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JSOnline.com – By John Diedrich
A psychologist testified Wednesday that a person born anatomically one gender who wants to be the other does not suffer from a disorder but rather has a “biologic condition.”
Daniel Claiborn, testifying for the sta…
MansfieldNewsJournal.com
Mansfield – Last year “Advocate” magazine named Ohio State University the No. 1 transgender-friendly campus in America.
Last week, Jack Miner, associate registrar and president of the OSU-Columbus Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual a…
BayWindows.com – Richard J. Rosendall
Red October used to be a fictional Soviet submarine imagined by Tom Clancy. This month it has been applied to the heat wave in the eastern United States. I think I will remember this Red October not for the uns…
Atlanta.CreativeLoafing.com – By Cliff Bostock
Gender bias sweeps the gay punditocracy
It never fails that whenever the subject of civil rights protections for gay people comes up, opponents start griping about “special rights.” A surprising numb…
SSONet.com.au – by Cara Davis
Almost 10 percent of transgender people will be murdered, compared to 0.0055 percent of the general population.
In addition, 60 percent of all transgender people become victims of hate crimes.
The US statistics, p…
TransgenderLawCenter.org
Thanks to the tireless lobbying effort of our allies and sister organizations. We are getting closer to victoryand YOU can help make the difference.
We must take advantage of this amazing opportunity to win civil rights f…
JSOnline.com – By John Diedrich
A male Wisconsin prison inmate who has developed feminine characteristics after taking hormones testified Tuesday that the treatments have helped him deal with gender identity disorder.
Vankemah Moaton, 29, who use…
GayWired.com – By Jody M. Huckaby
When the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) received its first-ever vote in the House of Representatives and passed the Education and Labor Committee on Oct. 18, it should have been a historic, and celebratory…
SoVo.com – By Lou Chibbaro Jr.
Democratic leaders announced they have decided to postpone a vote in the House of Representatives this week on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, or ENDA.
The announcement came several hours after the White Hous…
SeattleST.com – By Courtney
The Stranger has endorsed a No vote on the RTID Proposition 1 (along with the Seattle Times, but thankfully with more logic and, er, research). Their reasoning? “Rather than letting compromised politicians tell us what’s …