World Gender Newswire Archive

Undercurrents Melissa on USA radio about going mad.

When one says "First Lady" one is generally taken to mean the spouse of the president of the USA. All presidents of that state are "POTUS" as they are called by their bodyguards have been married with one notable exception, James Buchanan the 15th president who shared his bed at the White House with Senator (& previous vice President) James William Rufus deVane King. Their relationship described by Buchanan as a "communion" led to unkind and homophobic remarks being made at that time and indeed provide amateur etymologists with the first such instances of such insults.

This article though will focus on the first lady of France who this afternoon ran away from her husband Sarkozy when she learnt he might take a bullet. It is very important to remain calm, dignified, elegant, confident and unflapped at moments like this. (Do not try and run away in heels like that).

When German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and Federeral Minister for Foreign Affairs Frank-Walter Steinmeier (SPD) are going to enjoy nice free kicks in Basel tonight to the Euro 2008 Football Championship, ten thousands of young girls and women from Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America will be forced to have sex with bloody-minded German males.

* El Libertario published in its 51st edition (Venezuela, Novermber - Dicember 2007) a text compilation that expresses important aspects of what anarchism proposes may be done to face the growing problem of gender violence.

There are very few blog alerts or MSM coverage of the criminal case
of Omission against 9 named women in Nicaragua, who are charged
in relation to the last legal abortion In Nicaragua.

The case became known as the 'Rosita' Case. There have been
problems with the feminist groups, including two deaths by battery of some
members.  http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/nicaragua_legal_accusation.php

The annual (by now) ETC happening is housed in Amsterdam:

 http://www.eclectictechcarnival.org

It began on Sunday 25th and will continue until Saturday the 31st of May.
Invitees include women and gender Minorities.

Info included on :  http://www.genderchangers.org

Mehdi Kazemi, the young Iranian homosexual, has been granted asylum in the United Kingdom. EveryOne Group: “A memorable success we share with the Radical Party, Nessuno Tocchi Caino (Hands off Cain) and many international GLBT organizations.

Out now, a collection of articles on the Ragusa anti-draft revolt of 1945: "Rebellious Spirit : Maria Occhipinti and the Ragusa Anti-Draft Revolt of 1945". As well as the revolt and its aftermath (including an extract from Occhipinti's story of being imprisoned afterwards) it includes writings by and about some of its leading figures, Maria Occhipinti and Franco Leggio. Find out about a time when "Stop the War" meant "Start the Revolution".

This is what Western Troops are maintaining in Iraq, with the full blessing of the Labour Government! We would ask that people circulate this article around to everybody you know and urge that action is taken against the British Governments silence over Honour Killings!

Abortion is criminalised in Ireland and therefore many Irish women use UK
services. This is not spoken of a lot because we are at a stage where 16 years
after the 'X' case , not one government has introduced abortion law.
Pro-life stand in the streets with images of eviscerated infants and argument is
reduced to: -Abortion is always wrong- which means we do not talk about the issues
of human rights, post-abortion continuity of care, medical abortion or
abortion by choice. It does not exist.

Nobel laureate and all round eco-warrior and politician Wangari Maathai was tear gassed in Kenya!

Nations and U.S. territories within the Asia-Pacific region are treated as inferiors with limited sovereignty or agency in relation to U.S. foreign policy interests that go hand-in-hand with this racist/sexist ideology.

"It is not exactly amazing, but certainly worthy of attention, that when struggles by women, and gays, and black people for social justice are actually successful, the ruling class finds a way to appropriate those successes in its discursive strategies - so suddenly, an attack on Sudan would be anti-racist, a defense of black 'Africans' against 'Arabs' (who also happen to be black), while an attack on Iran would be about liberating gay people and women etc." (Lenin's Tomb)

EveryOne Group celebrates with its allies and annonces new human rights campaigns

Despite daunting problems, a new organisation is working for sexual and gender diversity in Palestinian society

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

REPORT WILL BE PRESENTED IN EUROPE

THE UK HOME OFFICE: "GAY PEOPLE CAN RETURN TO IRAN, IF THEY ARE 'DISCREET'"

In an article published on Friday March 7th 2008, in the The Independent, Simon Hughes, leader of the Liberal Democrats and the party's Shadow Leader in the House of Commons, stated: "The Home Office claims that a gay person can return to Iran and avoid persecution by being "discreet". All advice suggests that in Iran, to be discreet means that you would have to deny your identity. The punishment for giving in to personal feelings might well be nothing less than torture or death".

The same theory had was pointed out by the members of the NNRF (Nottingham and Notts Refugee Forum) years ago: "The Home Office claims that if a gay person is less obvious about being gay or lesbian they won’t attract the attention of their persecutors," writes Richard McCance on the refugees' association's website.

The EveryOne Group, that, since its launch, has promoted, along with the Non-Violent Radical Party, Transnational and Transparty, and the Nessuno Tocchi Caino and Certi Diritti associations, a campaign in support of its member Seyed Mehdi Kazemi, is going to present a written deposition to the European Union objecting to the UK Home Office's behaviour towards refugees claiming asylum.

Marianne Williamson, Medea Benjamin, Judith LeBlanc speak at the World Peace Forum.

Antifascist in Moscow stabbed by Nazis on Valentine's Day march for sexual minorities

Wimmin strike back - Shout-out - National Action on 8th March 2008 in London to raise awareness and generate action around gender based violence that devastates the lives of wimmin, children and their communities.

Petition for the lives of Hamzeh and Loghman: two young gay men who are in love and who risk the death sentence in Iran. And let's not forget Pegah: the United Kingdom could still hand her over to the executioner.