Archive for November 2012

Against the Rising Tide (A Poem)

By SAM NDLOVU BORN IN A BODILY PRISON Hated without reason Living on a mission To love with full conviction This body is my affliction Hence I make that decision To enter this transition And bring my soul to living As I emerge from my cocoon Like a bird freed from its caging I hear…

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International Transgender Day of Rememberance

For Immediate Release The 14th International Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is being held on 20 November 2012. TDOR occurs annually on November 20 to memorialize those who have been killed as a result transphobia. The day is also used to raise public awareness of hate crimes against transgender and gender non-conforming people. Transgender Europe’s…

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Intersex Day of Rememberance

Today, the 8th of November, is Intersex Day of Remembrance. It is the 14th and ultimate day of The Fourteen Days of Intersex Awareness. This day marks Herculine Barbin’s birthday. Barbin lived in France in the 19th century and is regarded as the first intersex person to have written their biography. Barbin committed suicide in…

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Dr Franco Colin

For immediate release Exposing one of South Africa’s “trusted” transgender health care expects, Dr. Franco Colin. On the 30th of October TIA received an e-mail from one of our constituents based in Kwa-Zulu Natal. The constituent who had been diagnosed by Dr. Colin was refused a letter confirming that he had undergone gender reassignment therapy.…

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