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MySanAntonio.com – Graeme Zielinski – Express-News
A 24-year-old transsexual who maintains he was raped by a former San Antonio police officer took the witness stand Thursday to foil an attempt by the ex-cop to get a new trial.
Gabriel Bernal for…
FCNP.com – Written by Wayne Besen
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and openly gay Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) have declared transgender people a drag on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). To ensure its passage, they have introduced a n…
SFBayTimes.com – By Chris Crain
Gay Americans will go without workplace rights or other legal protections because of the trans-or-bust strategy on ENDA.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Massachusetts Democrat Barney Frank announced this week that t…
GayPeoplesChronicle.com – by Lisa Keen
Washington, D.C.–A major controversy has erupted within the LGBT community over a decision by Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., to seek passage of a new version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act that excludes…
For Immediate Release: Dated October 3, 2007
From: The National Transgender Advocacy Coalition (NTAC)
Contacts: Vanessa Edwards Foster; Houston, Texas
Chair, Ethan St. Pierre, Haverhill, MA
Contact Email: ntacmedia@aol.com
Contact Phone: 832-4…
DigitalJournal.com
A transvestite man caught dressed as a nurse in the female washroom at a Hong Kong public hospital has been jailed, a news report said Thursday.
Chung Kai-lun, 29, was found wearing women’s clothes and a surgical mask in the ho…
MetroWeekly.com – by Yusef Najafi
While presenting her testimony to the Montgomery County Council Tuesday, Oct. 2, against the passage of a bill that would protect transgender people by adding the words ”gender identity” to the county’s anti-discr…
The banter back and forth between political organizations about ENDA is fueled with anger and he-said-she-said. It’s like fire! So, let them duke it out. But, what we do know is that further rifts will cause additional divide between organizations and …
TaipeiTimes.com – Staff Writer, with CNA
Election candidates should do more than speak up for gay rights so that they can secure votes from members of the gay, bisexual and transgender communities, representatives from these communities said yesterd…
SSONet.com.au – by Cara Davis
Grace Abrams and Fiona Power have become the first legally recognised same-sex couple in Australia.
The Federal Government was last week forced to formally acknowledge the marriage, following a decision by the Admini…