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2. Januar 2020 17:20

UN Women to Replace “Women” with “Gender”

The UN agency for women announced it is no longer focused on women’s rights but rather “equality of all genders,” including LGBTIQ+. The announcement came at a UN event called “Gender Diversity Beyond Binaries.” UN Women Executive Director Mfuzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said, “We cannot talk about ‘leaving no one behind’ without LBGQTI+,” that panel moderator Imara Jones defined as lesbian, bisexual, gay, transgender, questioning or queer, intersex, pan sexual, gender non-conforming, nonbinary, and “the full range of gender diversities that exist.” Mlambo-Ngcuka claimed “sexual orientation and gender identity” are core values of the Sustainable Development Goals, signaling that billions in aid meant for women may be redirected if UN agencies take it upon themselves to redefine the internationally-agreed goal of “gender equality” away from women’s rights. Mlambo-Ngcuka said, “we push the envelope every day” on what constitutes “human rights and fundamental freedoms.” UN member Stat

16. Dezember 2019 07:44

Bescherm vrouwen en meisjes

De minister wil het eenvoudiger te maken om van geslacht te veranderen. Een man met zijn klokkenspel intact, een baard en mannenkleren kan dan met een pennenstreek zichzelf in vrouw veranderen en toegelaten wordt tot domeinen van vrouwen.

8. Dezember 2019 20:17

"Jag önskar att det hade funnits andra sätt att behandla mina problem"

Nita upplever att hennes psykiska problem inte beaktades då hon inledde en könskorrigeringsprocess från kvinna till man. Efter bara några år som man ångrade hon sig och lever nu som kvinna igen. I Finland har man inlett en utredning för att få veta hur många liknande fall det finns.

20. November 2019 19:23

World Toilet Day 2019

The United Nations has declared 19th November as World Toilet Day to draw attention to the woeful lack of access to toilets and good sanitation around the world. According to the UN: 4.2bn people live without safely managed sanitation Inadequate sanitation is estimated to cause 432,000 diarrheal deaths every year and is a major factor in other serious diseases. 297,000 children under five are estimated to die each year diarrhea as a result of unsafe drinking water, sanitation and hand hygiene

20. November 2019 19:18

Feminists have spoken up

When Massey University responded to activist pressure by cancelling the venue booking for Speak Up For Women’s Feminism 2020 event in Wellington, it proved to be a gift to the event’s organisers. It ignited public debate around freedom of speech in our universities, and the group was invited to hold the event in the rather more up-market surroundings of Parliament’s banquet hall. A mixed crowd of around 120 people turned out to hear from four women at the centre of the current gender identity debate, including prominent Canadian feminist Meghan Murphy, who had addressed MPs at the Scottish parliament in May. Event organiser, Jenny Whyte, said that while she was “hugely grateful” for the parliamentary venue, it was a “sad reflection on Massey that it capitulated to the mob and de-platformed some vital feminist voices.”

16. November 2019 15:57

Meghan Murphy on Newshub Nation

A feminist group, Speak Up For Women, brought Meghan Murphy from Canada to speak in New Zealand. Murphy is a radical feminist who believes trans women aren't women. Newshub Nation asked representatives from several trans and rainbow organisations to engage in a debate, but no-one was available. Simon Shepherd asked Murphy to explain her position this morning.

11. November 2019 03:43

CANADIAN WOMEN’S DECLARATION

AN APPEAL TO REPEAL BILL C-16 This enactment amends the Canadian Human Rights Act to add gender identity and gender expression to the list of prohibited grounds of discrimination. The enactment also amends the Criminal Code to extend the protection against hate propaganda set out in that Act to any section of the public that is distinguished by gender identity or expression and to clearly set out that evidence that an offence was motivated by bias, prejudice or hate based on gender identity or expression constitutes an aggravating circumstance that a court must take into consideration when it imposes a sentence.

30. Oktober 2019 23:33

Lawyers zone in on transgender drug therapy

Children who identify as transgender and their parents should be warned by clinics that treatment to make their bodies seem more like the opposite sex is still experimental, according to one of Australia’s top class action lawyers and a doctor who is ­an expert in legal medicine. A new paper in the Journal of Law and Medicine, written by leading medical negligence lawyer Bill Madden and professor of obstetrics and gynaecology Mike O’Connor, also argues that judges have wrongly accepted the assertion of doctors that ­puberty blockers are safe and ­reversible for trans youth. In a series of confidential cases, the Family Court has given up much of its role in scrutinising transgender treatment decisions for minors, handing power to clinicians and parents who have celebrated this as a victory for youth rights.

24. Oktober 2019 23:00

Estheticians don't have to wax male genitalia against their will, B.C. tribunal rules

The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has ruled against a transgender woman who brought 15 discrimination complaints after she was refused wax services at more than a dozen beauty salons. Jessica Yaniv, who identifies as female but has male genitalia, contacted the businesses through Facebook messages requesting appointments, including for a Brazilian wax which is a service to remove most or all female pubic hair. But according to Tuesday's decision, "... human rights legislation does not require a service provider to wax a type of genitals they are not trained for and have not consented to wax." Estheticians who appeared at the hearing testified they declined to wax Yaniv for various reasons, including religious grounds, personal safety concerns, and lack of training when it came to male genitalia.