WORLD ROUNDUP
Special to the Online Edition
by Rex Wockner
2008-05-28

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Transgender people stage global conference

More than 200 transgender activists from 38 countries gathered in Berlin May 2-4 for the 2nd European Transgender Council.

In addition to nearly all European and Eurasian nations, attendees came from Israel, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Namibia, Peru, Russia and the United States.

A study was presented that found transgender people �continue to face massive violations of their human rights in most European states,� organizers said in a statement.