Congres: TGEU Berlin mai 2008

Cela parrait intéressant - il y aura Vladimir Luxuria, Carla Antonelli, Stephen Whittle... des personnes trans' connuEs, de pas mal de pays européens - mais je ne vois personne de la France, ce qui est peut être très parlant...

Emma
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The Steering Committee of Transgender Europe and the Transgender Network Berlin (TGNB) are most happy to announce that the Second Transgender Council: Make human rights work will take place from May 2nd – 4th in Berlin, Germany.The only council, organised by and for Transgender people of all of Europe, strives to continue the success−story of the 1st Transgender council in Vienna 2005: More than 200 Transgender activists from all over Europe are invited to participate this year.The program will consist of plenary sessions, workshops, get together, a party, an art exhibition and much more. One of the highlights will be the first presentation to a wider public of the findings of the study on the living situation of Trans* people in the European Union, which was conducted by ILGA, Press for Change and Transgender Europe in 2007.Moreover there will be a debate about the aims and concept of TransGender Europe, the most comprehensive European-wide network of Trans* organisations and individuals, that was found only one year ago as a result of the first council in Vienna.We will formulate our demands and scrutinise together with politicians of the European parliament the human rights situation of Trans* people.A core piece of the council is the workshop block on capacity building, where that there will be plenty of opportunities to obtain skills for daily trans* activism, exchange best practices, start new and renew older contacts and networks.Last but not least, the local Trans* scene and allies are eager to show its guests the fresh and exciting night life with a big party and an art exhibition.For full details and booking form see the Council website

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Hi Emma,

Thanks for posting the information on the upcoming congress. Are you going?

Rachel

I think I caught the French apathy, Rachel Wink

Have a good week end,
Bises, Emma

Juste pour info, au cas où vous ne l'auriez pas eu, voici le communiqué de presse suite au Congrès TGEU de Berlin.

Bien cordialement.

Eugénie
PS: s'il y a besoin de traduire je veux bien m'y coller tout en sachant que ce genre de texte est très difficile à traduire...

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2nd. EuropeanTransgender Council transforms into
1st. global conference of transgender activists

More than 200 transgender activists from 5 continents came together from May 2nd. ? 4th. for the 2nd. European Transgender Council `Make Human Rights Work´ at Rathaus Schöneberg (Schöneberg Town Hall) Berlin. Participants came from 83 groups and 38 countries: in addition to almost all western, southern and northern European countries the list also includes - among others - Russia, USA, Peru, Japan, Namibia, Kyrgyzstan, the Ukraine, Israel, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Georgian Republic, Serbia, Iceland, Romania, Croatia, and White Russia.

Human rights issues, anti-discrimination legislation and an exchange of experiences on an international level were the central concerns of the Council. The first comprehensive study of the legal rights situation and experience of health care of transgender people in Europe (2007, Press for Change, TGEU, ILGA Europe) was presented for the first time at the Council. The Study shows that transgender people continue to face massive violations of their human rights in most European states. These include for example the legal requirement that surgery to alter primary and secondary sexual characteristics, which of necessity also includes compulsory sterilisation, must be carried out before a person has the legal right to change the forename in five EU States. In 9 EU States these surgeries are preconditions for changing the legal sex.

In the coming years, activists working under the flag of the international NGO Transgender Europe (TGEU) will intensify their existing campaign against the violation of human rights of transgender people. To do so, TGEU will strengthen its cooperation with ILGA Europe, the European Parliament, the Council of Europe, ILGA World (Trans Secretariat) and Amnesty International. The ?Yogyakarta Principles on the Application of International Human Rights Law in Relation to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity´, ratified in 2006 are important instruments for this political work.

Global networks are being planned as new tools to achieve these political aims.

The `Transgender Europe Research Network´ is to serve the purpose of bringing together scientists and scholars whether transgender or not, who are working on the subject of transgender into an international network, and to continue to research the living conditions of transgender people worldwide. A `Transgender Europe International Media Network´ will link journalists internationally and perform public relations work.

Despite much scientific controversy, forms of transgender continue to be listed in the DSM IV of the American Psychological Association (APA), just as homosexuality once was, and in the ICD-10 of the World Health Organization (WHO) as psychological disorders. DSM and ICD are guideline manuals used in healthcare to standardise the definitions of what constitutes mental illness. Transgender Europe (TGEU) emphatically refuses this pathologisation and will assist the next reformulation of the DSM in a critical manner, when this is carried out in 2011.

At the plenary meeting of Transgender Europe (TGEU) on 4.5. a new Executive Board and a new Steering Committee were elected, with representatives from Denmark, Germany, England, Ireland and Italy. The new President of the Organisation is Stephen Whittle, PhD, Professor of Equalities Law, Manchester Metropolitan University, President of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH, USA) and Vicepresident of Press for Change (PfC, UK).

Hi Eugénie,

Nice to see you again.

Bises
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Je préfère être détestée pour ce que je suis, qu'aimée pour ce que je ne suis pas.