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セクシュアル･マイノリティと難民　Sexual minority and refugee

セクシュアル・マイノリティ同士は、手を結べるか？ Can the sexual minority groups resolve their inside battles and shake their hands?

タイのSRS　Sex Reassignment Surgeries in Thailand

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セクシュアル・マイノリティと難民
Sexual minority and refugee

News

Refugee Winter 「難民鎖国」ニッポンの内側
認定者数も少なく意識も低く、相変わらずお寒い日本の難民政策 (Newsweek 日本版 2002/10/09)

UK Judges Order Review Of Gay Asylum Seekers (365Gay.com 2002/07/05)

欧州評議会加盟国における亡命と移住に関し、ゲイ・レズビアンとそのパートナーのおかれている状態　(文書8654・2000/02/25)
Situation of gays and lesbians and their partners in respect to asylum and immigration in the member states of the Council of Europe Doc. 8654
25 February 2000
Report Committee on Migration, Refugees and Demography
Rapporteur: Mrs Ruth-Gaby Vermot-Mangold, Switzerland, Socialist Group
Situation des gays et des lesbiennes et de leurs partenaires en matiere d'asile et d'immigration dans les Etats membres du Conseil de l'Europe Doc. 8654
25 février 2000
Rapport Commission des migrations, des réfugiés et de la démographie
Rapporteur: M^me Ruth-Gaby Vermot-Mangold, Suisse, Groupe socialiste


欧州評議会加盟国における亡命と移住に関し、ゲイ・レズビアンとそのパートナーのおかれている状態 (勧告1470 2000/06/30)
Recommendation 1470 (2000)
Situation of gays and lesbians and their partners in respect of asylum and immigration in the member states of the Council of Europe
Recommandation 1470 (2000)
Situation des gays et des lesbiennes et de leurs partenaires en matière d'asile et d'immigration dans les Etats membres du Conseil de l'Europe

Amnesty report raps Japan on treatment of foreigners (Reuters 2002/05/18)

Gay Iranian seeks refugee status in Japan (Kyodo / UNHCR 2001/05/09)

チームＳ・シェイダさん救援グループ (すこたん企画)

Amnesty International
アムネスティ・インターナショナル日本支部

難民支援協会 Japan Association for Refugees

難民の地位に関する条約　抄
Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, 189 U.N.T.S. 150, entered into force April 22, 1954

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
国連難民高等弁務官事務所

セクシュアル・マイノリティ同士は、手を結べるか？
Can the sexual minority groups resolve their inside battles and shake their hands?

各マイノリティ・グループ相互間やその内部での、提携の可能性と、対立の危険性について、深く考えるための注目記事

New York State Gay Rights Bill Endangered by Transsexuals

Gay-rights measure hits last-minute snag
Critics say bill falls short; amendment could stall passage in state Senate
(Albany Times Union 2002/11/27)
NY Gay Rights Bill Endangered by Transsexuals (Gay Financial Network 2002/11/27)
NY Gay Rights Bill In Trouble (365Gay.com 2002/11/27)

|| commentary || Gwen and Matthew
Even after Gwen Araujo’s brutal murder, gay people can still be heard to whisper, “I just don’t think ‘they’ should be included with ‘us.’” But can a movement for acceptance and equality survive by excluding people from its ranks? How is Gwen different from Matthew Shepard?
By David Gutierrez (Advocate.com 2002/11/26)

Gay Pride Confronts an Identity Crisis
アイデンティティ・クライシスに直面するゲイ・プライド

Gay Pride Confronts an Identity Crisis
Parade: Longtime backers of San Francisco event question the role of conservatives.
By SCOTT GOLD, TIMES STAFF WRITER (Los Angeles Times 2002/06/24)

Poll Results for the following Question: " Should transgendered people be a part of the gay rights movement? "
世論調査結果：トランスジェンダーの人々をゲイ・ライツ・ムーブメント（権利獲得運動）の一部に加えるべきか？

Poll Results for the following Question: " Should transgendered people be a part of the gay rights movement? " (Advocate.com 1999/05/25)

＃　グラフが見にくいのでゴメンナサイ。ですが賛成と反対がほぼ同数という衝撃の結果に言葉を失います。とくに個別の賛成・反対意見をごらんください。

Gay, transgender activists disagree on New York's anti-discrimination bill
ゲイとトランスジェンダー活動家が，ニューヨークの反差別法を巡って対立

