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Title: Iceland- MPs Call for Guarantee of Rights of Transgender
Post by: SandraJane on October 12, 2012, 01:29:12 PM
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MPs Call for Guarantee of Rights of Transgender

10.10.2012 | 19:30

http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/MPs_Call_for_Guarantee_of_Rights_of_Transgender_0_394273.news.aspx (http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/MPs_Call_for_Guarantee_of_Rights_of_Transgender_0_394273.news.aspx)

Eleven MPs across all parties except the Independence Party have called for amendments to the criminal code to guarantee the rights of the transgender community. They have submitted a bill to amend the criminal code to protect transgender individuals from discrimination including the criminalization of refusing service based on gender identity.