingetragene Partner/Partnerinnen und Lebensgefährten/Lebensgefährtinnen ermöglicht werden. Zu diesem Zweck bedarf es entsprechender Anpassungen im Partnerschaftsgesetz sowie im ABGB.
Der Vernehmlassungsbericht kann bei der Regierungskanzlei oder über www.rk.llv.li (Vernehmlassungen) bezogen werden. Die Vernehmlassungsfrist endet am 21. Dezember 2021.
Pressekontakt:
Ministerium für Infrastruktur und Justiz
Generalsekretariat
T +423 236 64 42
Find out more: https://www.worldbank.org/en/events/2021/09/10/eqosogi
USA: Court Rules College Must Rehire Professor Fired for Being Trans
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that an Oklahoma college must rehire a professor who was fired for being transgender.
Dr. Rachel Tudor was terminated from her position at Southeastern Oklahoma State University in 2011 after the school’s Vice President for Academic Affairs told the school’s HR department that her “lifestyle” offended him, according to the local news publication TulsaWorld. Tudor had been working for the school since 2004 and came out as transgender in 2007.
Two years before being fired, McMillan and another Dean denied Tudor tenure, despite the fact that she received a 4-1 vote in her favor from a faculty committee. Because she did not receive tenure, she lost her job.
In 2015, the Department of Justice (DOJ) sued Southeastern Oklahoma State on Tudor’s behalf, alleging the school violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by terminating her. The Supreme Court ruled in 2020 that the 57-year-old federal legislation, which prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of sex, also pertains to cases of LGBTQ+ workplace bias. The Obama administration shared the same opinion regarding Title VII, which it outlined in a 2014 executive order.
More: Court Rules College Must Rehire Professor Fired for Being Trans | them.
Free publications and events on Asylum and Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity
The SOGICA project was completed in October 2020. We are sending this newsletter to give you the exciting news that the SOGICA book – actually books as it is in two volumes – has now been published (see below). It is open access, so please disseminate it widely and tell us what you think. We hope you enjoy it and see it as a valuable contribution to knowledge and also to European policy and practice in the area of SOGI asylum.
This is also an update on our other publications and events. Since the end of the project we have been busy working on articles and taking part in conferences and workshops to ensure our project findings are put to good use.
SOGICA publications
As usual, all publications by the SOGICA team and individual members can be found on the SOGICA website publications page. If you would like access to any of these publications and they are not publicly accessible, please email us and we will be happy to send them to you.
Forthcoming events
…. and previous events (in case you have missed them)
Please visit the events page of the website for further information about events over the course of the SOGICA project, including our final conference in July 2020.
Other resources
Since our last mailing, we have added a further 150 items to the SOGICA database which now contains more than 1,240 academic and NGO articles, official reports, case law decisions and other items.
The Life Stories section of our website contains some individual accounts of LGBTQI+ people claiming asylum. In this way, we hope to keep sight of the human cost of flawed asylum processes and provide a space for some of the people involved to share their experiences. If you are seeking international protection on sexual orientation or gender identity grounds, or have done so, feel free to send us contributions (by email to info@sogica.org) to be considered for publication on our website.
Finally …
Our thanks to all our newsletter subscribers and project friends and colleagues. It is wonderful to have had the opportunity to get to know so many of you. We are maintaining our website and our Twitter and Facebook accounts, and hope you will continue to use these to keep in touch with us. And we may well be in touch again in the future with more news about the SOGICA project and SOGI asylum in Europe…
Please feel free to email us with any questions you have about the SOGICA project, or any news which you would like to share.
Best wishes from Nuno, Carmelo, Moira and Nina at SOGICA
Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR): Vicky Hernández et al. v. Honduras
| Vicky Hernández et al. v. Honduras: A Landmark Victory with a Bitter Aftertaste |
| On June 28, on International LGBT Pride Day, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) issued its ruling in Vicky Hernández et al. v. Honduras, the first case involving lethal violence against an LGBT person, specifically a trans woman, to reach the highest body of the Inter-American regional system. During the proceedings, Honduras denied that its police force had any part in Vicky Hernández’s murder, which occurred on another June 28, this time in 2009, on the first night of the curfew imposed during the coup d’état against then-president Manuel Zelaya. The decision sparked considerable anticipation: the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and representatives of Hernández’s family had requested the IACtHR to apply the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence Against Women (“Convention of Belém do Pará”) to the case. Previously the treaty had only been applied to instances of violence against cisgender women. Furthermore, the petition was submitted to the IACHR in 2012, before Advisory Opinion OC-24/17 had been issued. Quite a lot, therefore, was at stake.Read the post |
