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SFGate.com
Nick Cawthon, Oakland
Are you kidding? Ru Paul just raised $4 million in a single day for his Presidential run. You can’t get any more mainstream than that!
Mark Savery, San Francisco
Yes. As a gay man, I’m thinking about the old…
AZCentral.com – Lesley Wright – The Arizona Republic
Scottsdale – Scottsdale’s Personnel Board on Monday unanimously voted to recommend that the city protect gays and transgender people from discrimination in City Hall.
The vote addressed the fi…
GayWired.com – By Chrys Hudson
Today is the Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day to memorialize those killed because of anti-transgender violence or prejudice. To mark this event, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has released a…
Feministing.com – Contributed by Julia Serano
Tomorrow, Tuesday, November 20th will be the 9th Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, which memorializes those who are killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. Trans people are often targete…
SundayLife.co.uk
A sex change civil servant who has claimed she was the victim of discrimination by her bosses has won her fight to have the case heard behind closed doors.
The real-life Hayley Cropper- who claims to be the victim of cruel and th…
PegasusNews.com – By John Wright of the Dallas Voice
It’s beginning to sound like Dallas’ 2007 Black Tie Dinner could turn into a food fight.
At the very least, there will be some big issues on the table at the annual fundraiser Saturday, Nov. 17…
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…
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…
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…
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…