WashingtonBlade.com – Melissa Rothstein & Darby Hickey
D.C. should require the Dept. of Corrections to comply with the Human Rights Act
In 2005, District residents celebrated the enactment of some of the country’s strongest regulations against di…
DailyMail.co.uk – By Bruce Parry
For his stunning new BBC2 documentary series, Amazon, explorer Bruce Parry and his production team travelled down the the world’s greatest river to meet some of the extraordinary people that live alongside it. Here, …
ParkRecord.com – by Tracie Fails, Record contributing writer
Josh becomes Jessica, praises Park City’s open minds and education
Josh Stockwell’s many friends in Park City know him best for a ready smile and strong will. The 30-year-old Vermont na…
TheScotsman.com – By Tim Cornwell
There was one play by Tennessee Williams, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer of such American classics as A Streetcar Named Desire, which he never wanted performed in his lifetime. It was And Tell Sad Stories of the Deat…
PrideSource.com – by Jessica Carreras
On Sept. 17, TransGender Michigan Executive Director and co-founder Rachel Crandall was presented with the Michigan Bar Association’s Liberty Bell Award at a ceremony at the Hyatt Regency of Dearborn.
Nominat…
Xtra.ca – Todd Klinck
Two big, burly construction worker types are leaning against the bar. A bunch of girls parade in front of them, all competing for attention. The guys are clearly enjoying the spectacle and the attention – both of them are regul…
GayCityNews.com – By Arthur Leonard
A federal judge has embraced an ingenious analogy between religious conversion and gender transition to explain his September 19 ruling that refusing to hire a transsexual applicant constitutes employment discrim…
KennebecJournal.MaineToday.com – Theodora J. Kalikow
Here’s a little exercise for your imagination.
Take some feature of yourself – maybe your ears or your nose, or your height or weight – and then imagine being insulted about it every 15 minutes…
Xtra.ca – David Bateman
“If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my career it’s that death is not a pretty thing. In fact, it’s down right ugly. That portal is not nearly as pearly as it is made out to be. When a friend’s time has come the least you ca…
PhnomPenhPost.com – Written by Nguon Sovan
From an early age Leang Sothea knew she was different, but since having a sex-change operation in 2006 she hasn’t looked back
Based on the prediction of the midwife, Leang Sothea’s mother’s was certain t…