Like I Knew I Would

New report finds 49% transgender people in Delhi, India, 37% in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and 34% in Jakarta, Indonesia have HIV

Asia Pacific Transgender Network (APTN) and the Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health (APCOM) released the report on Friday for IDAHO (International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia).

‘Marginalization leaves transgender people more vulnerable to risky situations,’ said the statement from APTN and APCOM.

‘For instance, they may feel the need to settle for romantic partners who may be abusive, or encourage unsafe behaviors, such as illicit drug use or unsafe anal, vaginal or neo‐vaginal [a vagina surgically created for transwomen] sex.’

‘While HIV remains a significant issue, it’s not the only serious issue affecting the health and well-being of transgender community,’ said Khartini Slamah, founder of APTN.

‘Transgender women and men still face a lot of stigma and discrimination, often on a daily basis.’ 

theevolutionofmandotorg:

http://transequality.org/Resources/passports_2012.pdf

Under the new policy, you can obtain a full ten-year passport with an updated gender if you have had CLINICAL TREATMENT determined by your doctor to be appropriate in your case to facilitate gender transition.

This is especially…

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Carolyn Compton is in a three year-old relationship with a woman. According to Compton’s partner Page Price, Compton’s ex-husband rarely sees their two children and was also once charged with stalking Compton, a felony, although he eventually plead to a misdemeanor charge of criminal trespassing.

And yet, thanks to a Texas judge, Compton could lose custody of her children because she has the audacity to live with the woman she loves.

According to Price, Judge John Roach, a Republican who presides over a state trial court in McKinney, Texas, placed a so-called “morality clause” in Compton’s divorce papers. This clause forbids Compton having a person that she is not related to “by blood or marriage” at her home past 9pm when her children are present. Since Texas will not allow Compton to marry her partner, this means that she effectively cannot live with her partner so long as she retains custody over her children. Invoking the “morality clause,” Judge Roach gave Price 30 days to move out of Compton’s home.

Compton can appeal Roach’s decision, but her appeal will be heard by the notoriously conservative Texas court system. Ultimately, the question of whether Compton’s relationship with Price is entitled to the same dignity accorded to any other loving couple could rest with the United States Supreme Court.

Have something to say to John Roach? 

Here you go: 

Honorable John Roach, Jr.
Judge Presiding

296th District Court
Collin County Courthouse     map
2100 Bloomdale Road, Suite 20012
McKinney, TX 75071

Phone: 972-548-4409 (McKinney)
Fax:972-548-4697 (District Clerk)

This is outrageous.