THE FIRST TRANSGENDER POLICEMAN IN ITALY
Alessio Avellino, a 26 years old Neapolitan guy, left for the 208th course Agents of the State Police in August 2019, knowing that he had to face the training period perceived as a girl because so screamed his documents and, [...]
PRIDE FLAGS: HISTORY AND MEANING
The LGBT+ flag was created in 1978 by the artist Gilbert Baker, on request of Harvey Milk, the first US official who declared himself openly gay. It comprised 8 colours: pink, red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise, indigo and purple. According [...]
In My Name: Trans stories in a binary world at the Berlin Film Festival 2022
Nicolò Bassetti, Italian director, presents at the Berlin Film Festival 2022, a valuable documentary on the transgender issue, In My Name. The documentary, is the training story of four friends who share the most important turning points of their lives [...]
Support of Inclusion and Equity of Transgender Children in the Czech Education System
Gender equality policies in the Czech Republic are gaining interest. At the end of 2021 the Committee for Sexual Minorities has discussed a critical recommendation addressed to the Ministry of Education Youth and Sports the Czech Republic, appealing for improvement [...]
Associate partner: Welcome Gamá Collective of the Canary Islands
With great joy we welcome the Gamá Collective as an associate partner of the SWITCH project. The Gamá Collective is a non-denominational, non-partisan organization with a transfeminist perspective, with a strong social commitment, having LGTBI activism as its main motivation. [...]
Wellbeing Among Transgender and Non-binary Clients of Therapy Services. A Knowledge-Based and Holistically-Oriented Therapeutic Approach
The publication aims to increase the objective awareness of the professional public and help improve the mental well-being and status of transgender people. The publication is available at https://www.nudz.cz/informacni-stredisko/E-knihy/. The monograph was created on the basis of the SWITCH project [...]
International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia
On the occasion of May 17, International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, we report an excerpt of the speech by Diego Angelo Cricelli from Brianza Oltre l'Arcobaleno, associated partner in European Switch Project. I am a transgender man and [...]
Petra De Sutter – first minister transgender in Europe
By Marica Santonicola A few months ago, the news of the appointment in Belgium of Petra De Sutter, which is the first transgender to become a minister in Europe, was made to the most heckery. So Petra went into history. [...]
The institutionalized abuse of intersex people in Europe and around the world
Written by Salvatore Terralavoro "In a world accustomed to reasoning in opposites, it is difficult to accept that a body can present both male and female characteristics" In the Samoa Islands there are females, males and fa’afafine: the third gender [...]