URNA Staff Scoop.co.nz
The search to find the new Miss Drag Wellington takes place on Sunday 18 January 2009 when Wellington’s Next Top Drag Queen hits The Garden Club on Dixon Street. The event takes place on the Sunday night of Wellington Anniversary Weekend…
DallasVoice.com – By John Wright – News Editor
Gale’s death highlights problems in how shelters deal with trans people; Bridge director promises not to turn away any trans person
A memorial service for Jennifer Gale, the homeless transgender woma…
MultiChannel.com – By Linda Haugsted — Multichannel News
Nine Drag Queens Will Compete For Cash, Makeup in February
Los Angeles – Look out, America’s Next Top Model. Logo’s about to roll out its own glamour competition with RuPaul’s Drag Race.
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IdahoStatesman.com – – Idaho Statesman
Advocates and allies for marriage equality in Idaho will rally with others around the nation at noon on Saturday on the steps of the Boise City Hall to hold President-elect Barack Obama to his word and to spea…
AgoraCosmopolitan.com – by Rob Mathias
Two University of Oregon doctoral students dove into issues of transgender identities – in the workplace and professional counselling – and surfaced with a call for psychologists and vocational counsellors to n…
BayWindows.com – by Ethan Jacobs – Associate Editor
Trans rights bill top priority
In the midst of an economic crisis that will no doubt occupy much of the legislature’s time, LGBT advocates have their sights set on two goals as the start of the …
VOANews.com – By Paige Kollock
A recent survey of more than 6,000 middle and high school students in the United States found that a majority of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender students surveyed said they experienced harassment at school in …
PioneerLocal.com – By Joanna Broder
“When you call someone a fag you’re using a slur even if you don’t think about it,” said 17-year-old Aliya de Grazia, a senior at Lincolnshire’s Adlai Stevenson High School and a self-described bisexual. “And I d…
GloucesterTimes.com – By Gail McCarthy – Staff Writer
While facing a life in prison for killing his estranged wife, the mind of Gloucester’s Dr. Richard Sharpe spun a web of ideas, from his alleged plot to hire a hit man to kill the prosecutor in hi…
StatesmanJournal.com – By Danielle Peterson – Appeal Tribune
When Silverton Mayor Stu Rasmussen was sworn in Monday night, it appeared to be a seamless transition for the 60-year-old.
Although he’s no stranger to the position, this time is differ…