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StarBulletin.com
A Bill approved by the U.S. House draws federal law closer into alignment with Hawaii’s progressive civil rights statutes, forbidding discrimination against gays, lesbians and bisexuals in the workplace.
The Senate, led by Massac…
TodayOnline.com – Phin Wong – Singapore News
She has written about life as a transsexual woman and has given talks on transsexual issues. But on early Saturday morning, Ms Leona Lo was asked to leave a Clarke Quay nightspot, apparently for being a …
DetNews.com – Deb Price
In a respectful gesture, Speaker Nancy Pelosi took the gavel so she could personally proclaim that the U.S. House had just voted in favor of a national ban on anti-gay job discrimination.
“On this vote, the yeahs are 235, …
AFP.Google.com
Pattaya, Thailand (AFP) — Dressed in a flowing yellow gown with matching earrings, a demure Thai business student wept and embraced her rivals after being crowned the world’s most beautiful transsexual.
Tanyarat Jirapatpakon was na…
Gazette.net – By Janel Davis – Staff Writer
Protests prompt committee to remove public accommodations section of the antidiscrimination bill; a vote is set for Tuesday
After a vigorous e-mail campaign attacking the public accommodations section o…
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Kota Kinabalu: A government servant who sought sexual favours from a transvestite must be regretting for refusing to pay up – he was forced to flee minus his RM700 handphone when set upon by three other transvestites in a lodging…
TowlerRoad.com – Posted by Andy
Additional results of a poll of 514 LGBT people taken by Knowledge Networks, Inc., of Menlo Park and sponsored by the Human Rights Campaign were revealed today by The Advocate.
EndaThe poll concerned the Employment…
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Penang: He was a sales assistant in a pharmacy by day and a strikingly voluptuous and beautiful model by night.
On Thursday, Roslan Abdul Rahim, a 37-year-old transvestite, was found strangled in
Roslan: Was clobbered with a …
WashBlade.com – Lou Chibbaro Jr
Outcome leaves many gay activists disappointed over trans omission
The House of Representatives Wednesday passed the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), marking the first time either chamber of Congress has a…
PrideSource.com – by Todd A. Heywood
Holland – The October 29 suicide of 16-year-old transgender Ian Benson has the LBGT community asking hard questions.
“As parents, this is one of our worst fears,” said Collette Beighley, Triangle Foundations W…