SSONet.com.au – by Ian Gould
A series of Equality Events will give Fair Day a strong political focus this year
Fair Day this Sunday will be one of the most political in years as activists use the annual Mardi Gras outing to test MPs’ gay rights c…
CBS2.com
Maywood, Calif. The Maywood City Council, responding to complaints from residents, called on the state attorney general’s office to investigate claims of sexual misconduct, racism and brutality among the mostly Latino city’s 37-officer poli…
NYDailyNews.com – By Owen Moritz – Daily News Staff Writer
Store in human rights deal over loos & fitting rooms
An agreement allowing transgenders free access to Loehmann’s fitting rooms and rest rooms was announced yesterday by a human rights fu…
Bloomberg.com – By Katya Kazakina
Nan Goldin has made her name by creating raw and intimate photographs of drag queens, drug addicts and members of the punk-rock demimonde.
Her new show at Matthew Marks Gallery takes us back to the beginning of h…
NZHerald.co.nz
The world’s first transsexual MP Georgina Beyer came into Parliament making a joke about her sexuality and left yesterday on the same note.
In her maiden speech Ms Beyer joked that she was the stallion that became a gelding, then a…
Macon.com – By Bill Clifton
Transsexualism is one of the more emotionally charged, convoluted areas of the law of sex discrimination. You might think it’s not your problem, but you’d be wrong.
Several employers in Middle Georgia already have conf…
InsideBayArea.com – By Kristofer Noceda, Staff Writer
Mom of slain transgender teen speaks at Queerfest
Hayward – Embrace and learn from each other.
That’s the message Sylvia Guerrero, mother of slain Newark transgender teen Gwen Araujo, empha…
News.BBC.co.uk
Transvestites and transsexuals in Northern Ireland are holding their first ever conference in Belfast.
Rocky Horror Picture Show star Richard O’Brien and Human Rights Commissioner Monica McWilliams are among the Transgender Symmetr…
PhiladelphiaWeekly.com – by Kate Kilpatrick
The city’s ballroom scene is both a social and support network for young LGBT African-Americans.
When it comes to balls, there are mini balls, big balls and major balls. The 12th annual Dorian Corey awa…
ZA.Today.Reuters.com – By Sarah McGregor
Johannesburg (Reuters) – South African politicians vying for the presidency in 2009 may face unusual competition: a flamboyant drag queen who wears high heels, heavy mascara and a salt and pepper bouffant.
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