{"id":906,"date":"2009-05-17T02:45:37","date_gmt":"2009-05-17T00:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fia.pimienta.org\/weblog\/?p=906"},"modified":"2009-05-17T02:55:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-17T00:55:00","slug":"may-17-international-day-against-homophobia-and-transphobia-moscow-marchers-arrested-appeal-to-boycott-eurovision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fia.pimienta.org\/weblog\/?p=906","title":{"rendered":"May 17, International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia \/ Moscow marchers arrested. Appeal to boycott Eurovision"},"content":{"rendered":"

today is International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (\u201cIDAHO\u201d)<\/strong><\/p>\n

news from Russia: “Moscow marchers arrested on IDAHO. Appeal to boycott Eurovision”<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Up to 80 people arrested as Moscow anti-riot police use violence to break up Slavic Pride march<\/strong><\/p>\n

Boycott Eurovision, say Pride organisers<\/strong>
\nPride organiser Nicolai Alexseyev to be kept at least 2 days in jail<\/p>\n

more<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

also, this year IDAHO highlights transphobia: below is an appeal that can be signed: add your voice!<\/p>\n

“Join 300 organisations in 75 countries, 3 Nobel Prize Laureats and many more. Sign our International Appeal to Reject Transphobia and to Respect Gender Identity”<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

THE APPEAL: (SIGN IT HERE<\/strong><\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reject Transphobia, Respect Gender Identity: An Appeal to the United Nations, the World Health Organisation and the States of the World<\/strong> [PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Every day, people who live at variance to expected gender(1) norms face violence, abuse, rape, torture
\nand hate crime all over the world, in their home as well as in the public arena. Though most cases of
\nviolence never get documented, we know that in the first weeks of 2009 alone, Trans women have
\nbeen murdered in Honduras, Serbia and in the USA. Trans men are equally victims of hate crimes,
\nprejudice and discrimination despite their frequent social and cultural invisibility.<\/p>\n

The basic human rights of Trans people are being ignored or denied in all nations \u2013 be it out of
\nignorance, prejudice, fear or hate and Trans people overwhelmingly face daily discrimination, which
\nresults in social exclusion, poverty, poor health care and little prospects of appropriate employment.
\nFar from protecting Trans citizens, States and International bodies reinforce social transphobia through
\nshort sighted negligence or reactionary politics:<\/p>\n

Because of the failure of national law and social justice, in far too many States Trans people are being
\nforced to live a gender which they experience as fundamentally wrong for them. In most countries,
\nany attempt to change one\u2019s gender can lead to legal sanctions, brutal mistreatment and social stigma.
\nIn other countries, legal recognition of gender change is subject to sterilization or other major surgical
\nintervention. Trans people who cannot or do not wish to submit to this, cannot obtain legal
\nrecognition of their preferred gender, and are forced to \u2018come out\u2019 whenever they cross a border, run
\ninto a police patrol, apply for a new job, move into a new home or simply want to buy a mobile phone.
\nContributing factors include that current International health classifications still consider all Trans
\npeople as mentally \u201cdisordered\u201d. This outdated vision is insulting and incorrect and is used to justify
\ndaily discrimination and stigmatization in all aspects of Trans people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n

Recently though in some countries with very different social and cultural contexts significant legal
\nadvances have been made. Following in the wake of bold judicial decisions, State action has led to
\nincreased acceptance of Trans people within their society. This demonstrates that understanding and
\nprogress is possible.<\/p>\n

Currently Trans people everywhere in the world rise up to reclaim their human rights and freedom.
\nThey carry an unanimous message that they will no longer accept to be labelled sick or treated as non
\nhuman beings on the basis of their gender identity and gender expression.<\/p>\n

This is why we ask:
\n– The W.H.O. to stop considering Trans people as mentally disordered and to promote access
\nto adequate health care and psychological support, as desired by Trans people.
\n– The United Nations Human Rights bodies to examine the human rights abuses that Trans
\npeople face around the world and to take action to combat these abuses.
\n– The States of the World to adopt the international Yogyakarta Principles and ensure that all
\nTrans people benefit from appropriate health care, including gender reassignment if they so wish; be
\nallowed to adapt their civil status to their preferred gender; live their social, family or professional
\nlives without being exposed to transphobic discrimination, prejudice or hate crime and that they are
\nprotected by the police and justice systems from physical and non-physical violence.<\/p>\n

We call on the UN, the W.H.O. and the nations of the world, in adopting these measures,
\nto refuse transphobia and welcome the right of their citizens to live fully and freely in their
\nprefered gender, assumed as an expression of cultural freedom.<\/p>\n

—–
\n1. (such as transvestite, transsexual, transgender and other cultural identities related to cross-gender dressing and living)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

today is International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (\u201cIDAHO\u201d) news from Russia: “Moscow marchers arrested on IDAHO. Appeal to boycott Eurovision” Up to 80 people arrested as Moscow anti-riot police use violence to break up Slavic Pride march Boycott Eurovision, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,38,34,9,41,23,35,27,8,31,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anunturiannouncements","category-bodily-autonomy","category-cee","category-critica-sociala","category-english","category-grassroots-organizing","category-intersectionalities","category-lgbtqi","category-links","category-menmale-allies","category-sexuality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fia.pimienta.org\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fia.pimienta.org\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fia.pimienta.org\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fia.pimienta.org\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fia.pimienta.org\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=906"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/fia.pimienta.org\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":922,"href":"https:\/\/fia.pimienta.org\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906\/revisions\/922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fia.pimienta.org\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fia.pimienta.org\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fia.pimienta.org\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}