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HRW.org
Attempt to Close Lambda Istanbul Endangers Basic Freedoms
(New York) – A legal challenge by the governor of Istanbul seeking to close down Lambda Istanbul, a gay rights organization, threatens basic freedoms of association and expression,…
TheNation.com – Christopher Lisotta
October was supposed to be a triumph for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, thanks to the recent passage of a comprehensive hate crimes bill in both houses of Congress and what was expec…
PinkNews.co.uk – Tony Grew
Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, has sought to end the controversy surrounding new legislation protecting LGBT people from discrimination.
A version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act excl…
AlterNet.org – By Deb Price, Creators Syndicate
Members of the House could learn a lot about transgender identity from someone like Alice Miller, a scholar and former CIA analyst who waited until her 60s to transition.
A thirst to learn more ab…
IndyBay.org – by a TG person
Recently activists and community leaders have been mobilizing in San Francisco….
…in hopes of gaining public support for ENDA or HR 2015. Several politicians want to split that bill and drop protection for transge…
TimesOfIndia.IndiaTimes.com
Suri: Syed Rehan Firdous was not allowed to offer namaz as clerics did not permit him into the prayer room. His fault? He was a woman earlier. In June 2006, Rehana Firdous underwent a surgery and became Syed Rehan Firdous…
SanFranciscoSentinel.com – By Pat Murphy – Sentinel Editor & Publisher
San Francisco united Friday insisting pragmatism spring from principle in the national debate on extending employment non-discrimination protection to transgender people.
A da…
NYTimes.com – By David Herszenhorn
Washington – Of the three most recognizable Barneys in America, one is a singing purple dinosaur, another is a prehistoric cartoon character and the third is a gay congressman from Massachusetts.
Representative …
SeattlePI.NWSource.com
Seattle police believe the Thursday afternoon beating of a transsexual woman may have been a hate crime, the P-I’s Levi Pulkkinen reports.
About 5:15 p.m., police received a report that a man was assaulting a woman in the 6…
GayCityNews.com – By: Andy Humm & Paul Schindler
Hoping to put a halt to growing divisions over ENDA’s scope, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi indicated the Democratic leadership is now prepared to move forward with Barney Frank’s trimmed-down version …