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UKGayNews.org.uk
Dublin – The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) again highlighted last night the “vital human rights implications” of a High Court ruling on the right of an individual who has undergone gender reassignment to be recognised as fema…
In.Reuters.com – By Ed Cropley and Nopporn Wong-Anan
Bangkok (Reuters) – 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 Can…
Media.www.DailyNorthwestern.com – Sarah Sumadi
After a barrage of national media attention, a constant stream of Internet invectives and a formal Northwestern investigation into his research on transsexuals, is psychology Prof. J. Michael Bailey rea…
GP.org
Green Party of the United States
http://www.gp.org
For Immediate Release:
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Contacts:
Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, mclarty@greens.org
Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, star…
Gay.com – by Marc Breindel
Transgender people are being removed from a bill to protect other queer Americans from job discrimination, known as ENDA (Employment Non-Discrimination Act). Out gay Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., and Speaker of the House Nan…
SeattleWeekly.com – By Laura Onstot
Washington’s high-school sports regulators find themselves in a transgender bind.
Cheerleading tryouts are where girls become women and losers join the debate team. Last spring, Mount Vernon High School freshma…
Advocate.com
(AP) San Francisco’s top-ranking Catholic clergyman apologized for serving Communion to two men dressed as nuns during a church service in the heart of the city’s gay enclave.
In a letter posted on the archdiocese of San Francisco’s …
EBAR.com – by Matthew S. Bajko
Mayoral candidate Michael Powers used last week’s candidate forum to reveal for the first time publicly he is transgender. The disclosure is believed to be the first time a transgender person has run for mayor in San F…
ChicagoTribune.com – By Gabrielle Russon –
Washington BureauAnti-discrimination protections in bill won’t cover group
Washington – A bill forbidding workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation — which gay activists see as a milestone i…
DCist.com
Even if the Employment Non-Discrimination Act will move forward without the transgender segment of the LGBT community, the District’s transgender residents did score a victory yesterday. D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier issued a department g…