transphobia

Brazil: Invisible violence: the exclusion of LGBTI blacks

The dossier “ What is the color of the invisible? - The human rights situation of the black LGBTI population in Brazil “, prepared by the International Institute on Race, Equality and Human Rights, denounces the invisibility of the black LGBTI population from a social, political and economic point of view.

Brazil: National LGBTI Institutions Repudiate Brazil's Omission in Signing the LGBTI + Action Plan in Mercosur

The institutions that collectively sign this note come to the public to call the attention of the Brazilian LGBTI + population, as well as researchers, allies, legislators and members of the judiciary, executive and other areas of defense of human rights that BRAZIL REFUSED USE OF THE TERMS GENERAL IDENTITY, EXPRESSION OF GENDER AND HATE CRIMES against the LGBTI + population in the work plan discussed at a meeting at the Permanent Commission for LGBTI People with the highest human rights authorities in MERCOSUR diverging from countries such as Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay on the theme.

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Italy: Homotransphobia, the reform that does not exist returns to divide: on Saturday the ultra-right Catholic in the square

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The mobilization promoted by the Family day against the Zan bill that arrives in the Chamber in the days: appointment on the 17th in Rome in Piazza del Popolo

South Korea: Internalized transphobia and mental health among transgender adults

The authors suggest potential clinical, policy, and research applications, including institutional interventions, to address structural and cultural barriers to optimal mental health and GAMT as well as mental health interventions to reduce Korean transgender people’s internalized negative beliefs about their gender identity.

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Barbados tells bosses it’s OK to fire trans workers without cause

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The Barbados House of Assembly passed the Employment (Protection from Discrimination) Bill 2020 (EPD). Although noble in name, this piece of legislation actually entrenched the exclusion of trans people.

UK: J.K. Rowling's bigotry is painful and maddening

Garrard Conley is an assistant professor of creative writing at Kennesaw State University. He is the author of the memoir "Boy Erased," adapted into a film of the same name. He is also the producer of Unerased: The History of Conversion Therapy in America. The views expressed here are the author's.