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lfpress.com – By Kate Dubinski, The London Free Press
A London cafe has issued a challenge to independent coffee houses all over the continent: make your shops safe for transgendered people on March 31. “Even during the heyday of the gay and lesbian…
ottawacitizen.com – By Chris Cobb, The Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa – The flamboyant, internationally renowned drag queen Dixie Landers took a back seat Thursday to his soberly dressed, brain-injured creator, who told an Ottawa court that he had no memor…
ottawacitizen.com – By Andrew Seymour, The Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa – Drag queen Dixie Landers’ eyes rolled back in his head before he went tumbling down a staircase “like a ping-pong ball hitting the walls” after he was punched in the head at a gay ba…
thejakartapost.com – Indra Harsaputra and Wahyoe Boediwardhana
The police refused Wednesday to grant a permit for the upcoming conference of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex associations across Asia set to be held in Surabaya, East …
wehonews.com – By WeHo News Staff, West Hollywood
West Hollywood, California – Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti and Los Angeles police increased the reward earlier this month for the capture and conviction of the murderer who killed…
desmoinesregister.com – By Jens Manuel Krogstad
A new Iowa State University study shows that cyberbullying is common among lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender youth, although recent research credits legislation in states like Iowa for reducing phy…
miamiherald.typepad.com – Steve Rothaus
News release from the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force:
Washington – The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force calls the U.S. House passage of federal health care reform legislation a historic step forward…
washingtoncitypaper.com – Posted by Amanda Hess
Last month, D.C. police released a report breaking down every hate crime reported in D.C. [PDF] over the past five years. In 2007, changes to the D.C. Human Rights Act required police to begin recordin…
xtra.ca – Kyle Mooney
Disillusioned dykes and dance fiends caught a glimmer of hope in January, in the form of a liquor license application hanging from the front window of Crews/Tango’s 508 Church St address.
Nearly a year has passed since the …
earthtimes.org – By dpa
Sydney – An Australian who made world headlines by being officially declared neuter vowed Thursday not to surrender the “sex not specified” identification document authorities in Sydney now claim they issued in error. The Reg…