News  Update

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U.S.A. President Obama has appointed a transwoman to the Department of Commerce. Her name is Amanda Simpson and she has the role of Senior Technical Advisor.

U.K.  A young transwoman is facing deportation to Malaysia  despite being in a civil partnership with a British Citizen. If she returns to Malaysia dressed as a female or tries to register her partnership, then she faces being jailed as their relationship is deemed to be homosexual, and illegal in Malaysia.

U.K. A transwoman in Belfast has had her complaint with the Press Complaints Commission upheld, when they called her a “tranny”. They stated that the term was pejorative.

Spain  12th Jan 2010   A 16 year old girl has become Spain’s youngest transsexual, following a recent decision by the courts to allow the medical authorities to undergo the operation.

U.K. Jan 2010  An incident has been recorded involving the security guards at the Scottish Parliament office, in which it is reported that a person identified themselves as being a woman, and demanded to be searched by a female security officer. This officer apparently refused to conduct the search saying she felt uncomfortable. From an account stated to me by a person who attended the event, the person was not presenting as “hairy”, as had been reported, but was not particularly dressed as a female. Additionally, as there was no bodily contact in the search , which was being conducted with hand held scanners,  there was no apparent need for this to be done by a female security officer. The additional second search was initiated by a metal buckle which triggered the body scanner.  It isn't known if the person identified as transsexual or transvestite, although one newspaper did report that the person was transvestite.

Supporting the Transgender Community in Glasgow and the West of Scotland

March 2010—For those who don’t already know, the new Offences (Aggravated by Prejudice) (Scotland) Act 2009 came into force on Wednesday 24th March 2010 and now transphobic crimes can be treated with the same severity as other aggravated crimes.

April 2010—The new Equalities Act has just been passed  and its scheduled to become law in July 2011with parts being effective in October 2010. It is quite comprehensive in what it is achieving and  I’ll pass on any info as it’s received.

Crosslynx. Transgender Group