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quarta-feira, 27 de janeiro de 2010
El presidente Lula envía mensaje a militantes LGTB
Publicado por Ivan en Ene 25, 2010
Anticipando la V Conferencia de activistas LGTB de América Latina y el Caribe, que se reunirán en Curitiba la próxima semana, el Presidente de Brasil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, ha enviado un mensaje de salutación en el que reafirma su apoyo a la defensa de los derechos LGTB y el combate de la Homofobia.
El mensaje de Lula ha sido difundido a través del activista Toni Reis, Presidente de la Associação Brasileira de Lésbicas, Gays, Bissexuais, Travestis e Transexuais, y coordinador general de la Comisión Organizadora del evento.
En el mensaje, el Presidente Lula afirma que la lucha contra la intolerancia y la discriminación, con los consecuentes esfuerzos por el respeto a las personas, incluida su orientación sexual, fue una preocupación durante toda su gestión.
El mensaje integro será difundido en la apertura de la Conferencia, el próximo 27 de enero. En la ocasión, el mensaje de Lula será leído por el diputado federal Rosinha (PT-PR), integrante del Frente Parlamentario por la Ciudadanía LGTB.
La Conferencia regional de ILGA LAC reunirá cerca de 400 militantes de 35 países que trabajan en la defensa de los derechos de la población gay, lesbica, transexual, bisexual e intersex.
quarta-feira, 20 de janeiro de 2010
terça-feira, 19 de janeiro de 2010
Is America Still Making Men?
Posted by Dennis Prager on Jan 19th, 2010 and filed under FrontPage.
Every society has to answer a few basic questions in order to succeed and even in order to survive. One of them is, “How do we make good men?”
The reason for the importance of this question is simple: Males untutored about how to control their natures will likely do much harm. Conversely, males who are taught to how to control themselves and to channel their drives in positive directions make the world a much better place. The good man is a glory of civilization; the bad man ruins it.
Throughout American history, American society asked, “How do we make men?” (It was understood that “man” meant a good man.) Anyone who thought about the subject knew that boys who are not transformed into men remain boys. And when too many boys do not grow up into men, women suffer and society suffers.
What is a man (as opposed to a boy)? The traditional understanding was that a man is he who takes responsibility for others — for his family, his community and his country — and, of course, for himself. A man stood for ideals and values higher than himself. He conducted himself with dignity. And he was strong.
For much of American history, making boys into men was understood to be of supreme importance, and society was usually successful. When I was a boy in the 1950s, without anyone expressly defining it, I knew what a man was supposed to be. And I knew that society, not to mention my parents, expected me to be one. It went without explicitly saying so that I would have to make a living, support myself as soon as possible and support a family thereafter.
When I acted immaturely, I was told to be or act like a man. I wonder how many boys are told to “be a man” today; and if they were, would they have a clue as to what that meant? It would appear that for millions of American boys, this has not been the reality for decades. Many families and society as a whole seem to have forgotten boys need to be made into men.
There are numerous reasons:
1. The distinction between men and boys has been largely obliterated. The older males that many American boys encounter are essentially older boys, not men. They speak, dress, and act similarly (think of men who “high-five” young boys instead of shaking their hands). And they are almost all called by their first names. Even when a boy (or girl) addresses an adult male as “Mr.,” many men will correct the young boy or girl — “Call me” and then give the young person his first name. This is often true even with regard to teachers, physicians and members of the clergy. When a young person calls an adult by his first name, the status of the two individuals has been essentially equated. Boys need men to respect. It’s not impossible to do so when they call men by their first names, but it makes it much harder.
2. Boys today have fewer adult men in their lives than ever before. Many boys are not raised by any father. More are not raised by a father who lives in the home full time. Nearly every teacher and principal American boys have in elementary and high school is a female. The boy’s clergy person and physician may well be women. And few male figures in contemporary film radiate manhood as defined above.
3. The ideals of masculinity and femininity have been largely rendered extinct. Feminism, arguably the most influential American movement of the 20th century, declared war on the concepts of femininity and masculinity. And for much of the population, it was victorious. Indeed, thanks to the feminist teaching that male and female human beings are essentially the same (note, incidentally, that no one argues that male and female animals are the same, only human beings are), untold numbers of boys have been raised as if they were like girls. They were denied masculine toys such as play guns and toy soldiers, and their male forms of play — e.g., roughhousing — were banned.
4. America has become a rights-centered rather than a responsibility-centered society. Aside from helping to produce a pandemic of narcissism, the rights-centered mindset is the opposite of the obligation/responsibility-centered mindset that makes a boy into a man. It is not good for either sex to be rights-preoccupied; but it is particularly devastating to developing men, as men are supposed to be obligation-directed. The baby boomer generation helped destroy manhood in most of the ways described here. One additional example was its widespread slogan, “Make love, not war.” One cannot come up with a more unmanly piece of advice: “Don’t fight for your country, screw girls.” If the greatest generation had adopted that motto, Hitler and Tojo would have won. A few years ago, the city of Chicago named a street after Hugh Hefner, a man who has played games much of the day and night, lived in pajamas and devoted his life to sex — quite a model of manhood for American boys.
5. There are few places where men can bond with other men. One major way men become men is by associating with other good men. The only places left where this normally takes place are sports teams and the military. The same holds true for boys. And much of society is now working on breaking the most significant all-boys institution, the Boy Scouts.
6. Males no longer have distinctive roles. Men do best when they are relied upon, when needed; and they feel most needed when they do something distinct from women. This exists today in sports and the military. It is symbolic — significantly so — that there are no more “men at work” signs on highways. Now “people” are at work. “Men” have disappeared.
