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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…
Collegian.PSU.edu – By Katie Sullivan – For the Collegian
Alan Fitzgerald Walker, of Fayetteville, Ark., was beaten and strangled to death on Nov. 9, 1996. His home was vandalized and his tires slashed. His body was found three days later.
Yester…
SFBayTimes.com – By Ann Rostow
With House passage of the Employment Nondiscrimination Act last week, the first phase of the ENDA wars is over. Even those who strongly opposed the idea of advancing an employment nondiscrimination bill that left out p…
SouthernVoice.com – Lou Chibbaro Jr.
Reid says Senate vote on ENDA unlikely this year
The fate of a gay- and transgender-inclusive hate crimes bill was called into question this week when gay-supportive members of the House of Representatives thr…
EBAR.com – by Heather Cassell
The Trans Project was reborn last week as the Trans: Thrive Drop-in Center after the San Francisco Department of Public Health took over the project at the end of June from the University of California, San Francisco.
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AZCentral.com – Peter Corbett – The Arizona Republic
A $5 sign and a face-to-face meeting led to a settlement of a year-long dispute over transgender rights and a downtown Scottsdale bar’s bathroom.
Michele deLaFreniere, a transgender woman, and…
PRLeap.com
In Honor of Transgender Day of Remembrance, GLAAD Releases a Powerful Message Calling for Dignity and Respect
(PRLEAP.COM) Tuesday, November 20 is the Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day to memorialize those killed because of anti-tr…
Examiner.com – by Kathleen Miller, The Examiner
Washington – Montgomery County Council members unanimously approved a measure that outlaws discrimination against transgender people, despite the outrage of protesters who worried the measure would al…
StarGazetteNews.com – By Ray Finger
Southport businessman’s viewpoint upsets some Tiers residents.
With conviction as firm as his handshake, a Southport business owner has put up a sign at his insurance agency to take a stand against same-sex mar…
NashuaTelegraph.com – Gerri Cannon
I read the letter to the editor written by Jeffrey Winslow in the Oct. 28 Sunday paper (“N.H. transgendered bill the wrong approach”) and realized that Mr. Winslow is uninformed on the subject of transgender health…