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| ITALIAN ELECTIONS: 4 GAY, LESBIAN BISEXUAL OR TRANSGENDERED IN PARLIAMENT. |
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| According to the Italian national gay association Arcigay, there will be four gay, lesbian, or transgendered people in the new parliament. |
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| Intersex Society of South Africa |
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| An organisation established to spread knowledge about intersex, to provide the space for the development of an intersexed voice in Southern Africa, and to combat discrimination on grounds of intersex. |
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| intersex’s simple twist of life |
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| “I had problems not knowing where I belong – with males or females, being spoken about and stigmatised at school and in society. I also had medical problems. Even though I was raised as a girl, I had this strong feeling that I am a male.”
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| Italian Transgender Candidate to Run for Parliament |
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| Italy's first transgender parliamentary candidate is about to enter the political scene as the campaign season officially gets underway.
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| International Lesbian and Gay Association |
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| The International Lesbian and Gay Association is a world-wide network of national and local groups dedicated to achieving equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) people everywhere.
Founded in 1978, it now has more than 400 member organisations. Every continent and around 90 countries are represented. ILGA member groups range from small collectives to national groups and entire cities.
ILGA is to this day the only international non-profit and non-governmental community-based federation focused on presenting discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation as a global issue.
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| IAM (Inclusive and Affiming Ministries) |
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| IAM has a vision of a welcoming and affirming South African religious society where LGBTI people can participate fully and grow in their spiritial, psychological and sexual identity as human beings. IAM works towards this vision through programmes that support and empower the LGBTI community and stimulate dialogue as the alternatie to debate regarding sexual orientation.
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| International Foundation for Gender education |
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| IFGE advocates for freedom of gender expression.
We promote the understanding and acceptance of All People: Transgender, Transsexual, Crossdresser, Agender, Gender Queer, Intersex, Two Spirit, Drag King, Drag Queen, Queer, Straight, Butch, Femme, |
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| International Resource |
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| The International Resource Network (IRN), based at the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS) at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center and funded by the Ford Foundation, aims to link up researchers (from both academic and community bases) in areas related to diverse sexualities and genders. The goals of the IRN are to expand knowledge building, to foster comparative and collaborative projects among researchers, to advance curricular and course development, and to widen the availability of scholarly resources.
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| Intersex Society of North America (ISNA) |
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| ISNA is devoted to systemic change to end shame, secrecy, and unwanted genital surgeries for people born with an anatomy that someone decided is not standard for male or female.
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| Imani Henry  |
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| Imani Henry is a Caribbean female-to-male Transsexual activist, writer and performer. For the last 10 years, Henry has worked as an HIV/AIDS education and prevention service provider, directing and supervising HIV prevention street outreach initiatives in the cities of Boston and New York. Trained in the philosophy of harm reduction, he has served as an advocate for homeless & street transgender, lesbian, bisexual and gay young people. He is a consultant and trainer providing technical assistance in areas such as racial, gender identity and sexuality sensitivity, program development and community organizing.
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| International Transgender Sisterhood |
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| "Gender" is the nonsexual side of sex. As someone once expressed it: Gender is located above, and sex below the belt. |
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