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CNN.com
Trenton, New Jersey (AP) – New Jersey’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that same-sex couples are entitled to the same rights as heterosexual couples.
But the court left it to the Legislature to determine whether the state will honor gay ma…
Advocate.com
In a small but significant victory for transgender rights, the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund announced Monday that it has reached an agreement with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York City that allows pe…
GazetteTimes.com – By Theresa Hogue – Corvallis Gazette-Times
?Welcoming? is a word that was not taken lightly this weekend at a very special celebration of faith, gender and understanding. Corvallis played host to ?Transforming Faith: A Transgender…
RawStory.com – dpa German Press Agency
Hanoi- Communist Vietnam’s conservative Ministry of Culture has approved release of the debut music CD by the country’s first transsexual singing star, an official said Friday. Cindy Thai Tai’s release Sentimen…
IHT.com
The Associated Press – Sao Paulo, Brazil – Brazilian police made ten arrests as they broke up an international human trafficking ring that allegedly specialized in sending transvestite prostitutes to two European cities, a police spokeswoman…
ZMag.org – by Doug Ireland
Indonesia’s fledgling LGBT group, Arus Pelangi (Rainbow Flag), last Monday launched a national campaign against a welter of ultra-homophobic regional statutes based on Muslim Sharia law.
“Many LGBT people are arrested…
Boston.com – By Steve LeBlanc, Associated Press
The federal government has refused to pay death benefits to the spouse of the late Gerry Studds, the first openly gay member of Congress.
Studds married Dean Hara in 2004 after gay marriage was lega…
LBReport.com
Long Beach, CA – The City Council has voted 9-0 to give final approval to a resolution (text below) supporting civil marriage licenses for same sex couples.
The item was scheduled for the Council’s “consent calendar” (no discussion e…
TimesOnline.co.uk – By Steve Bird
A pychiatrist rushed patients into sex-change operations and told them that they could pay for the surgery by working as escorts, a medical tribunal was told yesterday.
Russell Reid, 63, is accused of breaching g…
Advocate.com
Belgin still vividly remembers the night, more than a quarter of a century ago, when police herded her and dozens of other transsexuals and transvestites onto a train as part of a campaign to clean up Istanbul. “We did not know where th…