URNA Staff BIAnet.org – Bawer Cakir
The murder case of transsexual Melek K. who was killed in her home in Ankara was continued. The prosecutor claimed to try defendant T.P. under six different charges such as murder, plunder, theft and further allegations.
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Gothamist.com – By John Del Signore
Two men have been arraigned on charges of assault as a hate crime after an alleged rock-throwing attack on a transgender female in Queens on Wednesday night. Carmella Etienne, 22, says she walking by the corner of…
CommonDreams.org
Contact: Equality California (EQCA)
Vaishalee Raja
(916) 284-9187 vaishalee@eqca.org
Darci Sears, Assemblymember Perez
916-319-2046 darci.sears@asm.ca.gov
Sacramento, Calif. – Yesterday Governor Schwarzenegger signed a bill…
Media.www.TheCurrentOnline.com – Chris Stewart
PRIZM’s annual Drag Show had a problem, but it is the best problem to have had. It is one of the University of Missouri-St. Louis’s most popular events and because of this, it lost its beloved venue in …
Suntimes.com – By Lynn Sweet, Sun-Times Columnist
Commitment ‘Unwavering’ – Acknowledges gay activists’ impatience with him
Washington — President Obama — confronting gay critics who expected his administration to have done more by now on gay r…
TheStar.com – Brett Zongker – The Associated Press
Washington – Thousands of gay and lesbian activists marched Sunday from the White House to the Capitol, demanding that President Barack Obama keep his promises to allow gays to serve openly in the m…
Mirror.co.uk – By Kate Mansey, Ben Griffiths
Katie’s cross-dressing lover: The truth by his ex
The ex-girlfriend of Katie Price’s lover Alex Reid today reveals the jaw-dropping moment she stumbled into his room to find the macho cage-fighter dres…
Tennessean.com – Michelle Jones for The Tennesean
It’s one of smallest shows you’ll ever see, a “micro-survey,” as Frist Center for the Visual Arts curator Mark Scala calls it. Yet Common Threads – sculpture, mixed-media and video by Oliver Herring …
OrlandoSentinel.com – By Linda Shrieves – Sentinel Staff Writer
The Obama administration’s highest-ranking gay man urged the gay community Friday to prepare for a tough fight as Congress considers a law that would ban workplace discrimination agains…
TimesOnline.co.uk – Janice Turner
Grayson Perry is regretting his wardrobe choice. It is a drizzly North London morning and he had a tiresome errand to run at the post office. So he threw on jeans, a white T-shirt and a cardie as dull as the weather…