Gay vs. transgendered
New York activists go head-to-head over an antidiscrimination bill (Advocate.com 2002/03/19)

Gay, transgender activists disagree on N.Y. bill (Advocate.com 2002/02/07)

Rift May Derail Gay Rights Bill (New York Newsday 2002/02/06)

Lesbian wedding allowed in Texas by gender loophole
ジェンダーの抜け穴によって，テキサスではレズビアンの婚姻が可能に

Lesbian wedding allowed in Texas by gender loophole
Same-sex union allowed because one was born a man (Seattle Post-Intelligencer 2000/09/07)

Lesbian couple all set for big day (CNN 2000/09/07)

＃ MTFTSと（生物学的）男性との間の婚姻を無効としたテキサス州の判決によって、MTFTSと女性（レズビアン）の婚姻が可能になるという、まさにジェンダーの抜け穴(loophole)が生じるのです。

Issue of transgender rights divides many gay activists
By Chryss Cada, Globe Correspondent
(Boston Sunday Globe, 2000/04/23)(about 1,500 words 11kB)

An Inconvenient Woman
In order to turn the murdered soldier Barry Winchell into a martyr for gay rights, activists first had to turn his girlfriend, Calpernia Addams, back into a man.
(New York Times Magazine 2000/05/28)(about 4,900 words 42kB)

Transgender activism (1)(2)
Can the nascent transgender community resolve the age-old battles between the sexes?
(The Boston Phoenix 2000/08/10 - 17)(about 3,900 words 27kB)

A tale of two festivals
The Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival and Ladyfest Midwest Chicago shared performers and goals but split on the issue of transgender participation
By Jennifer Vanasco
(Advocate.com 2001/10/09)

Helping Men, Women, Etc. (1)(2)(Biography)
By John Cloud/Washington
RIKI WILCHINS - "S/he" has helped persuade 100 members of Congress to back equal rights for workers who don't conform to gender roles
(TIME magazine: Innovators TIME 100 Next Wave: Civic Leaders, 2001)

Trans Across America
Watch out, Pat Buchanan. Ridiculed for years, "transgenders" are emerging as the newest group to demand equality
By JOHN CLOUD /ST. LOUIS
(TIME magazine US edition 1998/07/20)
cf. GLAAD's review of this article
政治力を持ち始めた「性別転換者」by T. Muramatsu

タイのSRS
Sex Reassignment Surgeries in Thailand

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VIDEO: Changing gender - Thailand's SRSs
Changing gender - Thailand's sex change operations (Real Player 56k)
(BBC 2001/07/07)

Nip, Tuck, and Frequent-Flier Miles
By MARGARET TALBOT
(New York Times Magazine 2001/05/06)

Sun, sea and ... a sex change?
(CNN 2001/08/24)

Boys Will Be Girls
In a Bangkok clinic, $1,000 can turn a man into a woman. Some call that the price of freedom
By DAFFYD RODERICK Bangkok
(TIME magazine Asia edition 2001)

Changing Faces
...and thighs, calves, busts?you name it. from Seoul to Surabaya, Asians are turning to cosmetic surgery like never before. Lisa Takeuchi Cullen Investigates
(TIME magazine Asia edition 2002/08/05)

The all-purpose Thai vacation: sun, sea and surgery
Seth Mydans The New York Times
(International Herald Tribune 2002/09/11)

Nip and tuck Thai holidays lure tourists
(AP/CNN 2002/11/14)

Should A State Have To Pay For An Inmate's Sex Change? February 11, 2002 - April 11, 2002

Should San Francisco Fund Sex-Change Procedures For City Workers Under Its Benefits Program? February 23, 2001 - April 23, 2001

Should San Francisco Fund Sex Changes For City Employees Under Its Benefits Program? February 23, 2001 - April 23, 2001

Is She a He - - Should A Transsexual Widow Have the Same Legal Rights As Any Other Widow? September 04, 2000 - December 30, 2000

Iowa Gov to Transsexuals: We Want YOU February 2, 2000



オランダが「同性結婚」認める！日本でも同性婚を認めるべき？  [2001/04/02 - 2005/04/02]
The Netherlands approves "same-sex marriage." Should Japan follow suit?

性同一性障害の男性が「女装」出勤で解雇。許される？  [2002/06/14 - 2003/06/14]
Is it right that a company dismissed a cross-dressing male GID employee?

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