Posts Tagged ‘transgender’
EU 2012

Human rights in the world: European Parliament zooms in on LGBT rights

Yesterday the European Parliament adopted its annual report on human rights in the world, paying close attention to EU action for the human rights of LGBT people. The report also comments on a range of new measures, including t...


TransGender

Transgender woman becomes first to enter Irish same-sex partnership

Social Protection minister Joan Burton is drafting legislation to address a legal problem where transgender people can only enter a civil partnership if their new gender was recognised abroad.



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European Parliament: World Health Organization must stop treating transgender people as mentally ill

In a resolution adopted yesterday, the European Parliament has called on the World Health Organization to stop considering transgender people as mentally ill. ‘Gender identity disorder’ is currently classified as a ‘menta...


Catherine Ashton Plenary

European Parliament welcomes recent UN developments on sexual orientation and gender identity

Today the European Parliament joined the United Nations’ call for safeguarding the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in the world. The text was co-signed by 6 out of 7 political groups, and ...



Passionate Holiness

Priest’s New Book Fires Back at Church’s Intolerance

New book suggests inclusion by examining historical examples of worship of gay, lesbian martyrs.