URNA Staff SXNews.e-p.net.au – Katrina Fox & Rachel Cook
GLBT advocates have slammed the apparent non-inclusion of trans representatives in the 2020 Summit this weekend.
The summit includes a number of people championing the cause of gay and lesbian people …
TimesOfIndia.IndiaTimes.com
Thanjavur: Tamil Nadu might be the first in the country to give an estimated one lakh transexuals in the state a ‘T’ status. But society continues to harass the third gender as was evident in Thanjavur, where the house of…
News.XinhuaNet.com
Beijing (Xinhua) – Ying Ning, the 33-year-old Tianjin man who became a woman through transsexual operations, got a new Chinese ID card as a female on Tuesday.
“I am so excited to receive it after a month-long wait,” said Ying, …
Xtra.ca – Samantha Sarra
On Fri, Apr 18 a refugee claimant will get a second chance to stay in Canada. Viviana Contreras Hernandez — legally Jose Arturo Contreras Hernandez — was granted a new hearing in December after a federal court justice ruled …
MiamiHerald.com – By Diana Moskovitz
The reward has grown to $5,000 in case of Simmie L. Williams Jr., 17-year-old Fort Lauderdale boy who was gunned down earlier this year.
Almost two months later, there are few witnesses and few leads into who …
YemenTimes.com – By Hamed Thabet
Sana’a – An eight-year-old girl decided last week to go the Sana’a West Court to prosecute her father, who forced her to marry a 30-year-old man.
Nojoud Muhammed Nasser arrived at court by herself on Wednesday, Ap…
Media.www.DailyVanguard.com – By: Jesse Thiessen
What’s so weird about a pregnant man? Maybe you guys should get out more
If one thing is evident from all the hoopla over Thomas Beatie, the transgender pregnant man from Bend, it’s that transphobi…
CrainsDetroit.com – By Maureen McDonald
Audrey Hopkins, 47, became the first transgender individual hired into Eaton Corp.’s 100-member information-technology group in October 2005.
Her name and capabilities were already known to her boss and man…
Media.www.LALoyolan.com – Jennifer Beckwith
As a volunteer speaker for an organization that aims to eradicate homophobia, I tell my coming out story, focusing on two main themes: diversity and communication. The acceptance and understanding of diver…
SeattleTimes.NWSource.com – Jerry Large – Seattle Times staff columnist
Seems like everyone belongs to a group with a cause.
And whether they recognize it or not, many causes share a common desire to be accepted.If they’d start by accepting each …