How did Britain become so transphobic? A brief history of government lies, media profit and trans suffering
How did Britain become so transphobic? A brief history of government lies, media profit and trans suffering
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Liechtenstein: Prince gives interview and says he finds adoption of a boy by two men problematic
Liechtenstein: Prince gives interview and says he finds adoption of a boy by two men problematic
15.02.21 | Liechtenstein
Verein Flay kritisiert Fürsten-Aussage zur “Ehe für Alle”
Lukas Oehri vom Verein Flay (Foto: Radio L)
Die Aussage des Landesfürsten zur „Ehe für Alle“ stösst in Liechtenstein zum Teil auf grosses Unverständnis.
Wir sind sprachlos, so Vorstandsmitglied Lukas Oehri vom Verein Flay für Anders-Sexuelle kurz nach der Veröffentlichung des Interviews auf Radio Liechtenstein.
Er sei entsetzt über den Vergleich zwischen Schwulen und Pädophilen, so Oehri.
Der Fürst hatte im Interview mit Radio Liechtenstein gesagt, er fände es problematisch, wenn zwei Homosexuelle einen Knaben adoptierten.
Er habe sich als homosexueller Vater persönlich angegriffen gefühlt, so Oehri.
Der Verein Flay setzt sich für die Gleichstellung von LGBTI’s in Liechtenstein ein. Audio Player00:0000:00Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume.
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Fürst Hans-Adam II zur Ehe für Alle | 12.02.2021, 17:52
Free Webinar: Male Survivors of Wartime Sexual Violence – Philipp Schulz 25 February 2021 , 18:30 – 20:00
Free Webinar: Male Survivors of Wartime Sexual Violence – Philipp Schulz 25 February 2021 , 18:30 – 20:00
Thursday 25 February
Free Webinar: Male Survivors of Wartime Sexual Violence – Philipp Schulz 25 February 2021 , 18:30 – 20:00
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Although wartime sexual violence against men occurs more frequently than is commonly assumed, its dynamics are remarkably underexplored, and male survivors’ experiences remain particularly overlooked. This reality is poignant in northern Uganda, where sexual violence against men during the early stages of the conflict was geographically widespread, yet now accounts of those incidents are not just silenced and neglected locally but also widely absent from analyses of the war.
Based on rare empirical data, Philipp Schulz’s book Male Survivors of Wartime Sexual Violence. Perspectives from Northern Uganda seeks to remedy this marginalization and to illuminate the seldom-heard voices of male sexual violence survivors in northern Uganda, bringing to light their experiences of gendered harms, agency, and justice.
The book is published in open access and can be read here.
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- Philipp Schulz, Institute for Intercultural and International Studies, University of Bremen
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- Paula Drumond, Institute of International Relations at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
This event is organised jointly by the Gender Centre and the Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding.
USA: Jen Psaki tells Fox reporter ‘trans rights are human rights’
USA: Jen Psaki tells Fox reporter ‘trans rights are human rights’
USA: Mindestens 20 US-Bundesstaaten wollen trans Rechte beschneiden – Die Massnahmen gehen vom Ausschluss aus dem Schulsport bis zum Zwangsouting
USA: Mindestens 20 US-Bundesstaaten wollen trans Rechte beschneiden – Die Massnahmen gehen vom Ausschluss aus dem Schulsport bis zum Zwangsouting
Read: https://mannschaft.com/mindestens-20-us-bundesstaaten-wollen-trans-rechte-beschneiden/
Council of Europe: New reports show increasing discrimination and attacks on LGBTI people in Poland and Europe as a whole
Council of Europe: New reports show increasing discrimination and attacks on LGBTI people in Poland and Europe as a whole
A report on a fact-finding mission to Poland in November last year draws attention to increasing attacks and discrimination against LGBTI people in the country, focusing on cities, provinces and regions that are adopting family charters and resolutions against so-called “LGBT ideology”. Another, more general report on “The role and responsibilities of local and regional authorities in the protection of LGBTI persons” denounces the “backsliding” observed in Council of Europe member states with regard to the rights of LGBTI persons.
