MetroWeekly.com – by Yusef Najafi
A new analysis finds Washington, D.C. topping the list in transgender murders
In the past decade in Washington seven people were murdered, or died, as a result of someone else’s wrongdoing because they were trans…
GCN.ie
The US Committee on Jewish Law and Standards, which interprets religious law for the Conservative movement of Judaism, has ruled to allow both commitment ceremonies for same-sex couples and the ordination of gay and lesbian rabbis.
“We rej…
BBC.co.uk
Each week, the Magazine chronicles interesting and sometimes downright unexpected facts from the news, through its strand 10 things we didn’t know last week. Here, to round off the year, are some of the best from the past 12 months.
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SFBayTimes.com – By Jacob Anderson-Minshall
Following on the footsteps of a watershed year, 2006 saw increased visibility and political gains for the U.S. trans community. Here are some examples:
1. With the Gwen Araujo Justice for Victims Act, …
JPost.com – By Meira Maierovitz Drazin / JTA
Mordechai, a 31-year-old Orthodox lawyer from Toronto, gave his wife a Jewish divorce this summer.
Then he began his life as Nicole, a woman.
Nicole isn’t the first transgender person to live an Or…
PinkNews.co.uk – PinkNews.co.uk writer
A transsexual is calling on schools to raise better awareness of gender and sexuality issues after claiming she was subjected to two weeks of “urban terrorism.”
Hull based Rikki Arundel says a gang of 10 you…
SpringfieldNewsSun.com – By Gail Cetnar – Staff Writer
During the marriage license oath, couples are asked whether either person is a transsexual or has syphilis.
Most couples on their way to the wedding chapel are prepared to answer the big ques…
NZHerald.co.nz – By Leah Haines
It’s never been easier to convince an MP to pose in front of Parliament.
With a flick of her multi-toned locks, Georgina Beyer, the world’s first transsexual MP, has flung herself eagerly at the stone plinth above…
CalendarLive.com – By Matea Gold, Times Staff Writer
New York ? IT was late afternoon on the set of “All My Children,” a sprawling soundstage that occupies the third floor of an ABC compound on Manhattan’s West Side, and Eden Riegel ? better known t…
NewYorkBlade.com – By Kerry Eleveld
City Council allocates funds to improve services
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the National Coalition for the Homeless released a report last week that found that up to 42 percent of the nation?s …