URNA Staff BrynMawr.edu
Susan Stryker, a historian, filmmaker and theorist whose work has been influential in determining the direction of the emerging field of transgender studies, will visit Bryn Mawr next week.
After meeting with students in two seminars…
SFBayTimes.com – By Chris Crain
Gay Americans will go without workplace rights or other legal protections because of the trans-or-bust strategy on ENDA.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Massachusetts Democrat Barney Frank announced this week that t…
GayPeoplesChronicle.com – by Lisa Keen
Washington, D.C.–A major controversy has erupted within the LGBT community over a decision by Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., to seek passage of a new version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act that excludes…
Advocate.com
The Palm Beach County, Fla., legislature, on a vote of 6–1, approved a measure Tuesday that would specifically protect the rights of transgender people, according to a report on the Web site Out in Miami. The “yes” vote was split betwee…
TCDailyPlanet.net – By Andy Birkey , Minnesota Monitor
In the next few days, the U.S. House is likely to pass legislation that would prohibit employment discrimination against gays and lesbians. But pressures from Republicans and groups opposed to …
MySanAntonio.com – Graeme Zielinski – Express-News
A 24-year-old transsexual who maintains he was raped by a former San Antonio police officer took the witness stand Thursday to foil an attempt by the ex-cop to get a new trial.
Gabriel Bernal for…
EdgeBoston.com – by Heather Cassell – Bay Area Reporter
A recent examination into methods used by researcher and psychologist J. Michael Bailey, Ph.D., is resurrecting the controversy around his 2003 book The Man Who Would Be Queen: The Science of G…
GayCityNews.com – By Arthur S. Leonard
The U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Denver, rejected a sex discrimination claim by a transgendered bus driver whose employer dismissed her because she insisted on using women’s restrooms along her…
FCNP.com – Written by Wayne Besen
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and openly gay Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) have declared transgender people a drag on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). To ensure its passage, they have introduced a n…
Daily.Stanford.edu – By Shelby Martin
Transgender activist and author Leslie Feinberg spoke to a group of over 100 listeners in Pigott Hall last night about how LGBT struggles dovetail with the struggles against racism, poverty and imperialism.
F…