OregonLive.com – By Charles Pope, The Oregonian
Washington — The Obama Administration Thursday endorsed full-scale protections for gay and transgender workers from job discrimination, giving a major boost to legislation written by Sen. Jeff Merkley…
DailyIllini.com – Phil Reese
On Tuesday, voters in Maine approved a bill establishing second class citizenship for millions of American citizens by a slim margin. Despite the tireless work of organizers, fundraisers and the amazing turn-out by the s…
MiamiHerald.com
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival: The 24th annual event moves into its final week of new features, documentaries and shorts from around the globe plus parties, seminars and films for kids. Filmmakers are featured at many o…
Examiner.com – Kevin Bourassa – Toronto Gay & Lesbian Issues Examiner
“I was reading a paper one day,” Enza Anderson said, reflecting back to 2000.
She paused to sip decaffeinated coffee from a paper cup and shifted to get comfortable in her Cit…
TheStar.com.my – By Philip Golingai
Life as an occasional drag queen can be a drag, says Penangite.
No. 10, Roxanne Fonseka, Malaysia, the announcer said, and the 20-year-old Malaysian strutted his stuff during a rehearsal of the Miss Internation…
Examiner.com – Sarah Marloff – SF Transgendered Relationships Examiner
T-LISH – Transgendered Ladies Initiating Sisterhood – is a youth program of Trans: Thrive (a non-profit drop in center for and operated by the trans community). T-LISH is an empo…
HeraldScotland.com – Alison Campsie
The playwright whose depiction of Jesus as a transsexual woman sparked a Christian protest has spoken out against her critics, claiming their prejudice has no foundation in the Bible and revealing she is a regular…
TheDailyBeast.com – by Barbie Latza Nadeau
As Italy’s leader tries to use a politician’s affair with a transsexual prostitute to deflect his own scandals, Barbie Latza Nadeau says his misogyny is finally catching up with him.
As if the visual ima…
IowaPolitics.com – Contact: Kate Cyrul – Bergen Kenny
Statement of Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Welcome everyone. Today our Committee will hear testimony on an important piece of civil rights legislation – the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, al…
WinnipegFreePress.com – By: Mike McIntyre
A deadly fire at a Winnipeg bathhouse was alleged started by a customer who was angry to learn he’d had a sexual tryst with a man he thought was actually a woman, the Free Press has learned.
Two people di…