7. Many churches and synagogues have been feminized. This has occurred in at least three important ways: Clergy are increasingly female (and touchy-feely males) — for the first time in Christian and Jewish history; God is often depicted as androgynous and no longer either demanding or judging (He just loves all the time); and religion has been changed from morally and theologically demanding to a therapeutic model. So religion, too, has become yet another place where boys encounter few men, and few masculine models (even in God, as noted, is no longer masculine).
8. Instead of the traditional American model of masculinity, which was a rare combination of masculine toughness and stoicism with doing good (e.g., Superman), boys are now taught to be preoccupied with their feelings and with (unearned) self-esteem. They are not even allowed to lose; all boys playing a sport are given trophies, not just winners.
9. Increasingly, marriage is regarded as optional. The most obvious expression of men assuming responsibility — marrying a woman and taking care of her and their children — is no longer a male ideal. Vast numbers of men quite openly admit to having problems with the C-word (commitment) and responsibility of being a family’s sole breadwinner.
When boys do not become men, women assume their roles. But they are not happy doing so. There are any number of reasons American women suffer from depression more than ever before and more than men. It is difficult to believe that one of those reasons is not the very emasculation of men that the movement working in their name helped to bring about. And so, a vicious cycle has commenced — men stop being men; women become man-like; men retreat even further from their manly role; and women get sadder.
domingo, 17 de janeiro de 2010
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sexta-feira, 15 de janeiro de 2010
Italy to open transgender-only prison
Posted by Sherwin
Italy plans to open the world’s first prison for transgender inmates in a town near the Tuscan city of Florence, according to the BBC.
The almost-empty women’s penitentiary in Pozzale will be converted into a specially-equipped detention center for transgender inmates with drug and prostitution-related offenses.
The prison includes its own library, recreation center, football field and agricultural land. The inmates will have their own cell and will be given a personal development plan.
The United States, however, doesn’t have specific facilities for its transgendered prisoners; instead it employs the following policy:
Transsexual people who have not had genital surgery are generally classified according to their birth sex for purposes of prison housing, regardless of how long they may have lived as a member of the other gender, and regardless of how much other medical treatment they may have undergone. Transsexual people who have had genital surgery are generally classified and housed according to their reassigned sex.
Read more: http://dailycontributor.com/italy-to-open-transgender-only-prison/10600/#ixzz0chDoL1jL
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quinta-feira, 14 de janeiro de 2010
On Being First: Amanda Simpson can help us all learn about trans issues
by Dana Beyer
Published on January 14, 2010
"Being the first sucks," Amanda Simpson, one of the first openly trans appointments to a federal government position, told ABC News. "I'd rather not be the first but someone has to be first, or among the first. I think I'm experienced and very well qualified to deal with anything that might show up because I've broken barriers at lots of other places and I always win people over with who I am and what I can do."
I know how she feels. Full disclosure: Amanda Simpson and I are friends, and fellow board members at NCTE (National Center for Transgender Equality). She is also my role model, the woman who proved to me, by virtue of her campaign for Arizona state representative in 2004, that I can get elected.
She's pretty good at inspiring others, as well. A good friend of mine at the Human Rights Campaign related how little he knew about the trans experience, until one day he inadvertently wandered into a presentation at an Out & Equal conference and was soon mesmerized by the speaker. That speaker was Amanda, and she changed his life.
She will do that for many more, particularly gay men and lesbians who still find it hard, at times, to wrap their minds around the concept of gender identity, as distinct from sexual orientation. Ron Gold, the 90-year-old gay-rights pioneer, is the most recent example of that group, mired in outmoded queer theory.
I don't find this surprising, not when you've spent your entire life viewing human sexuality through the lens of desire, rather than the lens of being. Some trans persons have just as hard a time understanding sexual orientation, and have behaved very cruelly as a result. So this appointment is an opportunity for learning.
I've read much of the hate speech out there, from the Traditional Values Coalition, the American Family Association and Focus on the Family. I've been there, and it isn't pleasant -- not by a long shot. Even David Letterman couldn't pass up the opportunity, and caused a mini-storm of protest. The attitude exemplified in his 46-second skit is, indeed, the courtroom defense used by perpetrators of violence against trans women. But I see this a little differently.
Very shortly Amanda will be performing her duties, dealing with advanced missile-guidance systems and the like, helping make our country safer. NCTE, on whose board we sit, decided to publicize her appointment because we believed the benefits of her visibility, within the federal government and without, will have a much more lasting impact than the ranting of Tony Perkins and Peter Sprigg.
And David Letterman? Well, he personally kept himself at a distance during the routine, almost as if he felt obligated to do something, anything, with this story, but he managed without a hostile affect. My emotional reaction was this was a pretty lame skit. I felt far different this time than I have with similar comedy routines in the recent past. And the next evening Rachel Maddow jumped in with a sterling report on both the appointment and the change in federal hiring procedures.
There is a political aphorism usually attributed to Gandhi: ''First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win.'' Over the past decade, the most reactionary decade in modern American history, the transgender community has made huge progress culturally, as well as legally. The fighting continues with the reactionaries, the freepers, and the late-night comedians still going for the cheap laughs, but those who aren't prejudiced and have a willingness to learn, as my friend did when he discovered Amanda, now have a golden opportunity to discover just how much people like Amanda have to offer our nation.
As someone remarked on Pam's House Blend, ''I just can't wait till she's debating missile-system design with Stephen Colbert.'' I can picture that interview ending with Mr. Colbert saying, ''You're quite the qualified person for this job. Why couldn't you just be a man??'' And Amanda replying, in deference to the late Joe E. Brown from Some Like It Hot, ''Well, nobody's perfect!''
