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huffingtonpost.com – Toshio Meronek – Independent journalist
Lower Polk Neighbors (LPN) is a central San Francisco neighborhood association that meets monthly to talk “crime, cleanliness, beautification, and [the] strengthening of our community.” Bu…
lgbtweekly.com – By Autumn Sandeen
Many in the LGBT community aren’t aware that there is a Transgender Pride Flag. It’s flown at transgender specific events; it can be seen each year at the San Diego Pride festival at the transgender booth. It’s a f…
boxscorenews.com
Ottawa, Ontario : The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) today released a report entitled, “Sport in Transition: Making Sport in Canada More Responsible for Gender Inclusivity.” The document concludes that, because variation…
huffingtonpost.com – By Robin Wilkey
Controversy has erupted in San Francisco’s LGBTQ Castro District over the management of its historic rainbow flag, igniting tensions throughout the district and questions about how to honor the many faces of the …
huffingtonpost.com – Courtney O’Donnell – Transgender actress, advocate, and writer; star, ‘Lexie Cannes’
With incorrect, offensive, or downright transphobic phrases like “man in a dress,” “male-to-female transsexual,” “he calls himself Brandi,” or,…
edgeboston.com – by Catherine Pickavet – Bay Area Reporter
In a matter of weeks, Bay Area transgender pilot Tamsyn Waterhouse could once again be fully licensed to fly planes, because she challenged the Federal Aviation Administration and won.
Wa…
blogs.miaminewtimes.com – By Kyle Munzenrieder
David Caton, the founder and sole employee of the Florida Family Association, seems to be an in-joke among journalists. Need a ridiculous quote for your story from someone associated with the Christian …
blogs.sfweekly.com – By Joe Eskenazi
Last week, a San Francisco Chronicle correction regarding an erroneous report of the brandishing of a dildo-crucifix in a local Catholic church made its play for the The Corrections Hall of Fame.
The item in …
huffingtonpost.com – By Gregory Trotter and Jim Merrell
For the second time in Chicago this year, the life of a gender-variant young person of color was lost to violence.
Donta Gooden’s body was found in an abandoned building on the city’s West S…
advocate.com – By Genny Beemyn and Shane Windmeyer
Transgender people within higher education continue to be an invisible, often forgotten community. Only about 10% of colleges and universities have trans-inclusive nondiscrimination statements. Rese…