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April 24, 2019
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[vc_row content_width="grid"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="7356" img_size="full"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] The Importance of Trans Comprehensive Health Services to the HIV Responses: Lessons Learned from TANGERINE Community Health Center This presentation is the Intellectual Property of Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre. It outlines comprehensive health services to HIV Responses for Trans people. DOWNLOAD PDF[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

April 24, 2019
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[vc_row content_width="grid"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="7353" img_size="full"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Transgender People Many transgender people lack legal recognition of their affirmed gender and therefore are without identify papers that reflect who they are. Without appropriate identity papers, transgender people are excluded from education and employment. Transgender people face discrimination, violence and lack of access to appropriate health care. All of these factors contribute to increasing the vulnerability of transgender people to HIV. DOWNLOAD PDF[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

April 24, 2019
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[vc_row content_width="grid"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="7339" img_size="full"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Tentang identiti gender & individu dan komuniti transgender Bahasa Melayu atau Malaysia ialah antara bahasa-bahasa yang gender neutral atautidak mempunyai unsur gender. Sebagai contoh, kata ganti nama dia digunakanuntuk merujuk kepada sesiapa sahaja tanpa mengira gender. Walau bagaimanapun, hierarki yang wujud dalam masyarakat memberikan pangkatatau gelaran yang berunsurkan gender. Sebagai contoh, nenek, kakak, cik, puan,tuan, datuk. Harus diingati bahawa perkataan-perkataan ini membawa konotasigender yang neutral atau berbeza dalam budaya yang berlainan. Jantina, identiti gender, orientasi seksual dan expresi...

April 24, 2019
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[vc_row content_width="grid"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="7336" img_size="full"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Violence: Through the Lens of Lesbians, Bisexual Women and Trans People in Asia Lesbians, bisexual women and transgender (LBT) individuals in Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines and Sri Lanka face violence and exclusion in every sphere of their lives. This violence is fueled by laws that criminalize same sex relations and gender non-conformity and encouraged by governments who tolerate, endorse, or directly sponsor the violent clamp-down on those who do not follow prevailing norms on sexual...

April 22, 2019
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[vc_row content_width="grid"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="7331" img_size="full"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] SOGIE Messaging Toolkit This is a manual by activists for activists and members of the SOGIE community. As activists one of our main jobs is that of trying to persuade other people to see the world differently, to stop doing one thing, and start doing another. As sexual orientation and gender identity activists living and working in places where we are criminalised, where forming organizations is sometimes prohibited, and stigmatisation and discrimination is real and dangerous...

April 3, 2019
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April 3, 2019   We, the undersigned civil society organizations in the ASEAN region, urge the government of Brunei to immediately halt the full implementation of the Sharia Penal Code (SPC). The said law entails provisions that contradict international human rights standards, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment...

March 30, 2019
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31 March 2019 Historically, trans and gender diverse people have been pushed to the sidelines, our voice and visibility diminished. Transgender Day of Visibility (TDoV) takes place on March 31st each year to celebrate trans and gender diverse people and raise awareness around the discrimination trans people still face. It is an opportunity to recognise and celebrate the diversity of trans identities.   The increased positive representation of trans people throughout many areas has helped progress the dialogue and rights of trans...

March 20, 2019
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[vc_row content_width="grid"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="7286" img_size="full"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] LGBTI People and Employment: Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression, and Sex Characteristics in China, the Philippines and Thailand LGBTI People and Employment is the first systematic study to examine the extent and forms of discrimination based on SOGIESC in China, Philippines and Thailand. The mixed-method study included a desk review, a review of quantitative data collected through online surveys with 1,571 respondents, and qualitative data gathered from national discussions with 151 participants....

March 20, 2019
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[vc_row content_width="grid"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="7282" img_size="full"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Know Violence: Exploring the links between violence, mental health and HIV risk among men who have sex with men and transwomen in South Asia This report by UNDP, ICRW and APCOM Foundation explores the links between violence, mental health and HIV risk among men who have sex with men and transwomen in seven South Asian countries – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It is based on focus group discussions in 12 sites...

March 19, 2019
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[vc_row content_width="grid"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="7274" img_size="full"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)1 is an international, multidisciplinary, professional association whose mission is to promote evidence-based care, education, research, advocacy, public policy, and respect for transgender health. The vision of WPATH is to bring together diverse professionals dedicated to developing best practices and supportive policies worldwide that promote health, research, education, respect, dignity, and equality for transsexual, transgender, and...

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