Ava Marx

Occupy All Streets: IMPORTANT: Transgender rights

As far as I can tell, this is a good list of trans-related change.org petitions. I’m more well-versed on some than others, so don’t take this necessarily as an endorsement of all of them…

occupyallstreets:

sunken—eyes:

unless you’ve been living in a cave (or have a large amount of privilege), you should know that people who are transgender/sexual are constantly hated/discriminated against in the U.S.

There are multiple petitions at change.org to help combat this. here’s the link the to the page:
http://www.change.org/petitions#search/transgender rights
Here are some links to some very important issues:
Speaker of the house: Robert A. DeLeo: Allow amendments for transgender people without surgery. Some transgender people don’t need or want surgery and others cannot afford it. Surgery should not be a requirement to have accurate identification documents. http://www.change.org/petitions/speaker-of-the-house-robert-a-deleo-allow-amendments-for-transgender-people-without-surgery The Governor of MI: Block HB 5039 as it is an attack on basic human rights. HB 5039, which was introduced by Rep. Tom McMillin on October 5, 2011 and was referred to the Judiciary Committee chaired by Rep. John Walsh would, in effect, legalize discrimination against students and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Michigan. It nullifies local control and representation. http://www.change.org/petitions/the-governor-of-mi-block-hb-5039-as-it-is-an-attack-on-basic-human-rights Speaker of the House: Robert A. DeLeo: Pass Transgender Public Accommodations http://www.change.org/petitions/speaker-of-the-house-robert-a-deleo-pass-transgender-public-accommodations Committee on Health Affairs, Chairman: Stop Lithuania forbid gender-reassignment treatment for transgender people.Transgender people, being particularly vulnerable to discrimination, need the right to gender-reassignment treatment, surgery and legally be allowed to transition into their true identity. http://www.change.org/petitions/committee-on-health-affairs-chairman-stop-lithuania-forbid-gender-reassignment-treatment-for-transgender-people Remove Transgender from the DSM-5. Transgender people’s civil rights advancement has been severely limited by our diagnosis in DSM because we are considered mentally ill by the American Psychiatric Association. http://www.change.org/petitions/remove-transgender-from-the-dsm-5
End LGBT Discrimination in Education. Support the Student Non-Discrimination Act. Students who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT), or are perceived to be LGBT, or who associate with LGBT people, have been and are subjected to pervasive discrimination, including harassment, bullying, intimidation and violence. In addition these students are also being and have been deprived of equal educational opportunities, in schools all around the country. http://www.change.org/petitions/end-lgbt-discrimination-in-education-support-the-student-non-discrimination-act#
The Department For Education: Enforce The Teaching Of LGBT Issues Within Schools Around The UK. The number of children getting bullied and taking their own lives is rising because of a failure to include the education of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues within the national curriculum. This sends a clear message to our LGBT youth: that they are second class citizens. The time has come for a new message.http://www.change.org/petitions/ofsted-enforce-the-teaching-of-lgbt-issues-within-schools-around-the-uk Reparative Therapy Hurts: Revoke the Licenses of Unethical Therapists http://www.change.org/petitions/reparative-therapy-hurts-revoke-the-licenses-of-unethical-therapists# Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Support adding ‘Gender Identity’ to the Ontario Human Rights Code.http://www.change.org/petitions/legislative-assembly-of-ontario-support-adding-gender-identity-to-the-ontario-human-rights-codeDepartment of Defense: Allow trans-identified people to fight for their country. Transgenderism has been labeled as a psychological disorder, which prevents trans people to join the U.S. Armed Forces. Whether or not a person identifies with his or her socially constructed views of his or her biological sex does NOT prevent the person from serving the country well and protecting the People. http://www.change.org/petitions/department-of-defense-allow-trans-identified-people-to-fight-for-their-country# The GA State House: Push through the passing of House Bill 630 (Fair Employment Practices Act). Georgia political leaders failed its Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender citizens systematically denying them equal employment rights. Georgia House Bill 630, now known as the “Fair Employment Practices Act”, works to amend Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated in order to include sexuality and gender identity in laws against discrimination against public officers and employees. http://www.change.org/petitions/the-ga-state-house-push-through-the-passing-of-house-bill-630-fair-employment-practices-act#
ICD11 Committee: De-Pathologize gender variation. This is a proposal, including case examples, on future transgender health care outside the psychiatric classification. Support this proposal and tell WHO gender variation is not a mental disorder. http://www.change.org/petitions/icd11-committee-de-pathologize-gender-variation#

i know i should do a post about the rest of the lgbtq community but this felt much too important.