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/blogout.justout.com – Posted by Nick Mattos
No bones about it: archaeologists in Prague discovered a 5,000-year-old skeleton which they believe to be the remains of a transgender person.
The biologically male remains, which are believed to date …
examiner.com – Shuyee Lee – Montreal Headlines Examiner
A 23-year-old drag queen who alleges he was ticketed by a Montreal Transit Corporation inspector because of his sexual orientation has won his case in court.
Victor Jr. Roberge was at the Pa…
sfgate.com – KALWNews.org – By Erica Mu
Last month on Crosscurrents, we reported on the discrimination transgender people face in the healthcare system. Nearly 6,500 transgender and gender non-conforming people responded to a study conducted by the …
sfgate.com – Victoria Colliver, Chronicle Staff Writer
A series of shutdowns, mergers and near-closures in recent months has changed the landscape of community health clinics in San Francisco.
Planned Parenthood, Haight Ashbury Free Clinics and L…
gazette.net – by C. Benjamin Ford – Staff Writer
A Montgomery County ethics panel has ruled that former County Council aide Dana Beyer did not use her position to intimidate opponents collecting petition signatures to overturn the county’s transgend…
huffingtonpost.com
“Born This Way” is Lady Gaga’s minority and gay rights anthem, and as such, she’s decided not to partner with a chain retailer known for its donations to anti-gay rights political candidates.
Metro Weekly reports, citing source…
patheos.com – by Star Foster
I did not attend the Lilith ritual at PantheaCon. I was busy drooling over the insanely gorgeous and talented Wendy Rule. So I don’t know what happened at the entrance. What words were used, what tone was used or what we…
stanforddaily.com – By Cristopher Bautista
This week is Transgender Awareness Week at Stanford, and of course, I love it when people are aware of me. But I feel like whenever I write a column during a week that is important for LGBT issues, I always…
thejournal.ie – Susan Daly
The publication of what The Sun newspaper calls “a fun quiz on gender” has been strongly criticised for reinforcing stereotypes about transgender people.
The quiz carries the headline ‘Tran or woman?’ and features 14 pi…
media.www.gwhatchet.com – by Louis Nelson – Sports Editor
The University’s Office of Media Relations drew scrutiny this week, after the mother of women’s basketball player Kye Allums alleged GW stifled opportunities for Allums to speak out about his…