Dana Beyer, M.D., a retired eye surgeon, is currently a candidate for Maryland state delegate. An author of The Dallas Principles, she is vice president of Equality Maryland and governor at HRC.
Published on January 14, 2010
"Being the first sucks," Amanda Simpson, one of the first openly trans appointments to a federal government position, told ABC News. "I'd rather not be the first but someone has to be first, or among the first. I think I'm experienced and very well qualified to deal with anything that might show up because I've broken barriers at lots of other places and I always win people over with who I am and what I can do."
I know how she feels. Full disclosure: Amanda Simpson and I are friends, and fellow board members at NCTE (National Center for Transgender Equality). She is also my role model, the woman who proved to me, by virtue of her campaign for Arizona state representative in 2004, that I can get elected.
She's pretty good at inspiring others, as well. A good friend of mine at the Human Rights Campaign related how little he knew about the trans experience, until one day he inadvertently wandered into a presentation at an Out & Equal conference and was soon mesmerized by the speaker. That speaker was Amanda, and she changed his life.
She will do that for many more, particularly gay men and lesbians who still find it hard, at times, to wrap their minds around the concept of gender identity, as distinct from sexual orientation. Ron Gold, the 90-year-old gay-rights pioneer, is the most recent example of that group, mired in outmoded queer theory.
I don't find this surprising, not when you've spent your entire life viewing human sexuality through the lens of desire, rather than the lens of being. Some trans persons have just as hard a time understanding sexual orientation, and have behaved very cruelly as a result. So this appointment is an opportunity for learning.
I've read much of the hate speech out there, from the Traditional Values Coalition, the American Family Association and Focus on the Family. I've been there, and it isn't pleasant -- not by a long shot. Even David Letterman couldn't pass up the opportunity, and caused a mini-storm of protest. The attitude exemplified in his 46-second skit is, indeed, the courtroom defense used by perpetrators of violence against trans women. But I see this a little differently.
Very shortly Amanda will be performing her duties, dealing with advanced missile-guidance systems and the like, helping make our country safer. NCTE, on whose board we sit, decided to publicize her appointment because we believed the benefits of her visibility, within the federal government and without, will have a much more lasting impact than the ranting of Tony Perkins and Peter Sprigg.
And David Letterman? Well, he personally kept himself at a distance during the routine, almost as if he felt obligated to do something, anything, with this story, but he managed without a hostile affect. My emotional reaction was this was a pretty lame skit. I felt far different this time than I have with similar comedy routines in the recent past. And the next evening Rachel Maddow jumped in with a sterling report on both the appointment and the change in federal hiring procedures.
There is a political aphorism usually attributed to Gandhi: ''First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win.'' Over the past decade, the most reactionary decade in modern American history, the transgender community has made huge progress culturally, as well as legally. The fighting continues with the reactionaries, the freepers, and the late-night comedians still going for the cheap laughs, but those who aren't prejudiced and have a willingness to learn, as my friend did when he discovered Amanda, now have a golden opportunity to discover just how much people like Amanda have to offer our nation.
As someone remarked on Pam's House Blend, ''I just can't wait till she's debating missile-system design with Stephen Colbert.'' I can picture that interview ending with Mr. Colbert saying, ''You're quite the qualified person for this job. Why couldn't you just be a man??'' And Amanda replying, in deference to the late Joe E. Brown from Some Like It Hot, ''Well, nobody's perfect!''
Dana Beyer, M.D., a retired eye surgeon, is currently a candidate for Maryland state delegate. An author of The Dallas Principles, she is vice president of Equality Maryland and governor at HRC.
A safe place to meet and escape from a double life
Date: 14 January 2010
By Linda Colling
A man awaiting a sex-change op and an open cross dresser are just two people who have found a lifeline and safe haven at Age Concern Sunderland which has struck a first in the region for the charity in a Tea With Dorothy group.
It's guaranteed to raise eyebrows – a groundbreaking new group at Age Concern Sunderland which is catering for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender over-50s.
Tea With Dorothy is the first group of its kind in the North East, launched by the charity to reach out to men and women throughout Wearside, offering somewhere for them to meet and be themselves in the privacy of like-minded people who want to socialise and give one another support.
For the small group of over-50s to over-70s, it is the first time they have had the opportunity to be frank about their sexuality. The fact is
the majority have been leading a double life.
As Adrienne Rowly, good neighbour co-ordinator for Age Concern Sunderland, says of the pioneering group: "A lot of them have hidden their background for so many years and have gone through the process of being married and raising a family because it was easier to hide it."
As part of her role she has taken over the Tea With Dorothy group (a name derived from the secret language, polari, which gays used to find out who was and wasn't gay by asking: "Are you a friend of Dorothy?").
It's all been an eyeopener for Adrienne.
"It's made me very appreciative certainly of the older ones and what they have had to go through," she says. "The fact that they have had to hide it gets overlooked. They couldn't be open about it like people today. They haven't been able to do that.
"A lot of the time they just want to chat and meet other people. They don't always want to have to discuss being gay, bi-sexual, transexual or lesbian.
"Tea With Dorothy offers somewhere for these older people to come and meet in safety without having to go round all the pubs and clubs because older people don't necesarilly want to do that.
"For those that come here we have facilities where they can get changed. There's one who arrives as a man and gets changed as a woman."
That cross-dresser, who likes high heels, paints his nails and wears frocks, is totally different to a transexual I spoke with called Sheila, who helped get another group off the ground at Age Concern in North Tyneside and is now waiting for a sex change and a boob job.