Lesbian mother of stateless baby takes citizenship fight to top EU court
Lesbian mother of stateless baby takes citizenship fight to top EU court
A baby left without a nationality after she was born in Spain to a same-sex couple from Bulgaria and Gibraltar is at the centre of a test case to be heard by the European Union’s top court on Tuesday (9 February).
Lawyers say Bulgaria has put one-year-old “Baby S” at risk of prolonged statelessness after refusing to provide a birth certificate and citizenship because of discrimination towards her parents’ sexual orientation.
The hearing at the Luxembourg-based court is being seen as an important test case for many other so-called “rainbow families” in Europe who face similar dilemmas.
Experts on statelessness say if “Baby S” cannot acquire citizenship she may not be able to go to school, access healthcare and state benefits, or get jobs later in life.
Her parents, who live near Barcelona, have not yet been able to introduce their daughter to their families abroad because they cannot get her a passport.
After she was born in December 2019, “Baby S” received a birth certificate in Spain listing both her mothers.
However when her Bulgarian mother, who uses the pseudonym Kalina, requested a Bulgarian birth certificate for her daughter so she could apply for citizenship, she said officials told her a baby could not have two mothers.
Bulgaria’s constitution defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman.
“It’s caused us a lot of upset. This discrimination feels very personal and has shocked us,” Kalina told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
“I want to tell (the court) I’m her mother no matter which country I’m in. It’s very unfortunate that I can be her mother in Spain…but I can’t be her mother in my own home country.”
The couple cannot obtain Spanish citizenship for their daughter as neither of them is a Spanish national.
Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory located on Spain’s southern tip but British laws mean Kalina’s wife cannot pass on her British citizenship as she acquired it by descent.
Kalina’s lawyer will urge the Court of Justice of the European Union to request Bulgaria provide “Baby S” with a birth certificate and nationality.
The Luxembourg-based court, which ensures EU countries comply with the bloc’s laws, is also considering a similar case where Poland refused to issue a birth certificate for a child born in Spain to Polish and Irish mothers.
“This ruling will be important for many people,” said Kalina’s lawyer Denitsa Lyubenova.
“There are a lot of same-sex couples in Europe in the same position, whose children are at risk of statelessness because EU member states in central and eastern Europe do not recognise their family status.”
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said she will push for mutual recognition of family relations in the European Union under a new strategy to strengthen LGBT+ rights.
“If you are (a) parent in one country, you are (a) parent in every country,” she told the European Parliament last year.
Czech Constitutional Court: No Recognition of Foreign Adoption by Same-Sex Couples
Czech Constitutional Court: No Recognition of Foreign Adoption by Same-Sex Couples
Barbara Havelková & Terezie Boková – 29th January 2021 Children’s Rights | Equality and Non-Discrimination | Relationship Rights | Right to Privacy
The recent decision of the Czech Constitutional Court (‘CCC’), Pl. ÚS 6/20, against allowing recognition of foreign adoption decisions in Czechia is harmful in outcome and evasive and formalistic in its reasoning.
Angola law prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation takes effect
Angola law prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation takes effect
Angola’s revised penal code went into effect Wednesday, not only decriminalizing same-sex relationships, but also banning discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
The penal code was approved by the Angolan parliament in 2019, but was not signed by the president into law until November 2020, to take effect in February of this year. It was the first revision of the penal code since Angola gained independence from Portugal in 1975. The original penal code contained holdovers from the colonial era, including banning “vices against nature,” widely understood to mean homosexuality. That provision has been removed in the revised code.
The new code lists sexual orientation as a protected class. Angolans cannot be fired because of their sexual orientation, nor can they be refused goods, services, or any other economic activity because of their sexual orientation. Violators of the prohibition could be subject to up to two years in prison. The code also adds penalties for those who defame or otherwise insult the honor of a person because of their sexual orientation.
The news of the penal code taking effect was met with celebrations online. French politician and noted LGBTQ activist Jean-Luc Romero-Michel called it a “great step forward for human rights which should inspire others.”
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Join us online: « LGBT at work : quelques résultats d’une recherche sur les parcours professionnels de personnes LGBT dans le monde du travail », JEUDI 4 MARS | 12h15 – 13h45 | en ligne (ZOOM)
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