enewspf.com – aclu.il.org
Chicago — (ENEWSPF) — After years of promises and inaction, three ACLU of Illinois clients soon will receive new birth certificates from the Division of Vital Records of the Illinois Department of Public Health that refle…
americanprogress.org – By Seth Althauser, Sarah Greenberg
The Center for American Progress has shown that gay and transgender individuals face alarmingly high rates of employment discrimination. The recently introduced Employment Non-Discrimination …
irishtimes.com – Carol Coulter, Legal Affairs Editor
Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton will publish legislation in the next year to provide for recognition of the acquired gender of transgender people.
Ms Burton announced her plan when s…
baywindows.com – by Sue O’Connell – co-publisher
The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) has launched a campaign for votes to win a Pepsi Refresh Project grant of $25,000 to build support and acceptance of transgender people through…
lasvegasweekly.com – Kristen Peterson
Our gorgeous queens – wigged, lashed, tucked and stuffed – flaunt their sequined selves on the Strip and in gay bars. And we love them. But where are all the kings in this town? Where are the mustached women wit…
gaycitynews.com – By Melissa Sklarz
In the midst of all the excitement over the passage of marriage equality in New York, transgender people wonder about the future of the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA).
When gays and lesbians…
abc.net.au – Amy Mullins
We all know how the famous saying goes; “If you want to understand a person, walk a mile in their shoes.”
It sounds corny and it’s pretty much stating the obvious, but it is an important truism.
If I want to understand…
thelundreport.org – By Christen McCurdy
On June 21, Alec Esquivel, a transgender man who works for the state of Oregon as a legal clerk, filed suit against the Public Employees Benefit Board for failing to cover surgeries and hormone treatments he n…
miamiherald.com – The Associated Press
Tampa, Fla. — The University of South Florida is offering transgender students the opportunity to live alone or with a friend of a different gender in campus housing.
Beginning Thursday, students can identify…
guardian.co.uk – Rasha Moumneh
As women in the Gulf become more visible, both socially and politically, and as migrants bring with them different ways of living, the region’s governments are stepping up their gender policing. To allay fears among co…