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Bloomberg.com – By Steven Bodzin
Bloomberg – Hundreds of thousands of fun-seekers usually swarm into the Castro neighborhood of San Francisco each Oct. 31 for one of the biggest, wildest Halloween celebrations in the U.S.
They may be disappointed…
365Gay.com – by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff
(London) A transsexual man who alleges he was fired by multi-national banking company HSBC because of his corrected gender will be allowed to appeal a labor tribunal ruling that dismissed most of his case….
TimesOnline.co.uk – Brilliant writing by students for students
After reports of an evangelical course promising to ?cure? gay students Ben Judge and Hannah Thomas examine the response from British students.
Students nationwide have joined an onli…
TheNewAnatolian.com
Istanbul – Lambdaistanbul’s homosexual consultation hotline, which has been in operation for the past two years, is now continuing its role with an expanded scope and revitalized energy.
The hotline was started in July 2004 by…
News.XinHuaNet.com
Hanoi (Xinhua) — Vietnam will, under a draft decree, permit transgender people to undergo sexual transformation operation, from next January, according to local newspaper Saigon Liberation on Monday.
Under the draft decree rec…
MNDaily.com – By Elena Rozwadowski
For many University students, choosing which bathroom to use or which gender box to check on a form isn’t a big deal.
But for transgender students on campus, these situations can be uncomfortable or even unsafe…
SouthernVoice.com – By Zach Hudson
Gay activist counters group wants to ?love gays out of existence?
Macon, Ga. ? If Christian dogma dictates homosexuality to be sinful, a Macon church says that traditional evangelical outreach to gay people has …
UKGayNews.org – By Dr. Heather Peto
Dr Heather Peto of Cambridge University and the LGBT human rights group OutRage! argues that charges of professional misconduct against one of the world?s leading gender identity specialists are not in the interes…
GayNZ.com
The Human Rights Commission is currently holding an inquiry into discrimination and human rights issues for transgender people, believed to be the first of its kind worldwide.
Coordinator Jack Byrne says the inquiry is focusing on three…
TheJakartaPost.com – Zaky Yamani, Contributor, Bandung
She is tall and slim, her skin is clean and her hair drops down to her shoulders. When speaking, she does so with a soft, polite voice.
Mbak (sister) Riri, as she is known to her friends, hea…