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Trans Day of Visibility 2019

Published on Mar 29, 2019

This Trans Day of Visibility, Astraea celebrates the power and vitality of Trans Movements worldwide by uplifting some recent grantee partner achievements in trans organizing.

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This Trans Day of Visibility, Astraea celebrates the power and vitality of Trans Movements worldwide by uplifting some recent grantee partner achievements in trans organizing. We are committed to building vibrant and sustainable trans movements globally. This year, we awarded over $1.6M to groups led by trans & gender non-conforming people.

Please join us in lifting up the following achievements:

  • California, U.S.: TGIJP advocated for legislation which passed, allowing incarcerated trans people to change their name and gender marker.
  • Nigeria: DIHHR held a large symposium for the trans community and allies.
  • Croatia: Trans Aid held the first national TRANSummer Camp.
  • South Africa: Gender DynamiX redrafted a gender recognition law to incorporate rights for diverse trans people.
  • India: Trans activists and allied groups protested and successfully delayed passage of the regressive Trans Rights Bill.
  • Honduras: CATTRACHAS submitted an argument to the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights for failing to prevent, investigate, and prosecute the execution of a young transgender woman, Vicky Hernández.
  • Malaysia: Justice for Sisters advocated against the Court of Appeal for retracting a decision that affirmed the right of a trans man to change his name and gender marker.
  • Botswana: Rainbow Identity Association created support groups for trans and intersex individuals in regional cities across Botswana.
  • Dominican Republic: TRANSSA opened one of the first community education programs for trans people in the country.
  • Serbia: Gayten-LGBT and Labris Belgrade disputed a law requiring trans people to have “reassignment” surgery in order to change their gender identity on official documents.
  • Chile: OTD advocated for a bill which passed, allowing people over the age of 14 to change their name and gender in official records.
  • New Orleans, U.S.: BreakOUT! proposed a bill on gender inclusive bathrooms which was passed by the mayor.
  • Ukraine: abolished arbitrary and cruel trans health protocol thanks to Insight’s advocacy (2017), but Trans rights activists were attacked with pepper spray during Ukraine march (2018).
  • Kyrgyzstan: Labrys Kyrgyzstan developed a guideline based on WPATH which includes human rights component and guidelines for legal gender recognition, which were signed by the Ministry of Health.

Thanks to all our grantee partners and activists fighting for trans rights across the globe!

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