Switzerland, St. Gallen District Court, SJZ 93/1997, 26 November 1996 Divorce cannot constitute a precondition for the legal gender recognition of a trans spouse. The petitioner, a married ...
GERMANY [German] January 28 will see a debate about “Transsexuality and Intersex in Children” in Berlin’s house of representatives. http://www.gruene-fraktion-berlin.de/termin/transsexualit-t-und-intersexualit-t-bei IRELAND [English] TENI’s new book will discuss key issues of ...
ALBANIA [English] Following a complaint by LGBT rights group Pink Embassy, the Albanian government will remove from the market all anti-LGBT academic books. http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/anti-gay-academic-books-be-banned-albania291212 GERMANY [German] Interview with transman Balian ...
DENMARK [English] A specialist doctor has been formally criticised by the health agency, Sundhedsvæsnet, for last year performing an operation to remove the breasts of a 15-year-old transsexual child. http://cphpost.dk/news/national/doctor-criticised-breast-removal-surgery EUROPEAN ...
DENMARK [Danish] Denmark ponders establishing a service which would help trans children with blocking puberty and counteracting it with hormones. This possible service would accompany trans children. http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Indland/2012/11/08/223256.htm EUROPEAN ...
AUSTRIA [German] Peter Traschkowitsch demands the recognition of intersex people: “The topic of intersex faces strong social taboos. Knowledge about intersex is scarce, with the only exception being professional ...
FRANCE [English] The French parliament unanimously adopted new legislation, making sexual harassment a criminal offence. The law also covers moral harassment in the workplace and transphobia. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10823745 [French] A Canadian ...
FRANCE [English] The French Senate has unanimously passed a legal amendment to outlaw transphobia. http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/france-outlaws-transgender-discrimination130712 GERMANY [English] EU Gender Equality Law (seminar for legal practitioners, recommendable for trans activists), Trier, ...
GERMANY [German] With the Trans-Kinder-Netz (= trans children network) there’s a new contact point in Germany for trans children and their parents. An international group of parents and relatives of ...
EUROPEAN UNION [English] The European Parliament has recommended that the future EU Special Representative for Human Rights, soon to be appointed, should promote the human rights of LGBT people worldwide. ...
SWITZERLAND [German] A German-language survey about homophobic and transphobic violence in Switzerland. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YKN9ZG7 UNITED KINGDOM [English] This morning, the Minister of Foreign Affairs William Hague launched the UK’s annual report ...
EUROPEAN UNION The conference “Combating discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity across Europe: sharing knowledge and moving forward” started yesterday (March 27) and brings together LGBT ...