In her pretty slippers, stockings, long skirt and cosy cardigan, Sheila who has gone from being born Dave to dressing as a woman and waiting for sex reassignment surgery, says: "All the clothes make me feel a woman. But I am a woman not a man.
"When I came out everybody that I knew – friends family, colleagues – disappeared. I have had to battle all the way through on my own."
Now over 50, Sheila "knew she was different" from being five.
"The process has been going on since then but at that time you didn't have information technology and society didn't accept you if you were different," she says.
Dressed as a woman not surprisingly brought a strong reaction for Sheila who was leading a double life in the early stages before daring to come out. It shocked everyone who had known Dave the bachelor.
Overnight she provoked outrage. One neighbour told Sheila "I saw a woman go into your house the other day".
"I said it was me. She was OK but there were certain other people round the neighbourhood who for being a woman I got abuse, physical attacks, harrasment and vandalism," she said.
"Being transgender, no matter where you are people know and you will get abuse. It's very hard to live with. There's no network or support system as such to cater for that."
Having worked in a call centre as a woman and fought for the right to use the ladies loo, Sheila has been unemployed for three years and believes she is being discriminated against by employers for being transgender.
After having her car repeatedly vandalised, she moved to a different neighbourhood. She now believes in keeping a low profile and lives in a flat.
Yes, she was once in a long term relationship with a woman: "It was one of those unwritten rules that you have a relationship. "
Does she have any regrets?
"All I have regrets over is that it has taken too long for the services to make me the person I want to be."
Tea with Dorothy meets on the second and third Wednesday of every month from 5pm-7pm and if you want to talk in confidence to Adrienne, call 5141131.
quarta-feira, 13 de janeiro de 2010
The Proposition 8 Court Case: What's the Big Idea?
by: "Tamara Jeanne Urban" tamarajeanne24@yahoo.com tamarajeanne24
Tue Jan 12, 2010 6:34 pm (PST)
The Proposition 8 Court Case: What's the Big Idea?
This week marks the start of what the LA Times calls a "landmark" legal case for gay rights as lawyers Ted Olson and David Boies take to the courts to overturn Proposition 8, the Californian ban on gay marriage. The case, known as Perry v. Schwarzenegger, has attracted national attention, but what is it that Olson and Boies will be arguing?
First, a few details about the case.
The couples involved are Kristin Perry & Sandy Stier and Paul Katami & Jeff Zarrillo. Both couples want to marry but are prevented from doing so due to Proposition 8 which was enacted by voter initiative in November 2008. They are therefore challenging the gay marriage ban in federal court.
Representing them is Theodore "Ted" Olson, former solicitor general under President Bush and a prominent conservative, and also David Boies who was the Democratic trial lawyer who opposed Olson in the Bush v. Gore election hearing. The case is presided over by Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker for the Northern District of California.
Most notably Charles Cooper, a lawyer for the group Protect Marriage, will be defending Proposition 8. Protect Marriage, a key campaign group for Proposition 8, took up the case after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown declined to defend the ballot measure.
Both sides will be arguing over the constitutionality of Proposition 8 and if there truly exists a legitimate interest in reserving the term "marriage" for heterosexual unions. Olson/Boies believe that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional, that Proposition 8 was motivated by anti-gay bigotry, and, what is more, that equal access to marriage is a constitutional right.
Writing a column for Newsweek, Olson talks us through some of the arguments surrounding Proposition 8 and gay marriage as a whole.
He starts by saying that the conservative "knee-jerk hostility" to same-sex marriage fails to acknowledge the broader picture of how allowing gay couples access to marriage actually strengthens the institution itself and therein perpetuates the conservative ideal:
Marriage is one of the basic building blocks of our neighborhoods and our nation. At its best, it is a stable bond between two individuals who work to create a loving household and a social and economic partnership. We encourage couples to marry because the commitments they make to one another provide benefits not only to themselves but also to their families and communities. .. The fact that individuals who happen to be gay want to share in this vital social institution is evidence that conservative ideals enjoy widespread acceptance. Conservatives should celebrate this, rather than lament it.This is an argument that might be used against the opposition should they argue that banning gay marriage carries fundamental interest for the State in preserving the traditional definition of marriage.
Judge Vaughn Walker has already made this avenue difficult to pursue for the defenders of Proposition 8 when he challenged them to actually demonstrate how heterosexual marriage is undermined when same-sex couples are also allowed to marry.
Olson then draws on the notion that civil unions and the like are not, and can never be, a replacement for marriage, and that anything less than marriage is a denial of basic rights. This is interesting because, in upholding Proposition 8 in May last year, the Supreme Court of California ruled that the difference between marriage and the domestic partnerships that are now open to LGBT Californians was nomenclature– that it was just a word. Clearly this difference of opinion can be expected to feature quite prominently in the trial as can the idea of "seperate but not equal" legislation.
An argument as to the "tradition" of marriage is also likely to feature. Olson quite effectively slams a dividing wall down between the religious recognition of marriage and marriage as a civil institution in the U.S., saying that:
"Marriage is a civil bond in this country as well as, in some (but hardly all) cases, a religious sacrament. It is a relationship recognized by governments as providing a privileged and respected status, entitled to the state's support and benefits. The California Supreme Court described marriage as a "union unreservedly approved and favored by the community." Where the state has accorded official sanction to a relationship and provided special benefits to those who enter into that relationship, our courts have insisted that withholding that status requires powerful justifications and may not be arbitrarily denied."He asks, therefore, how it can be that California can place a ban on equal access to civil marriage for gay couples?
Olson also refutes that Proposition 8's nature as a voter enacted initiative strengthens its validity. He argues that the very essence of equal protection is that it is designed to protect minority rights from the will of the majority.
