Thursday, November 26, 2009
Հումոր
Մտնում եմ ու բարևում.
- Բարև Ձեզ
- Բարև ախպեր ջան, ինչո՞վ կարամ օգնեմ
.....
-դեեեեե... մի հատ օլվիյս տվեք
ես տղեն շփոթվում ա, պաուզայա տալիս ու հարցնում զարմացած դեպքով
- որի՞ց ախպեր ջան...
ես էլ, որ ստեղծված իրավիճակից մի ձև դուրս գամ, մի տեսակ ջղայն ձայնով ասեցի.
- տո ես շատ իմանամ որից, դե մեկից տուր գնամ...
ջահելս էլ թեթևացած մի հատ էշություն դրեց տոպրակի մեջ տվեց ինձ...
:)
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
es el 2rd angam er vor inc akciaji jamanak motenum en mardik ev harcnum. "du es N-y?")))
u bolory queering yerevanic en...))))
kam es liqy sxalner em anum, vori mijicov mardik inc chanachum en, kam el queering yerevani erexeq jan duq mec chanachoxakan taxand uneq:)
p.s. inch mexqs taqcnem anaknkal er)
Monday, November 23, 2009
Do you know me?
Do you know me?
Probably not.
How do you think of me?
You probably have little or no opinion about me.
Am I just some unknown man to you,
an unknown man wearing a wig?
If I happen to die without my ID,
that is all that I will be,
if you come upon what used to be me.
What am I?
I am a human being.
Who am I?
I am so much more than what you think you are seeing.
I am so much more than what society tells you that you are seeing.
I am so much more than what society has conned you into believing.
Do you really believe that I am a man in a wig?
I hope not.
I can’t fault you for not knowing me (wig or no wig).
Six billion spirits to know at a glance? That really is a lot.
Ignore me if I don’t register clearly,
but don’t frivolously determine what you think I am merely
I’m not a lifeless body.
You see,
I’m not who you think I’m talking about.
I’m talking about me
But I’m also talking about her.
There is little diference between she and me.
If I happen to die without my ID,
that is all that I will be,
if you come upon what used to be me.
They’ll look between my legs.
That’s all they’ll do.
They’ll look between my legs.
That’s all they’ll do.
They’ll say I was a man wearing a wig.
And no one will care.
No one.
Nowhere.
Friday, November 20, 2009
MEDIA RELEASE
20 November 2009
For immediate release
Today is the Transgender Day of Remembrance
Today, the Transgender Day of Remembrance is marked across the world and Europe. This Day was established following a murder of Rita Hester in 1998 and serves as a reminder of existing prejudice, hatred and discrimination against trans people.
Transgender Europe’s Trans Murder Monitoring Project reveals that more than 160 murders of trans people in the last 12 months of which 16 took place in Europe:
Turkey – 6
Italy – 4
UK – 2
Spain – 2
Serbia – 1
Russia – 1.
The number of murders is however only the tip of the iceberg with regards to trans discrimination and marginalisation in European societies today. Trans people experience high level of discrimination in employment, access to healthcare and other goods and services. Trans people are also particularly vulnerable to violence and hate crimes. This high level of discrimination has this year been formally acknowledged by Thomas Hammarberg, the Council of Europe’s Human Rights Commissioner, who launched his “Human Rights and Gender Identity Issue paper”.
ILGA-Europe takes today’s occasion to extend its appeal to all European governments to assess where they are scoring poorly in terms of Commissioner Hammarberg’s recommendations and address the gaps without further delay.
ILGA-Europe calls on the European Commission and EU Member States to fully enforce the European Court of Justice’s jurisprudence through implementation of EU Gender Equality Directives vis-à-vis gender identify.
Ends
For more information please contact Juris Lavrikovs at + 32 2 609 54 16 / + 32 496 708 375
Thursday, November 19, 2009
The 11th International Transgender Day of Remembrance
celebrated on 20th November 2009
(see www.transgenderdor.org et
www.rememberingourdead.org ).
This day reminds us :
- that every day, all over the world, thousands of transgender persons
are excluded, persecuted, hated, mistreated, aggressed and regularly
assassinated or pushed to suicide uniquely because of their so-called
"difference" from the so-called sex/gender "norm" ;
- that rather than decreasing, the visible number of transphobic crimes
is increasing at a staggering rate: if in the past, the number of
victims counted was in dozens, they are now counted in hundreds ;
- that the hatred leading to transphobic crimes is not the fruit of
chance or of a few "nasty individuals", but results from one of the
pillars supporting a political system leading to a culture and social
structure that produce a hoard of discriminations which rot society to
the core: heteropatriarchy, sexism, homophobia, transphobia... ;
- that the cynicism, hatred, social segregation and violence inspired by
this political system guarantee the comfort of the dominating and
exploiting classes, via the sacrifice of the oppressed and exploited,
who include transgender persons ;
- that this deadly political system is unacceptable, and must be fought
without concession, in the name of its past and present victims, but
also in the name of its victims to come: all transgender persons
worldwide.