URNA Staff Amnesty.org.uk
Amnesty International has put out an urgent appeal on behalf of a Honduran transgender woman who was arrested by the police, beaten up and threatened with death if she reported what happened to her.
The attack on the woman follows …
YLE.fi – Interview with Maaret Huuska, Advocate for Transgender Rights
A precedent-setting court ruling declares that a marriage becomes void if one person is transsexual and applies for an official change of gender. In a decision that will anger th…
DailyNewsTribune.com – By Jeff Gilbride/Daily News staff
Waltham – In a room filled with social workers, law enforcement and advocates, Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone yesterday stressed the need to draw attention to domestic violence in the…
BrandRepublic.com – by Hadassah Nymark
London – A TV ad for mobile phone company Nokia, featuring comic references to the transgender process, has been cleared by the ASA.
The ad featured various artist’s names and song titles spelling out a tong…
PrideSource.com – compiled by Howard Israel
Originally printed 2/5/2009 (Issue 1706 – Between The Lines News)
“Those of us who reject traditional gender roles get to face an excessive amount of bad marketing in our daily lives. We threw a wrench …
ThisIsStaffordshire.co.uk
After a short, childless marriage, 40-year-old Geoff Harvey took the brave decision to fulfil his destiny and start a new life as Jenny. It wasn’t easy for the gentle giant to reinvent himself as a woman, but Jenny encounte…
IDSNews.com – By MaryJane Slaby
Packing up after three days at the University of Illinois for last year’s Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College Conference, IU students Solomon Hursey and Julia Napolitano used their bus ride home as …
DailyFreePress.com – Amanda Kozar
Paul Breines, who worked for years as a professor in Boston College’s history department, said he was “moved to tears” by the turnout of BC’s panel discussion concerning lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender issues…
OutInSeattle.com – OIA Newswire
Seattle – Seattle Out and Proud (SOaP) celebrates Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender (LGBT) Pride with a variety of events throughout June, culminating in the annual Seattle Pride® Parade. The Seattle Pride® Parade …
MaryMount.mmm.edu
Date: Wednesday, February 18
Time: 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Location: Regina Peruggi Room
Contact: Katie Lebesco at klebesco@mmm.edu
The Humanities Division, the Social Sciences Division, the Office of Academic Affairs, and the Fine an…