This will be a key issue in the case as the opposition attempts to establish that Proposition 8 was enacted as part of the democratic process and therefore is "the will of the people" as the "ultimate legislators" . This will be one of the larger and more contentious issues that speaks to the very heart of whether sexuality is to be treated in the same regard as other protected classes such as race and religion.
Olson goes on to highlight how speaking to procreation as a legitimate argument for restricting marriage does not hold weight either. He contends that because marriage is not restricted from such groups as the elderly, or even persons that can not, or do not want, children, preventing same-sex couples access to marriage on the grounds that they can not procreate displays very obvious bias and unequal treatment. Judge Walker also demonstrated skepticism of this argument during a pre-trial hearing last year.
Olson concludes the article with how he believes that Proposition 8 is weakened by California's tangled web of marriage legislation which, because of Proposition 8, has created three separate classes of unions in California: Heterosexuals who are married, gay and lesbian couples who were married during the brief interim of gay marriage bans and still retain the right to call their union a marriage, and finally gay and lesbian couples who are relegated to domestic partnerships. In this way, Olson argues that Proposition 8 is "particularly vulnerable to a constitutional challenge".
Readers who are interested to know how Olson/Boies will attempt to prove that there is a constitutional right to gay marriage may wish to read "Yes: It is a fundamental right under the constitution" written by David Boies.
In the piece, Boies cites four major court cases in which he believes the constitutional question of equality in marriage rights has already been established. With regards to the right to marry, Boies is quite firm:
"The constitutional issue is quite simple. The Supreme Court repeatedly has held that the right to marry the person of your choice is a fundamental human right guaranteed by the equal-protection and due-process clauses of the Constitution. "He believes that this means same-sex couples should also have access to the civil institution of marriage just like heterosexuals.
So how important is the Perry v. Schwarzenegger case? Should the case eventually reach the U.S. Supreme Court and be won with California's gay marriage ban being struck down, it would be hard to justify any other state's same-sex marriage ban and therefore the implications could be wide reaching and beneficial. From the American Foundation of Equal Rights:
The case is intriguing, exciting and potentially very significant because it addresses multiple important questions that, surprisingly to many, remain open in federal law,” said Jennifer Pizer, marriage director for the gay law advocacy group Lambda Legal. “Can the state reserve the esteemed language and status of marriage just for heterosexual couples, and relegate same-sex couples to a lesser status? Are there any adequate public interests to justify reimposing such a caste system for gay people, especially by a majority vote to take a cherished right from a historically mistreated minority?”Should Olson and Boies lose however, the decision to uphold Proposition 8 could, potentially, slow progress toward marriage equality for years to come with a dangerous and stifling precedent.
The New Yorker has a lengthy but rewarding piece detailing the case which you can read by clicking here.
In related news, the Supreme Court of the United States has been petitioned by the supporters of Proposition 8 to prevent camera footage from the court case being broadcast on YouTube and a live feed being established.
At the time of writing this, broadcast has been blocked for three days as the Court says that they require more time to deliberate. Proposition 8 supporters argue that they will be subjected to harassment if their identities are known while those trying to overturn the ban maintain that transparency and public interest require the trial be broadcast.
The trial is expected to last for around three weeks. It is expected to reach the United States Supreme Court in March, 2011.
terça-feira, 12 de janeiro de 2010
segunda-feira, 11 de janeiro de 2010
Tiffany Club’s First Event 2010 30th Anniversary, January 13 -17, 2010, to Be One of the Best Ever
Published on: January 9th, 2010 12:05am by: TCNE
First Event’s 30th anniversary promises to be one of the best ever. New England’s largest transgender conference will feature over 50 workshops, entertainment and special events.
Waltham, MA (OPENPRESS) January 9, 2010 -- The 30th anniversary of First Event promises to one of the best ever. The committee has done an outstanding job of putting together a full array of daytime and evening programming,” said Jamie Hailey, chairperson of FE 2010. .
Among the highlights of this year conference is an expanded transmasculine track.
Initiated and coordinated by Anderson Clark, a FTM activist seeking to increase resources for the transmasculine community, the FTM track features a lineup of speakers and workshops that will address many of the challenges that transmen face.
Matt Kailey, the "National Transgender and Transsexual Issue Examiner" for Examiner.com, author of "Just Add Hormones: An Insider's Guide to the Transsexual Experience" and managing editor of "Out Front Colorado" will talk about defining masculinity and also about how to talk to the press. Jennifer Levi, the director of the Transgender Rights Project at GLAD, will discuss transgender legal issues. Gunner Scott and Ruben Hopwood will present a workshop on transgender suicide prevention and intervention, the first time this topic will be presented at First Event.. Dr. Peter Raphael from the American Institute for Plastic Surgery in Plano, TX will talk about the FTM surgeries offered at his clinic, and he is also sponsoring a transmasculine luncheon in association with his workshop. Hawk Stone will discuss FTM sexuality, and Mycroft Holmes will present a workshop on transgender faith, spirituality and religion. Dr. Evan Eyler will talk about preventative health care and hormones for FTMs.
Says Anderson, “The great thing about First Event and the TransMasculine Track is that resource providers are in one place at one time. At the conference, the men can get first-hand information directly from the speakers with regard to legal, spiritual, social or medical issues and then have the opportunity to ask questions and enter discussions, all in a single venue.”
In addition to the transmasculine workshops, First Event offers a range of workshops from the fun to the serious that are interest to the transgender community. Says Roberta Hailey, FE 2010 programming chair, “As in past years, the workshops offer FE participants valuable, practical information on a variety of subjects. Once again, we feature a number of noted surgical experts. Workshops by Drs. Marcia Bowers, Joel Beck and Mark Zukowski, Douglas Ousterhout, Sherman Leis, Toby Meltzer and Jeffery Spiegel will cover that complete array of on surgical options available for male to female and female to male.”
