Balkan Trans Intersex March

My body – my temple! My identity – my concern!

In the countries of our region, there has been an evident rise of right-wing, fascist groups, which almost always focus their attacks on marginalized people – women, trans persons, Roma communities, migrants, people of colour, sex workers, and many others. Our communities are among the main targets of these fascist groups which oppose the Istanbul Convention and the very concept of gender equality. By organizing the Balkan Trans Intersex March, the trans and intersex communities have decided to manifest our movement and send clear messages of pride and defiance, as a revolt against those who try to claim dominion over our bodies, minds, and lives, as well as against all forms of oppression. We want to show that our communities, although from different countries, are standing in solidarity to end the attacks on us, our bodies, and our lives; we demonstrate, too, that the margin is a place of resistance, not a place of control or obedience. Our solidarity does not stop at borders, it speaks all languages, and we stand firmly by anyone and everyone whose human rights and dignity are being violated.

The Balkan Trans Intersex March is built on the following values:

• The joint fight for the Human Rights of people of all gender identities, gender expressions, body characteristics, and experiences

• The joint fight against transphobia, intersex phobia, homophobia, biphobia, misogyny, racism, ableism, and all other forms of oppression

• The right to bodily integrity and full respect of the right to make decisions about one’s own body, without exception.

• The fight against fascism, militarism, war, and all forms of violence

• Advocating for the preservation of nature, the sustainable use of natural resources, and the increasing use of renewable energy resources

• Respect for cultural diversity and resistance against all forms of colonialism and imperialism

We believe that there is no freedom for anyone without freedom for everyone!

By marching, we demand:

1. The alignment of both legislative frameworks and practices across the region with the relevant European recommendations, specifically, the Resolution on Discrimination Against Transgender people in Europe (2015) and the Resolution on the Rights of Intersex People (2019)

• The freedom to make decisions about our own bodies and lives, through complete respect for self-determination and bodily integrity for every trans and gender variant child, every trans and gender non-binary adult, and for every intersex infant, child, and adult

• The free and simple change of identity documents, i.e. legal recognition of gender, sex and name, based solely on self-determination

• Accessible and subsidized health-care, free of pathologization, which meets the needs of trans and intersex people, with increased education provided to medical experts for the implementation of individualized approaches, based on the principle of informed consent

• The adequate, prompt, and efficient investigation and processing of incidences of hate speech and hate crimes

• Media reporting which respects our identities, bodies and experiences, without sensationalism

• An educational system that does not impose gender and sex norms, including the respectful and positive representation of our bodies, identities, and experiences in both educational institutions and materials

• Greater respect for workers’ and human rights and the acknowledgment of the multiple forms of discrimination faced by trans and intersex people who are sex workers, Roma, women, migrants, as well as people of colour and members of minority religious and national groups. We call for the provision of equal living and working opportunities, including the decriminalization of sex work and the provision of safe access to asylum for all migrants

• Taking all necessary steps to fight homelessness, hunger, and threats to the welfare of trans and intersex people, as well as ensuring accessibility in all spheres of public life for trans and intersex disabled people

1. A clear stance on the part of all countries in the region focused on fighting the evident growing fascism at all levels.

Our vision is a society in which every person is free from oppression and marginalization. We want a society in which no identity is the subject of judgment and exclusion, but rather a reason to celebrate a world full of diversity. We strive towards a society in which resources are equally distributed, in which there are no centres of power claiming the right to food, water, energy resources, knowledge, and material and intellectual wealth. Above all, we want a society in which there is no inequality, no hierarchy, and no system of dominance.

This manifesto presents our core values, demands, and vision. It is everything we – trans women, trans men, gender variant, intersex, queer, gender non-defining, agender, and all other people who are on the margins of this cis-hetero-patriarchal, capitalist, racist society – stand for and everything we strive toward, without imposing our gender identities, but equally demanding absolute freedom to live our lives and our experiences in peace.

We want to shake power structures, the status quo, and be the catalysts of change that will lead to equality.

With these words, we are calling out for the unity of all movements working on supporting and defending the human rights of all people who believe in a world in which everyone is free.

To all those listening or reading, all those who are tired of the system they live in, all those who are angry at the society which pushes them to the margins, and all those who want a change: this is our revolt. Join us and let’s make a world in which there is room for all our similarities and differences! There is never any room for hate or fascism. 

These are our bodies, they are our temples! These are our identities, they concern us!

Trans Mreža Balkan        Asocijacija Spektra         Trans Aid

taken from: https://asocijacijaspektra.org/2019/03/12/balkanski-trans-inter-mars-manifesto/?fbclid=IwAR1jE0MVYK8HC0Te5Unt1X_00WVKC6M1SXa7NHpa9SQTOO_rdcC3Uno8cMQ

Balkanski Trans Inter Marš, održan 2019. godine u Zagrebu

Moje tijelo – moj hram! Moj identitet – moja stvar!

U zemljama našeg regiona jačaju desničarske, fašističke grupe, koje gotovo uvijek svoje napade fokusiraju na marginalizovane osobe – žene, trans osobe, Rome_kinje, migrante_kinje, osobe tamnije boje kože, seksualne radnike_ce i mnoge druge. Kako su naše zajednice jedna od glavnih meta fašističkih grupa koje se protive Istanbulskoj konvenciji i rodnoj ravnopravnosti, trans i inter zajednica je odlučila da manifestuje svoj pokret, te pošalje jasne poruke  ponosa i prkosa, bunta protiv polaganja prava na naša tijela, umove i živote te protiv svih oblika opresije kroz održavanje Balkanskog Trans Inter Marša. Želimo da pokažemo da naše zajednice iz različitih zemalja stoje zajedno u namjeri da se dođe na kraj napadima na naše ličnosti, na naša tijela i živote, te da je margina mjesto otpora, a ne mjesto kontrole i pokornosti. Naša solidarnost ne prestaje na granicama, govori sve jezike, i mi čvrsto stojimo uz sve osobe čija se ljudska prava i dostojanstvo narušavaju.

