Strasbourg court: Forced sterilisation trans people violates human rights
Last week, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that requiring trans people to undergo sterilisation in order to have their gender recognised, violates human rights.
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Who is still afraid of… winter – Festival Merlinka for the fifth time in Sarajevo
his year’s Sarajevo edition of Merlinka has a different program than the Belgrade one – including movie premieres, an exhibition, a discussion about bodies in the public space, as well as hosting the House of Flamingo with their spectacular drag show.
“I want to stay here” – Trans Day of Visibility
We want you to read open letters of several transgender people that are around us, all of them living in BiH.
Discussion on transgender issue needs to be part of public discourse – Presentation of the first comprehensive transgender study in BiH
On Monday, 07th of December, within Sarajevo Open Centre’s program on the occasion of 16 Days of Activism and the Human Rights Day, public promotion of the publication “Life beyond given norms: Being transgender in Bosnia and Herzegovina“ was held at Mediacentar Sarajevo. The panelists were authors of the publication – Slobodanka Dekić, Jasmina Čaušević, … Continued
PRESENTING THE FIRST TRANSGENDER STUDY in BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA – “Life beyond given norms: Being transgender in Bosnia and Herzegovina”
Transgender study, consolidates the concepts and phenomena, but also the legal framework in which we live, as well as research conducted among the transgender community in BiH, with the aim of better and more systematic advocacy approach and regulation of status of transgender and transexual people in BiH.
Video: Invisible Women
20th of November is an annual observance day to remember all the transgender and transexual people who have been murdered as a result of transphobia – Trans* Day of Rememberance. Sarajevo Open Centre is kicking off online campaign with the promotion of this short video clip dedicated to violence against trans* women, also within 16 … Continued
Trans* Day of Remembrance – we honor and remember you and we shall continue the fight!
No one should be subjected to violence (just) because of their gender identity or gender expression. No one should be deprived of the right to safety and security.
Today, on November 20, people around the world are observing Trans* Day of Remembrance (#TDoR) to honor and memorialize those who are no longer with us.
Life beyond given norms: Being transgender in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Damir Banović, Jasmina Čaušević, Slobodanka Dekić, Ryan Finn (2015) Life beyond given norms: Being transgender in Bosnia and Herzegovina Publication is in B/C/S language. Sarajevo: Sarajevski otvoreni centar
Today, we stand with trans* people
International Trans* Day of visibility, March 31 is the day when we celebrate transgender (trans*) people and their courage to live their authentic lives, out of the binary gender norms. On this day we celebrate those who were strong enough and brave to be who they are, despite all the hardships that comes with coming out as a trans* person.