Several workshops address the challenges of transitioning: Life After Transition, Transitioning on the Job, Thinking of Transitioning? Who do you include?, How to Transition Publicly. There are a number of workshops that tackle the difficult reality that many transgendered persons face such as divorce, financial ruin, abuse, and discrimination. On the more positive side, there are workshops addressing, spirituality, support groups, and developing gender identity.
Mona Mason, the project coordinator for the recently completed Transgender Project will present the findings of this landmark study..The Transgender Project was a longitudinal study from 2004 – 2009 of the male to female transgender population of the greater New York City metropolitan area. This research project was conduced by National Development and Research Institutes, Inc. and funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Health (R-01) from a grant proposal “HIV/STD’s In a High Risk Urban Population: Male to Female Transgender” To date, it is the most in depth and largest study of its kind.. Dr. Larry Nuttbrock (NDRI) was the Principal investigator. Dr’s. Walter Boctking, Andrew Rosenblum, and Sel Hwahng were the co-investigators: Jeffrey Becker, MPH, MSW and Monica Macri, MPH, were the research associates.
In addition to the workshops, FE 2010 will offer a several special events.
There will be an all day health clinic at First Event on Saturday January 16th 2010. Tiffany Club of New England and the North East Transwomen’s Alliance (NETA) present the Health Moves clinic. Health Moves is an outreach program of Northeastern University coordinated with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. The program is equipped to provide health promotion, health education and basic screening and immunization services. Among the services being offered free of charge will be hepatitis A, hepatitis B, tetanus and pneumonia vaccinations. There will be Health Screenings for Chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis. Rapid HIV counseling & testing will also be available as well as blood pressure screenings. All services are free of charge and confidential.
“I am excited about this upcoming clinic at First Event. It’s a real life statement acknowledging the presence and value of the entire Trans community and its health and ongoing wellbeing.” says Lillith Ponticelli-founder and peer facilitator of NETA
For the second year in a row, FE 2010 will offer the Partners in Process program (PiP) lead by Andrea Ziff and Darlene Ginsburg. This year, PiP is holding a series of events - a regular support session and one on Transexuality - a forum for partners to bring up sexual issues and questions around the transgendered. In addition there are several informal events, two meet-and-greets on Thursday and Friday evenings, and an afternoon Tea on Saturday where people can share and connect in a more casual environment. PiP’s activities are open to any and all spouses/partners of the transgendered - either M to F or F to M - cross-dressers or transsexuals.
Evenings at First Event will offer topnotch entertainment and fun.
Karen Grenier, a favorite New England folk Singer performs on Wednesday and Thursday night.. Says Jamie Haley, chair of FE 2010, “We are excited that Karen will be appearing at First Event.. She is a favorite entertainer of the community” A polished performer as well as an excellent songwriter, Karen received a songwriting award from Nashville's Music City Search in 2002.
Says Karen,” I am looking forward to playing at the First Event 2010 for several reasons. First, I have admiration for people who have the courage to be honest and true to themselves. Secondly, I believe that this openness and honesty will, person by person, dispel the "fear of what is not understood," and will move our society forward toward fairness and compassion. And thirdly, it is important to validate and identify with people and to encourage them to live honestly and fully! My music has been described by a fan as "a hope-filled, honest reflection of emotions and experiences we all face."
On Thursday, January 14, 2010, milDRED Gerestant, internationally known Haitian-American performance artist brings her one woman play When She was King to the Boston Peabody Marriot. play When She was King is a blend of comedy, poetry, dance, music, activism, monologue, cultural history, Spirit, expression, and education.
Says milDRED, “I like roles that push people's boundaries, and makes them think about their own identities formed through society. Through my performances, I draw attention to how society domesticates us into our preconceived notions of gender, race, and sexuality. My life, humanity, and spirituality, brings us a bit closer to recognizing and unlearning constraints, prejudices and stereotypes.”
On Friday night, it’s lights, camera, strike a pose as FE annual fashion show takes the stage. This year’s show is divided into 4 segments - Casual, Business, Swimsuit & Lingerie, and Evening & Club wear. Fifteen fabulous models made even more so by the make up artistry of Jamie Austin, Britannya Grace Heavens, Makeup by Nadia and Natasha Savoy from My Changing Room. These gorgeous ladies will showcase clothes and accessories from Florence’s Fashions, Glamour Boutique and their own glamorous wardrobes. There is sure to be something for everyone’s tastes and budgets.
With each model strutting down the runway several times there will be plenty of opportunity to ooh and aah over these must have clothes.
Event organizer, Britannya Grace Heavens says “The fashion show is such a empowering and inspiring event, especially for those just beginning making their inner person public. The models, audience and everyone involved are living their dream. It is electrifying! I am so thrilled to be involved this year! Last year, I was beginning my transition that was given such a boost my attending FE 2009. I learned so much that has helped me become the person I want to be so much quicker. . Doing this show has been an incredible step in my journey.”
Supporting FE event will be a wide array of vendors and organizations offering a variety of services and products such as clothing, jewelry, wigs, laser treatments, wigs, and cosmetics as well as information on support and advocacy groups.
