URNA Staff DemocratAndChronicle.com – Greg Livadas
A transgender Rochester man must provide medical evidence to justify his request to change his first name from Sarah to Evan, a local judge has ruled.
Allowing Sarah Rockefeller to change his name without e…
GenEngNews.com
Ben Barres has a distinct edge over the many others who have joined the debate about whether men’s brains are innately better suited for science than women’s. He doesn’t just make an abstract argument about the similarities and differ…
OutInMemphis.com – Beth Maples-Bays
Knoxville, Tenn. – Knoxville Police Department’s internal investigation branch and Civil Service Board officials denounced two high-ranking Knoxville Fire Department (KFD) employees and substantiated claims made b…
Stuff.co.nz – Gran Fleming
Labour list MP Georgina Beyer says she expects to step down well in advance of the next election as part of the party’s “rejuvenation” process.
Associate Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton announced his retirement y…
NYTimes.com – Benedict Carey
John William Money, who helped found the field of sexual identity studies, died Friday in Towson, Md. He was 84.
The cause was complications of Parkinson?s disease, said Dr. Money?s niece Sally Hopkins.
A psycholog…
OutSports.com – Cyd Zeigler Jr.
To little fanfare, the United States Golf Association this week adopted a policy to allow post-op transgender male-to-female golfers to participate in women?s tournaments.
Nary a whisper of it hit the airwaves. Not…
kake.com – Cayle Thompson
The victim says he makes a convincing woman. So the after being attacked with a weapon, the question remains: Were his attackers fooled? Or, was he targeted because of his hobby?
It could make the difference in whether o…
Boston.com – Scott Helman
Amendment effort is constitutional
The Supreme Judicial Court delivered a major victory yesterday to opponents of same-sex marriage, validating a proposed constitutional amendment that seeks to outlaw gay weddings in a 2…
YNetNews.com – Neta Sela
Ultra-Orthodox politicians join Islamic Movement, chief rabbi enlists pope. Result: Homosexuals, lesbians from across globe to apparently not march in capital
Political pressures have apparently worked: Ynet has learned t…
Canada.com/EdmontonJournal
Disciplinary charges have been dropped against two Edmonton police officers who failed to take a teenager to a hospital last year after suffering minor injuries.
Const. Colin Hughan and Const. Don Brownell were charged …