TheChronicleHerald.ca – By Chris Lambie and Greg Guy – Staff Reporters
One of Halifax?s most famous drag queens, who enjoyed far more than his five minutes of fame, has given his last show.
Lulu LaRude, a.k.a. Charles McDuff Gillis, died Thursday…
SouthernVoice.com – By Ryan Lee
Local activist Tracee McDaniel speaks her truth in an attempt to spark change
Moments before Tracee McDaniel prepared to approach the podium outside The King Center on what would have been the revered civil rights …
EvolutionPublishing.com.au – Katrina Fox
Brisbane-based trans activist Linda Petrie has lodged a complaint with state and federal education ministers over the omission of the terms ?transsexual? and ?transgender? from certain school dictionaries.
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WashBlade.com – By Joshua Lynsen
Lawmakers also to consider trans anti-discrimination bill
Maryland lawmakers are certain to consider at least two gay issues this session, including a constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage.
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WashBlade.com
Unid@s directors to focus on human rights issues
A new Washington-based, national organization for Latino gays has formed and announced its board of directors. The group?s first meeting is tentatively planned for April.
Unid@s bo…
TheChronicleHerald.ca – By Chris Lambie and Greg Guy Staff Reporters
One of Halifax?s most famous drag queens, who enjoyed far more than his five minutes of fame, has given his last show.
In a Jan. 30 posting on his website Lulu LaRude, a.k.a. Ch…
NPR.org – by Renee Richards
In 1976, I was one of the most famous people in the world. The paparazzi were on my trail twenty-four hours a day, hungry for any photo, the less flattering the better. The mainstream press was better, sometimes. People…
GLAAD.org –
Ugly Betty Gets Gorgeous With ABC’s Second Transgender Character This Year
ABC’s family comedy Ugly Betty has taken a bold step forward by offering the only male-to-female transgender character on primetime television. ABC also intro…
MetroWeekly.com – by Yusef Najafi
Activists fight for same-sex marriage rights, transgender equality. Rally to be held in Annapolis, MD on February 12.
At first glance, there may seem to be a romantic subtext to scheduling the annual Equality Mar…
MetroWeekly.com – Interview by Randy Shulman
John Epperson, as icon Lypsinka, recreates Hollywood legend, Joan Crawford, at Studio Theatre
John Epperson’s favorite Joan Crawford film is Berserk.
The one with the ax?
”No,” he corrects the …