First Event will be capped of by the appearance of Dr. Jillian Weiss as the conference’s keynote speaker. Since 2000, she has been one of a handful of researchers focusing on the issue from a legal perspective. She has conducted research involving hundreds of companies and public agencies that have adopted "gender identity" policies. She publishes a popular blog on the subject of Transgender Workplace Diversity, and has numerous research publications on the subject of gender identity. Her work has been featured in news stories by the New York Times, Associated Press, Fortune Small Business Magazine, the Society for Human Resource Management, Workforce Management Magazine, and HR Executive Magazine. In addition, she is the author of Transgender Workplace Diversity: Policy Tools, Training Issues and Communication Strategies for HR and Legal Professionals, one of the few books currently available on the subject. She has a J.D. and a Ph.D. in Law, Policy & Society and is an Associate Professor of Law and Society at Ramapo College of New Jersey.
Jillian’s study of trangender workplace issues was prompted by her own job loss as a result of transitioning in 1998. “I knew many others who had the same experience. As a lawyer, I was interested in why the law allowed this, and how law might begin to address the issues faced by trans people in employment, “said Jillian.
Her message to First Event attendees will be that we must come together and rise up as a community to demand respect, especially in regard to respect from the law. The ability to get and keep a good job without fear of discrimination is essential for success in life. The federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which would stop job discrimination based on gender identity or gender expression, requires our full participation in order to pass into law in 2010.
For the past 29 years Tiffany Clubs First Event has been one of the premier transgender conferences in the United States. FE 2010 will be held at the Boston Peabody Marriot in Peabody, MA from January 13-17.
Registration forms and information for Tiffany Club’s First Event 2010 Transgender Conference are located at the club’s web site at www.tcne.org or by calling the club’s First Event program office at 802-356-4582 or via email at firstevent@tcne.org.
Tiffany Club of New England, the sponsor of First Event 2010, is a 5013C non-profit corporation and an open resource and support organization for all parts of the transgender community from cross dressers to transsexuals, both Male-to-Female and Female-to-Male, allies and intersexed persons.
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First Event’s 30th anniversary promises to be one of the best ever. New England’s largest transgender conference will feature over 50 workshops, entertainment and special events.
Waltham, MA (OPENPRESS) January 9, 2010 -- The 30th anniversary of First Event promises to one of the best ever. The committee has done an outstanding job of putting together a full array of daytime and evening programming,” said Jamie Hailey, chairperson of FE 2010. .
Among the highlights of this year conference is an expanded transmasculine track.
Initiated and coordinated by Anderson Clark, a FTM activist seeking to increase resources for the transmasculine community, the FTM track features a lineup of speakers and workshops that will address many of the challenges that transmen face.
Matt Kailey, the "National Transgender and Transsexual Issue Examiner" for Examiner.com, author of "Just Add Hormones: An Insider's Guide to the Transsexual Experience" and managing editor of "Out Front Colorado" will talk about defining masculinity and also about how to talk to the press. Jennifer Levi, the director of the Transgender Rights Project at GLAD, will discuss transgender legal issues. Gunner Scott and Ruben Hopwood will present a workshop on transgender suicide prevention and intervention, the first time this topic will be presented at First Event.. Dr. Peter Raphael from the American Institute for Plastic Surgery in Plano, TX will talk about the FTM surgeries offered at his clinic, and he is also sponsoring a transmasculine luncheon in association with his workshop. Hawk Stone will discuss FTM sexuality, and Mycroft Holmes will present a workshop on transgender faith, spirituality and religion. Dr. Evan Eyler will talk about preventative health care and hormones for FTMs.
Says Anderson, “The great thing about First Event and the TransMasculine Track is that resource providers are in one place at one time. At the conference, the men can get first-hand information directly from the speakers with regard to legal, spiritual, social or medical issues and then have the opportunity to ask questions and enter discussions, all in a single venue.”
In addition to the transmasculine workshops, First Event offers a range of workshops from the fun to the serious that are interest to the transgender community. Says Roberta Hailey, FE 2010 programming chair, “As in past years, the workshops offer FE participants valuable, practical information on a variety of subjects. Once again, we feature a number of noted surgical experts. Workshops by Drs. Marcia Bowers, Joel Beck and Mark Zukowski, Douglas Ousterhout, Sherman Leis, Toby Meltzer and Jeffery Spiegel will cover that complete array of on surgical options available for male to female and female to male.”
Several workshops address the challenges of transitioning: Life After Transition, Transitioning on the Job, Thinking of Transitioning? Who do you include?, How to Transition Publicly. There are a number of workshops that tackle the difficult reality that many transgendered persons face such as divorce, financial ruin, abuse, and discrimination. On the more positive side, there are workshops addressing, spirituality, support groups, and developing gender identity.
Mona Mason, the project coordinator for the recently completed Transgender Project will present the findings of this landmark study..The Transgender Project was a longitudinal study from 2004 – 2009 of the male to female transgender population of the greater New York City metropolitan area. This research project was conduced by National Development and Research Institutes, Inc. and funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Health (R-01) from a grant proposal “HIV/STD’s In a High Risk Urban Population: Male to Female Transgender” To date, it is the most in depth and largest study of its kind.. Dr. Larry Nuttbrock (NDRI) was the Principal investigator. Dr’s. Walter Boctking, Andrew Rosenblum, and Sel Hwahng were the co-investigators: Jeffrey Becker, MPH, MSW and Monica Macri, MPH, were the research associates.
In addition to the workshops, FE 2010 will offer a several special events.
There will be an all day health clinic at First Event on Saturday January 16th 2010. Tiffany Club of New England and the North East Transwomen’s Alliance (NETA) present the Health Moves clinic. Health Moves is an outreach program of Northeastern University coordinated with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. The program is equipped to provide health promotion, health education and basic screening and immunization services. Among the services being offered free of charge will be hepatitis A, hepatitis B, tetanus and pneumonia vaccinations. There will be Health Screenings for Chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis. Rapid HIV counseling & testing will also be available as well as blood pressure screenings. All services are free of charge and confidential.