Vrijednosti kojima se vodi Balkanski Trans Inter Marš su:

– zajednička borba za ljudska prava osoba svih rodnih identiteta, izražavanja, tjelesnih karakteristika i iskustava

– zajednička borba protiv transfobije, interfobije, homofobije i bifobije, mizoginije, rasizma, ableizma i svih drugih oblika opresije

– pravo na tjelesni integritet i puno poštovanje prava na odlučivanje o sopstvenom tijelu, bez izuzetka

– borba protiv fašizma, militarizma, ratova i svih oblika nasilja

– zalaganje za očuvanje prirode, održivo korišćenje prirodnih resursa i obnovljivih izvora energija

– poštovanje kulturoloških razlika i otpor prema kolonijalizmu i imperijalizmu u svim formama

Vjerujemo da nema slobode ni za koga bez slobode za svako biće!

Ovim Maršom zahtijevamo:

1. Usklađenje zakonodavnih okvira i praksi sa evropskim preporukama: Rezolucije o pravima trans osoba (2015) i Rezolucije o pravima interpolnih osoba (2019)
2. Slobodu odlučivanja o svojim tijelima i životima, kroz potpuno poštivanje samoodređenja i tjelesnog integriteta za svako trans i rodno varijantno dijete, svaku odraslu trans i rodno nebinarnu osobu, i za svaku interpolnu bebu, dijete, i odraslu osobu
3. Slobodnu i jednostavnu promjenu dokumenata, odnosno pravno priznanje roda, pola i imena temeljeno isključivo na samoodređenju
4. Dostupnu i besplatnu zdravstvenu zaštitu, bez patologizacije, koja odgovara potrebama trans i interpolnih osoba, uz edukaciju medicinskih stručnjaka_inja radi sprovođenja individualnog pristupa i praktikovanja informisanog pristanka
5.  Adekvatno, pravovremeno i efikasno procesuiranje govora i zločina iz mržnje
6. Ispravno izvještavanje u medijima uz poštujuće predstavljanje naših identiteta, tijela i iskustava, bez senzacionalizma
7. Vaspitno-obrazovni sastav slobodan od nametanja rodnih i polnih normi, uključujući poštujuću i pozitivnu reprezentaciju naših tijela, identiteta i iskustava u vaspitno obrazovnim ustanovama i edukacionim materijalima
8. Poštivanje radničkih i ljudskih prava te prepoznavanje višestruke diskriminacije s kojom se svakodnevno susrijeću trans i inter osobe koje su seksualni_e radnici_e, Romi_kinje, žene, migranti_kinje, kao i osobe tamne boje kože, manjinskih vjerskih i nacionalnih grupa, te osiguravanje jednakih mogućnosti za život i rad, uključujući dekriminalizaciju seksualnog rada i pružanje sigurnog pristupa azilu za sve migrante_kinje
9.  Preduzimanje svih neophodnih mjera za borbu protiv beskućništva, gladi i straha za sopstveno blagostanje trans i inter osoba te omogućavanje pristupačnosti u svim poljima društvenog života inter i trans osobama s invaliditetom i/ili poteškoćama u razvoju
10. Jasan stav država u borbi protiv rastućeg fašizma.

Naša vizija je društvo u kojem su sve osobe slobodne od opresije i marginalizacije.

Želimo društvo u kojem ničiji identitet nije predmet osude i isključivanja, već razlog za slavlje svijeta punog različitosti. Mi težimo društvu u kojem su resursi jednako raspoređeni, u kojem ne postoje centri moći koji drže pravo nad hranom, vodom, izvorima energije, znanjem, materijalnim, ali i duhovnim i intelektualnim bogatstvom. Iznad svega, želimo društvo u kojem ne postoje nejednakosti, hijerarhija i sistem dominacije.

               Ovaj manifesto predstavlja osnovu naših vrijednosti, zahtjeva i vizije – sve ono za šta se mi, trans žene, trans muškarci, rodno varijantne, interpolne, kvir, rodno nedefinišuće, arodne i sve osobe koje su na margini ovog cis-hetero–patrijarhalnog, kapitalističkog, rasističkog društva – zalažemo i čemu težimo, bez nametanja naših rodnih identiteta već zahtijevamo potpunu slobodu da iste živimo.

               Mi želimo da protresemo strukture moći do korijena, uzdrmamo status quo, budemo katalizator promjene koja će dovesti do jednakosti.

Ovim riječima pozivamo na ujedinjenje svih pokreta koji rade za ljudska prava svih osoba, a vjeruju u svijet u kojem smo svi_e slobodni_e.

Svima koji_e ovo slušaju i čitaju, svima koji_e su umorni_e od sistema u kojem žive, ljuti_e na društvo koje ih gura na marginu, svima koji_e žele neku promjenu, poručujemo – ovo je naš bunt, pridružite nam se u njemu i dovedimo zajedno do društva u kojem ima mjesta za svaku našu sličnost i različitost!
Mjesta jedino nema za mržnju i fašizam.
Ovo su naša tijela, ona su naši hramovi! Ovo su naši identiteti, oni su naša stvar!  

Trans Mreža Balkan        Asocijacija Spektra         Trans Aid

Preuzeto sa: https://asocijacijaspektra.org/2019/03/12/balkanski-trans-inter-mars-manifesto/?fbclid=IwAR1jE0MVYK8HC0Te5Unt1X_00WVKC6M1SXa7NHpa9SQTOO_rdcC3Uno8cMQ