EU- New trans and intersex report says discrimination is ‘rampant in all EU coun

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New trans and intersex report says discrimination is 'rampant in all EU countries'


Report presented at the European Parliament in Brussels last week describes discrimination agains trans people as 'rampant'. Report includes intersex people for the first time


01 October 2012 | By Anna Leach


http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/new-trans-and-intersex-report-says-discrimination-%E2%80%98rampant-all-eu-countries%E2%80%99011012


http://www.tgeu.org/sites/default/files/2012-09-28_PR-TGEU_Trans_Intersex_Event_at_EP.pdf   Related item

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A study on trans and intersex people in EU law that was presented at the European Parliament last week described discrimination against trans people as 'rampant in all EU countries'.

Co-author of the study Silvan Agius presented it to a gathering of 70 people entitled Trans and Intersex People - Challeges in EU Law in Brussels last Wednesday.

The key findings were that effective legal protection against discrimination is lacking on European and national level. Agius said that 'trans and Intersex people fall between the cracks of a strict societal norm that only recognizes men and women'.