“I am excited about this upcoming clinic at First Event. It’s a real life statement acknowledging the presence and value of the entire Trans community and its health and ongoing wellbeing.” says Lillith Ponticelli-founder and peer facilitator of NETA
For the second year in a row, FE 2010 will offer the Partners in Process program (PiP) lead by Andrea Ziff and Darlene Ginsburg. This year, PiP is holding a series of events - a regular support session and one on Transexuality - a forum for partners to bring up sexual issues and questions around the transgendered. In addition there are several informal events, two meet-and-greets on Thursday and Friday evenings, and an afternoon Tea on Saturday where people can share and connect in a more casual environment. PiP’s activities are open to any and all spouses/partners of the transgendered - either M to F or F to M - cross-dressers or transsexuals.
Evenings at First Event will offer topnotch entertainment and fun.
Karen Grenier, a favorite New England folk Singer performs on Wednesday and Thursday night.. Says Jamie Haley, chair of FE 2010, “We are excited that Karen will be appearing at First Event.. She is a favorite entertainer of the community” A polished performer as well as an excellent songwriter, Karen received a songwriting award from Nashville's Music City Search in 2002.
Says Karen,” I am looking forward to playing at the First Event 2010 for several reasons. First, I have admiration for people who have the courage to be honest and true to themselves. Secondly, I believe that this openness and honesty will, person by person, dispel the "fear of what is not understood," and will move our society forward toward fairness and compassion. And thirdly, it is important to validate and identify with people and to encourage them to live honestly and fully! My music has been described by a fan as "a hope-filled, honest reflection of emotions and experiences we all face."
On Thursday, January 14, 2010, milDRED Gerestant, internationally known Haitian-American performance artist brings her one woman play When She was King to the Boston Peabody Marriot. play When She was King is a blend of comedy, poetry, dance, music, activism, monologue, cultural history, Spirit, expression, and education.
Says milDRED, “I like roles that push people's boundaries, and makes them think about their own identities formed through society. Through my performances, I draw attention to how society domesticates us into our preconceived notions of gender, race, and sexuality. My life, humanity, and spirituality, brings us a bit closer to recognizing and unlearning constraints, prejudices and stereotypes.”
On Friday night, it’s lights, camera, strike a pose as FE annual fashion show takes the stage. This year’s show is divided into 4 segments - Casual, Business, Swimsuit & Lingerie, and Evening & Club wear. Fifteen fabulous models made even more so by the make up artistry of Jamie Austin, Britannya Grace Heavens, Makeup by Nadia and Natasha Savoy from My Changing Room. These gorgeous ladies will showcase clothes and accessories from Florence’s Fashions, Glamour Boutique and their own glamorous wardrobes. There is sure to be something for everyone’s tastes and budgets.
With each model strutting down the runway several times there will be plenty of opportunity to ooh and aah over these must have clothes.
Event organizer, Britannya Grace Heavens says “The fashion show is such a empowering and inspiring event, especially for those just beginning making their inner person public. The models, audience and everyone involved are living their dream. It is electrifying! I am so thrilled to be involved this year! Last year, I was beginning my transition that was given such a boost my attending FE 2009. I learned so much that has helped me become the person I want to be so much quicker. . Doing this show has been an incredible step in my journey.”
Supporting FE event will be a wide array of vendors and organizations offering a variety of services and products such as clothing, jewelry, wigs, laser treatments, wigs, and cosmetics as well as information on support and advocacy groups.
First Event will be capped of by the appearance of Dr. Jillian Weiss as the conference’s keynote speaker. Since 2000, she has been one of a handful of researchers focusing on the issue from a legal perspective. She has conducted research involving hundreds of companies and public agencies that have adopted "gender identity" policies. She publishes a popular blog on the subject of Transgender Workplace Diversity, and has numerous research publications on the subject of gender identity. Her work has been featured in news stories by the New York Times, Associated Press, Fortune Small Business Magazine, the Society for Human Resource Management, Workforce Management Magazine, and HR Executive Magazine. In addition, she is the author of Transgender Workplace Diversity: Policy Tools, Training Issues and Communication Strategies for HR and Legal Professionals, one of the few books currently available on the subject. She has a J.D. and a Ph.D. in Law, Policy & Society and is an Associate Professor of Law and Society at Ramapo College of New Jersey.
Jillian’s study of trangender workplace issues was prompted by her own job loss as a result of transitioning in 1998. “I knew many others who had the same experience. As a lawyer, I was interested in why the law allowed this, and how law might begin to address the issues faced by trans people in employment, “said Jillian.
Her message to First Event attendees will be that we must come together and rise up as a community to demand respect, especially in regard to respect from the law. The ability to get and keep a good job without fear of discrimination is essential for success in life. The federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which would stop job discrimination based on gender identity or gender expression, requires our full participation in order to pass into law in 2010.
For the past 29 years Tiffany Clubs First Event has been one of the premier transgender conferences in the United States. FE 2010 will be held at the Boston Peabody Marriot in Peabody, MA from January 13-17.
Registration forms and information for Tiffany Club’s First Event 2010 Transgender Conference are located at the club’s web site at www.tcne.org or by calling the club’s First Event program office at 802-356-4582 or via email at firstevent@tcne.org.
Tiffany Club of New England, the sponsor of First Event 2010, is a 5013C non-profit corporation and an open resource and support organization for all parts of the transgender community from cross dressers to transsexuals, both Male-to-Female and Female-to-Male, allies and intersexed persons.
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PO Box 540071
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