20 de Novembro é, anualmente, a data internacional em que se afirmam vidas trans* e gender non-conforming através de uma memorialização das mesmas. As estatísticas anuais de ataques - de várias ordens: físicos, psicológicos, económicos, sexuais... - e mesmo assassinatos e suicídios entre a população trans* e gender non-conforming continuam a ser um facto incontornável, que denuncia incontestavelmente quanta luta falta fazer pelos direitos destas comunidades. Em Novembro, a Lóbula programa o seu mês em função desta data internacionalmente conhecida como "Trans Day of Remembrance", começando com um mini-ciclo de cinema trans-específico que contribua para os tipos de luto - e luta...! - que desejamos exercitar.

Continuamos o ciclo com “Gisberta-Liberdade” (2006), um documentário sobre o mediático caso de Gisberta Salce Júnior, uma mulher trans brasileira, trabalhadora do sexo, seropositiva, tuberculosa e sem-abrigo assassinada na cidade do Porto em Fevereiro de 2006. O filme relembra Gisberta pelos olhos de amigas e companheiras, e tece considerações pertinentes sobre o que lhe sucedeu, mas não deixa de marcar que o caso de Gisberta foi só mais um, no meio de tantos e incontáveis assassinatos, suicídios e desaparecimentos de pessoas trans.

O documentário foi lançado no decorrer da primeira campanha internacional da Transgender Europe (TGEU), de nome “Gisberta Liberdade” (“Justice for Gisberta” em Inglês), que envolveu para além do documentário, manifestações em embaixadas portuguesas pelo mundo, vigílias, eventos informativos, etc. Assim, o documentário pensa não apenas em Gisberta, mas em todas as Gisbertas, fala de activismos trans internacionais e analisa [propostas de] leis e mentalidades.

Agradecemos às Panteras Rosa pela cedência da cópia do filme.

Não se esqueçam que dia 20, sexta-feira, assinalaremos, também no Mob, o própiro Dia da Memória Trans.
Apareçam!

[Brasil]
Transexual desaparecida foi assassinada no RJ, afirma polícia
Segunda a Polícia Civil, bombeiro teria assassinado e ocultado cadáver. Em áudio, transexual tinha medo por não ter contado que era transexual.
A Polícia Civil do Rio está investigando um crime de homofobia. Na semana passada, uma transexual sumiu após sair de uma festa com um homem. Com medo, a vítima disse a uma amiga que estava preocupada por esconder sua identidade sexual.
Polícia do Rio afirma que travesti desaparecida foi assassinada; suspeito está foragido


Letícia continua desaparecida e as esperanças de encontra-la com vida são poucas, como, infelizmente, acontece a maioria das travestis e transexuais.
O criminoso que a levou está foragido.
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Vamos nos mobilizar e ajudar a justiça ser feita!

[UK]
Dispelling the Myths Around Trans People Detransitioning
In the past month, the press has highlighted a number of trans people who have decided to reverse their transition, or 'de-transition'. Chelsea Attonley was described by The Mirror as "want[ing] taxpayers to reverse breast and gender reassignment surgery," whilst Ria Cooper was described by The Daily Mail as "Britain's youngest sex swap patient to reverse her sex change treatment." At first glance, it's easy to see why those unsupportive of trans rights would swoop up these cases as confirmation of their biases.

[Canada]
Trustees refuse to discuss support of transgender students
A coalition of rural and separate trustees — including those with Calgary Catholic School District and Rocky View Schools — blocked discussion of a motion at today’s meeting of the province’s school boards association in support of a policy to protect sexual or gender minority students.
Transgender policy discussion rejected by school boards at annual meeting
Alberta school boards association refuses to discuss transgender issues

[Canada]
Transgender advocate Shandi Strong to run for Liberals in Manitoba
'Strong voice for fairness and equality' enters race in Wolseley, Liberal Leader Rana Bokhari says

[USA]
Transphobic man uses dead wife’s 9/11 heroism to publicly smack Caitlyn Jenner
Excerpt: James returned the award because he says he was “insulted” and felt the magazine’s decision to honor Jenner was a “slap in the face” to his late wife’s memory.

