transgender
Repression, homophobia and transgender policies in Iran
Because of Islam's many sects and a lack of centralized religious authority, there is no one opinion on the status and rights of LGBT peoples.
The International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA) notes that of the seven countries that currently have the death penalty for homosexuality, all are Muslim or predominantly Muslim states.
In Saudi Arabia, governed by Shari'ah law, sentencing decisions for the crime of homosexuality vary, including a 2010 sentencing of a man to 500 lashes and five years in jail for having sex with another man.
Rae Spoon's First Spring Grass Fire on finding (queer) time
First Spring Fire
(Arsenal Pulp Press,
2012;
$14.95)
In his remarkable 2009 text, Cruising Utopia, José Esteban Muñoz fixates on the ways in which queer bodies exist outside of and subvert what he calls “straight time.” Straight time, for Muñoz, is what tells queers that “there is no future but the here and now of our everyday life.” It grounds the fragmentation, suppression, and elision of queer histories, and denies futurity to those not counted under the rubric of a “reproductive majoritarian heterosexuality.”
November 7, 2012 |
The Transgender Day of Remembrance was set aside to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice.
B.C. to fund phalloplasty surgery for transgender men
The province of B.C.'s Medical Services Plan (MSP) has opted to begin covering phalloplasty, or the surgical creation of a penis, for transgender men.
Dr. Gail Knudson, who is the chief assessor for gender-confirming surgery in the province, made the announcement at the Canadian Professional Association for Transgender Health (CPATH) conference in Winnipeg last week.
It will be covered for five people a year, said Ryan Jabs, communications officer at B.C.'s Ministry of Health.
It's something transgender people and CPATH have been working to have covered for some time.
Vancouver Queer Film Festival
Date: Thursday, August 16, 2012 (All day) - Sunday, August 26, 2012 (All day)
Location
Vancouver, BC
Canada
49° 15' 40.4136" N, 123° 6' 50.1372" W
See map: Google Maps
For 11 days each August, the Vancouver Queer Film Festival brings the very best in queer independent cinema from around the world to Vancouver. As the city's second largest film festival, we privilege creative innovation and audience experience.
Each summer, this celebrated event brings people together to watch incredible films, talk to filmmakers and artists, engage in scintillating discussions, experience unexpected performances and paint the town pink!
See www.queerfilmfestival.ca for details.