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Turkish basketball star Hidayet Turkoglu drew loud chants of “Hido, Hido” during the 2010 FIBA World Basketball Championship, and the crowd roared when Kerem Tunceri made a last-minute lay-up against Serbia to take Turkey into …
gltnewsnow.com – By Staff Report
New York – New York City Stands in Solidarity with the Puerto Rican Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community, a coalition of LGBT groups and elected officials, is outraged by an ongoing series of murders of m…
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A recent report from advocacy group Campus Pride found that many lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender individuals feel uncomfortable on campus.
Approximately 25 percent of lesbian, gay and bisexual students and university empl…
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Naval artillery in the age of sail encompasses the period of roughly 1571 through 1863 when large, sail-powered wooden naval warships dominated the high seas. These ships mounted a bewildering variety of different types and sizes of c…
masslive.com – By Diane Lederman
Amherst – AIDS activist Cleve Jones will be on the University of Massachusetts campus Wednesday to help begin a semester-long celebration of the Stonewall Center’s 25th anniversary.
Jones, who developed the Names …
communities.canada.com – By JillPage
From what I am seeing in my transitional journey, the route for “transsexuals” in Quebec and other parts of Canada is improving all the time. Some provinces pay some of the medical costs, and completing the legal…
silive.com – Peter N. Spencer
Staten Island, N.Y. — The glamour and glitz of Fashion Week is under way in Midtown Manhattan, but a Staten Island advocacy group is looking to make a different fashion statement on the doorstep of an Arrochar home.
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guardian.co.uk – Juliet Jacques
Having changed my name, I considered what else could be done while I waited for my first Gender Identity Clinic appointment. The male feature causing the most discomfort, physically and psychologically, was my facial …
stoppingthehate.com – Exclusive Interview By Meghan Chavalier
Dr. Sherman Leis is a leading transgender doctor, an acclaimed expert on transgender surgery, and a board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon specializing in gender reassignment …
lethbridgeherald.com – Written by Caroline Zentner – Lethbridge Herald
Artists typically use a flat canvas to paint on but Criss Wiebe prefers to paint on a contoured canvas – the human body.
And she’s good at it. Wiebe captured the top prize in …