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eBar.com – by Heather Cassell
San Francisco’s well-known women’s health center has quietly dropped the word “women” from its name.
Lyon-Martin Women’s Health Service’s board of directors voted April 25 to make the change in response to requests f…
TheState.com – By William Weir – The Hartford Courant
For at least 150 years, people have been trying to solve the pronoun dilemma.
That would be the dilemma that causes ungainly formations out of fairness to both genders: ?he or she,? ?him or he…
365Gay.com – by Jennifer Vanasco – 365Gay.com
Q&A: Rebecca Stotzer
Hate crimes are equal opportunity ? we?re victimized at about the same rates as African-Americans, Jewish people, and Muslims.
This was the biggest surprise in a new hate crime…
CentralValleyBusinessTimes.com
There may be laws on the books against discrimination, but it?s still widespread in U.S. business, according to a survey released Tuesday by CareerBuilder.com, on online job site, and Kelly Services Inc. (NASDAQ: KELYA…
AMNY.com – By Geoff Mulvihill – Associated Press Writer
Mount Laurel, N.J. – Starting Sunday, New Jersey joins eight other states in making it illegal for employers and landlords to discriminate against transgendered people.
The law, which sailed…
SFGate.com – Sabin Russell – Chronicle Medical Writer
Four years after UCSF officials successfully defended the controversial work of an AIDS researcher under attack by a Republican-controlled Congress, the university is ousting the veteran professo…
GLBTHistory.org
The first museum exhibit in the country to focus on the experiences of GLBT Veterans
and the American military policy on homosexuality.
Exhibit Hours:
Tuesdays-Saturdays 13:00-17:00
GLBT Historical Society
657 Mission Street…
JPost.com – By Peggy Cidor
‘Remember the suffragists – they were also threatened, hated and cursed. But today, who argues with their cause?” asks Ayelet Shnorr, the newly elected chair of Open House, the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender comm…
UnionDemocrat.com – By Mike Morris
A resolution on gay pride month, which Tuolumne County supervisors were asked Tuesday to support, sparked a passionate half-hour discussion, including one supervisor’s candid talk regarding his own vow of celibacy…
eBar.com – by Cynthia Laird
Yahoo last week launched its second annual LGBT Pride micro-site, offering resources for global Pride celebrations. The site also allows visitors to upload Pride images via Flickr, with the search engine donating $1 for e…