Gender diversity 1 - Multicultural Diversity

Gender diversity 1 - Multicultural Diversity

3. WHAT IS GENDER DIVERSITY?
“refer(s)totheexperienceofsexor
genderidentitybeyondbiologicaland
binarynotionsofmaleandfemale,
manandwoman…[it]celebratesthe
diversityinsexandgenderidentities,
ratherthandefiningparticular
categoriesofpeople.”
(Australian Journal of Human Rights)

4. WHO ARE GENDER DIVERSE
PEOPLE?
•Intersex
•Transsexual
•Transgender
•Cross-dresser
•Androgynous

5. WHO ARE INTERSEX PEOPLE?
It‟sageneraltermusedforavariety
ofconditionsinwhichapersonisborn
withareproductiveorsexualanatomy
thatdoesn‟tseemtofitthetypical
definitionsoffemaleormale.

6. WHO ARE TRANSSEXUAL
PEOPLE?
Arepeoplewhohavechangedor
intheprocessofchangingtheir
physicalsextoconformtotheir
genderidentity.

7. WHO ARE TRANSGENDER
PEOPLE?
Arepeoplewhofeellikethey're
livinginsideabodythat'sall
wrongforthem.Theyoftensay
theyfeel"trappedinsomeone
else'sbody."

9. GENDER DIVERSE PEOPLE IN
NEW ZEALAND
•InNewZealand,genderdiversity
includes,transsexualpeople,cross
dressers,intersex,dragqueensand
dragkings,andMāoriandPacific
genderandsexualidentitiespeople.
•Transgendercommunitieswere
increasinglyvisibleintheearly
2000s.

10. STATISTICS
•Estimatesofthenumbersof
transsexualsinNewZealand
suggestthatthreeto10people
per1,000aremale-to-female,
andonetothreeper1,000are
female-to-male.

11. GENDER ‘X’ PASSPORT
•Transgenderpeoplecannow
havetheirNew Zealand
passporttorecordtheir
preferredgenderstatusasanX
insteadofMorF.

12. LEGAL RIGHTS
•The right to freedom of expression
•The right to freedom of thoughts
•The right to privacy
•The protection from violence,
injury, abuse or exploitation
•The right to an adequate standard
of living
•The right to employment

13. GEORGINA BEYER

14. CARMEN RUPE

16. GENDER DIVERSITY IN IRAN
•One of the sex-reassignment surgery
capitals of the world (second only to
Thailand)
•Thegovernmentprovidesuptohalf
thecostofthesex-reassignment
surgery
•Changeinsexisrecordedinthebirth
certificate

17. STATISTICS
•Withapopulationof71.5million
peopleinIranfor2007,official
statisticsputthenumberof
transsexualsinIranbetween15,000
and20,000people,withunofficial
estimatessuggestingmanymore--
upto150,000.4%ofthepopulation
saystheyhavehadhomosexual
relationships.

18. LEGAL RECOGNITION
•Exceptions are made to
transgenderpeoplebecauseof
thefatwaissuedbyAyatollah
Khomeini,sinceitdoesnot
underminethestrictgenderrules
ofIran‟sIslamictheocracy.

19. FROM FREEDOM TO
DISCRIMINATION
•Anysexualactivityoutsidea
heterosexualmarriageisforbidden.
•Thelifestylesofgay,lesbian,bisexual
andtransgenderpeopleinIranare
deniedbytheIslamicregime.
•Sexualreassignmentsurgeryis
sanctionedasasupposed„cure‟for
homosexuality.

20. •Iranianpresidentsaysthatthere
arenohomosexualsinIranand
thatthisisaproblemtherestof
theworldhas.
•Gaysareforcedintobeing
transsexual
•Trans-womenareconsidereda
shameuponthefamily.

21. Maryam Hatoon Molkara

23. THANK YOU!