[USA]
Rose McGowan to Caitlyn Jenner: 'We Are More than Deciding What to Wear'
Actress Rose McGowan unleashed a barrage of insults at Caitlyn Jenner on Facebook, for a statement she made about being a woman in an interview with BuzzFeed last week:
Rose McGowan slams Caitlyn Jenner: 'You do not understand what being a woman is about'

[USA]
Five Years on Film: Growing Up Trans in the South
The coming-of-age story of Cole Ray Davis — a young white transgender man in rural, low-income North Carolina —is one that Deep Run executive producer Susan Sarandon says needed to be told, especially now.

[USA]
Uterine transplant could make male pregnancy possible
A member of the team that would perform uterine transplant procedure at the Cleveland Clinic did not rule out the possibility that the procedure could be performed on a male. If that happens, male pregnancy becomes possible.

[USA]
We Must Continue to Fight Violence Against Transgender Women of Color
Like many young women, Elisha Walker was a Beyoncé fan, and interested in beauty and hair care. According to her mother and friends, the Salisbury, N.C., resident was always smiling, though that warm and upbeat character was tempered by a fierce sense of independence. Just 20 years old, Elisha had her own car, a silver Pontiac Sunfire, and plans to move out and begin a life of her own.

[USA]
National LGBTQ Task Force Names New Trans/Gender Non-Conforming Justice Project Director
The National LGBTQ Task Force has announced that Victoria Rodriguez-Roldan has joined the organization as the new Trans/Gender Non-Conforming Justice Project Director. Rodriguez-Roldan begins her work at the National LGBTQ Task Force as the organization kicks off a series of actions as part of Transgender Awareness Week.

[USA]
Dobson: Nondiscrimination Ordinances Allow Entire Football Teams To Take Photos Of Girls Using The Toilet
James Dobson dedicated his radio program today to the dangers supposedly presented by "bathroom bills," which is a pejorative term favored by the Religious Right as it seeks to fight policies designed to allow transgender individuals to use restrooms, locker rooms and similar facilities of the gender with which they identify.

[USA]
Veteran-killing VA finds resources for 20 trangenders
A military watchdog says the Veterans Administration, which is infamously letting its veterans literally die without care, has some skewed priorities.

[AZ, USA]
Arizona ‘pregnant man’ is sentenced for disorderly conduct
A transgender man in Arizona accused of stalking his estranged wife last year has been sentenced to one year of unsupervised probation.

[CA, USA]
Transgender woman attacked for 2nd time this year in S.F.
Samantha Hulsey had just caught a movie in the Mission and eaten dinner with her fiancee when for the second time this year, the dangers of being openly transgender — even in San Francisco — were brought home to her in violent, random fashion.
(Photo: Samantha Hulsey, right, hugs her fiancee Daira Hopwood, left, both transgender women, were attacked by what police are calling a hate crime in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, November 16, 2015. Samantha emerged with a black eye, some upper body pain and swelling to her face and neck from the incident.)

[DC, USA]
In D.C., Hate Crimes Due To Gender Identity Are 10 Times The National Rate
D.C. had 70 hate crime incidents in 2014, according to newly released statistics from the FBI. While hate crimes in D.C. are statistically less likely to be motivated by race than the national average, they are more than twice as likely to be motivated by sexual orientations and more than 10 times as likely to be motivated by gender identity.

[MA, USA]
Transgender community makes last push for equal rights
Similar legislation has failed in the past

[MI, USA]
Judge refuses to dismiss challenge to Michigan policy on transgender drivers
A federal lawsuit filed by a group of transgender people against Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson will continue after a judge on Monday denied a motion to dismiss the case.

[NY, USA]
A transgender Occupy protester may sue New York City for discrimination
A Manhattan federal judge said a transgender Occupy Wall Street protester may sue New York City for treating him differently from other male protesters following their arrests on the Brooklyn Bridge.

[NY, USA]
Heightened Scrutiny for Transgender Equal Protection Claim in S.D.N.Y.
For the first time within the 2nd Circuit, a federal district judge has ruled that a transgender person’s equal protection claim will receive “heightened scrutiny” from the court. Senior District Judge Jed Rakoff’s ruling November 15 in Adkins v. City of New York, 2015 Westlaw 7076956, relied on the 2nd Circuit’s decision in Windsor v. United States (which was affirmed on due process grounds by the Supreme Court), finding that anti-gay discrimination merited a heightened scrutiny review.

[VA, USA]
Unmerited meddling from the Obama administration
The Obama administration has stepped into the controversy many local schools are facing from transgender students who are demanding access to opposite-sex facilities.