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Title: Australia: Trans interests excluded from 2020 Summit
Post by: Natasha on April 16, 2008, 05:41:25 PM
Post by: Natasha on April 16, 2008, 05:41:25 PM
Australia: Trans interests excluded from 2020 Summit
Link (http://sxnews.e-p.net.au/news/trans-interests-excluded-from-2020-summit-2825.html)
4/16/2008
"Independent trans activist from Brisbane, Linda Petrie told SX she had nominated herself to take part in the summit but was rejected. "The average attempted suicide rate of transgender citizens is 40 per cent, largely because of the stressors of socially systemic ignorance, prejudice, harassment and ostracisation we and transgender children endure in Australian society," she said."
Link (http://sxnews.e-p.net.au/news/trans-interests-excluded-from-2020-summit-2825.html)
4/16/2008
"Independent trans activist from Brisbane, Linda Petrie told SX she had nominated herself to take part in the summit but was rejected. "The average attempted suicide rate of transgender citizens is 40 per cent, largely because of the stressors of socially systemic ignorance, prejudice, harassment and ostracisation we and transgender children endure in Australian society," she said."