The International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia was observed on May 17. The official website has highlights of the day and resources for activists
The Transrights Europe Map and Index was released it examines national legal provision relating to gender identity recognition in 22 categories. These include mental health diagnosis and sterilisation.
Other useful resources:
For the history of the Trans struggle for rights listen again to Stephen Whittle of Press for Change public lecture at the LSE in 2017.
To find out why the day is still necessary:
- see this recent report from the Prisons Ombudsman which highlights poor treatment of transgender prisoners
- Transmedia watch has examples of poor and inaccurate press reporting of transgender issues in the Uk
- Mic has a database of transgender homicides in the USA from 2010-2017
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