URNA Staff News.Scotsman.com – Ed Cropley and Nopporn Wong-Anan
(Bangkok) After a three-year hunt involving cutting edge technology and police on three continents, it was dogged detective work and a Thai transvestite that finally led officers to Canadian paed…
Columbus, Ohio – Local and statewide organizations announce the 9 th Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance Vigil.
The Transgender Day of Remembrance is held in November each year to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred o…
SameSame.com.au – By Christian Taylo
Nakia Ladelle Baker died in January in Tennessee as a result of blunt force trauma to the head. Keittirat Longnawa was beaten by nine youths in Thailand, who then slit her throat. In March, Moira Donaire was stab…
On the Eve of The Transgendered Day of Rememberence (Nov 19th)
Minneapolis, Minnesota – Harsh Reality will make a special appearace at the Bedlam theater to Share Music, Thoughts, and the Memory of those who have fallen to Hate, bias, and violence.
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AfterElton.com – LyleMasaki
World of Wonder is reporting that James St. James’ hilarious young adult novel, Freak Show, will be honored by the School Library Journal as the Best Young Adult Book of the Year. (SLJ hasn’t added the announcement to the…
EdgeBoston.com – by Kilian Melloy – EDGE Boston Contributor
Drag queens are supposed to mix class with crass, and trash with flash: so why has a hostess in drag been fired from her Gay Bingo gig? Evidently for… well… being a drag queen.
Colum…
FrederickNewsPost.com – By Sonia Boin – News-Post Staff
A bill banning discrimination against transgender people in Montgomery County is facing a court challenge.
Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays executive director Regina Griggs said her g…
Media.www.LeProvoc.com – Kristen Miller
Gender is not a hobby – It is a fact for Finney Boylan
Gliding across the stage in a floral dress and a black blazer, Jennifer Finney Boylan compared her surgical procedure in 2001 to “the feeling of leavin…
Valley24.com – By Robert Joki
In exactly two weeks time, Youngstown’s guilty little holiday pleasure, How The Drag Queen Stole Christmas, will open at the Oakland Center for the Arts. In tribute to what will be a delightfully devilish train wreck o…
TheHoya.com – By Caty Schmitter – Special to The HoyaArgues
Many Struggle to Sympathize With Minority Issues
Homophobia is a common problem because many struggle to sympathize with minority issues, Mara Keisling, the executive director of the Nat…