Valley24.com – By Robert Joki
When I first came out of the closet I was wearing a pair of my mother’s shoes. I tripped over a Bible and found myself in an extremely conservative suburb. I wanted very much to meet other people like myself but I was…
LATimes.com – By Johanna Neuman, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act passes without the inclusion of transgender people. It faces a possible Senate filibuster and a veto threat.
Washington – The House voted Wednes…
BayWindows.com – by Ethan Jacobs – Staff Reporter
With little to no fanfare the Veteran Affairs (VA) Boston Healthcare System issued a patient care memorandum to its staff in September detailing guidelines for providing care to transgender patients….
KansasCity.com – Jeanne Phillips Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: “Anonymous in Arizona” was wondering how to explain to her future children that their father’s brother was born a girl, particularly in childhood photos in which he appears as a girl. While most …
SFGate.com – Carolyn Lochhead, Chronicle Washington Bureau
Washington – The House passed a landmark civil rights bill on Wednesday that had been sought for three decades by the gay community, but the celebration was muddied by miscalculations by Dem…
Pitch.com – By Crystal K. Wiebe
On Halloween night at the Uptown Theater, a red-wigged drag queen screams into the mic, “I’m Mercury Motherfuckin’ Mad!”
And don’t you motherfuckin’ forget it.
Not that you could. The leader of Mercury Mad and …
Javno.com – Reuters
A Catholic priest has blocked an Italian transgender parliamentarian from being a bridesmaid at a relative`s wedding.
A Catholic priest has blocked an Italian transgender parliamentarian from being a bridesmaid at a relative’s…
SSONet.com.au – As told to Cara Davis
My whole life changed about five years ago when I joined the Greens in outrage over the Tampa affair. I then helped organise the meeting that the Redfern community group REDWatch sprang out of. And soon I had en…
PR-Inside.com
Pattaya, Thailand (AP) – Miss United Kingdom shielded herself from the Thai sun with a lace fan and reluctantly gripped a baby turtle between two painted fingernails. Miss Costa Rica thought her turtle was getting too dry so she swishe…
Advocate.com – Kerry Eleveld, The Advocate
According to a new poll, 70% of LGBT Americans prefer passing an Employment Non-Discrimination Act that does not cover transgender people over not passing the bill at all. The poll, commissioned by the Huma…