URNA Staff Care2.com – posted by: Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux
A transexual man who had worked as a substitute teacher in Edmonton, Alberta, was fired last week by the Catholic school board that employed him. He has filed a human rights complaint, demanding to be r…
Examiner.com – Sarah Estrella – Sex & Relationships Examiner
This Sunday, October 11, is the 21st Annual observance of National Coming Out Day. It’s now an internationally recognized day, with events all over the world aimed at promoting equality a…
Xtra.ca – Bethany Padfield
When Alberta substitute teacher Jan Buterman told his public school board employer that he had been diagnosed with gender identity disorder, their response was to treat it as a medical issue and file the appropriate paperw…
Telegraph.co.uk
A transsexual refused breast enlargement surgery on the NHS is to take her case to the High Court, at a cost of tens of thousands of pounds to the hospital’s budget.
The legally aided gender dysphoria sufferer, who has been livin…
FloridaBlade.com – By Dmitry Rashnitsov
During Barack Obama’s campaign for the presidency in 2008, he promised to allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military and renounce restrictions on same-sex marriage. Now the GLBT community has orga…
WindyCityMediaGroup.com – From a News Release
Washington – The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, praised the U.S. House of Representatives today for passing the conference r…
MetroWeekly.com – By Doug Rule
“If it’s anything like “the Millennium March”, I don’t know what I’ll do,” says David Perruzza, manager of JR.’s, when asked how many gay rights marchers he expects to serve this weekend. Perruzza says JR.’s was busy e…
SFBayTimes.com – By Sister Dana Van Iquity
It was a very special visit from Jose Sarria to the GLBT Historical Society at the 499 Castro Street museum on Oct. 3 as he unveiled the display of his 1970 Coronation gown. Sarria is the founder of the Int…
TampaBay.com – By Dalia Colon, Times Staff Writer
Let’s cut to the chase: Yes, Isis King had the surgery, and no, she is not still engaged.
Last year, King polarized fans of America’s Next Top Model by becoming the reality show’s first transgend…
KStateCollegian.com – By Danny Davis
Salina – K-State’s Salina campus had a very rough Student Governing Association meeting Tuesday as it focused on a controversial topic regarding a speaker coming to the campus.
A group of students advocating f…