Zonder X wordt het niks

Reactie Vreerwerk op Wetsvoorstel Wijziging voorwaarden geslachtsregistratie Vreerwerk is enthousiast over enkele onderdelen van het voorstel en kritisch over een aantal andere. De kern van onze kritiek ligt in gebrek aan respect voor mensenrechten en autonomie van degenen om wie het gaat. Hun noden en wensen zijn niet genoeg gehoord. Ook zitten er enkele rare …

Training in trans* and intersex rights

From the beginning of 2014 Vreerwerk will offer a training in human rights with a focus on transgender and intersex issues. This course aims at staff of government and inter-governmental and non-governmental organisations, students and activists interested in trans* and intersex issues that need a basis in human rights for their work, but are not …

Spanish trans activists start hunger strike

From midnight tonight six trans* activists In Andalusia, Spain will start a permanent hunger strike until either the bill for better trans legislation that is stuck, will be really introduced in Parliament or until they die.

Fucked up lip service

The proposal for change of the existing gender recognition legislation in the Netherlands is out. This proposal will be debated on the floor. It is – as the previous version – not good enough. Actually it hardly changed since last time we saw it. The news came in the mail. An update of the website of the Justice and Security ministry. …

Dutch gender recognition bill: better but not good

Finally Dutch government is showing to take gender recognition legislation serious by publishing the Legal Gender Recognition Bill as soon as possible after ministerial treatment in the Council of Ministers. And also by acknowledging most of the changes trans organisations advised. However Dutch government is up to now absolutely not willing to fully depathologise and set an example and …