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Rep. Carl Wimmer, a Herriman Republican, has dropped his plan — at least for now — to stop transgender Utahns from switching the sex designation on their driver licenses until they’ve absolutely and irreversibly completed a sex-change o…
WeekendPost.co.za – Barbara Hollands – East London Correspondent
He was the glamorous reigning Miss Africa Queen and looking forward to defending his drag queen title later this year. Instead, Eastern Cape teenager Jonathan Tutu, 19, committed suici…
WAPT.com
Jackson, Miss. — The federal trial for Jackson Mayor Frank Melton and his former bodyguard is scheduled to begin with jury selection on Monday. The mayor and Michael Recio were indicted last year on civil rights charges surrounding the d…
News.KaosGL.com
Ankara – On January 24, 2009, the Platform of LGBTT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transvestites and Transsexuals) Rights of Turkey issued a detailed report about LGBTT Rights Situation in Turkey during the year of 2008. Below is a short s…
Media.www.DailyPennsylvanian.com – Abby Johnston
The University’s health-insurance policy may be in violation of its nondiscrimination policy, many members of the Penn community say.
Currently, the University employee-benefits program does not co…
BayWindows.com – by Laura Kiritsy – Editor-in-chief
The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) has issued a new policy to facilitate the changing of gender markers on driver’s licenses and state-issued identification cards for people who hav…
EarthTimes.org – Author : American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois
Chicago – (Business Wire) Citing the need to have an accurate birth certificate for identification purposes, two women born in Illinois today asked a court to order the State to is…
PostCrescent.com – By Cheryl Anderson – Post-Crescent staff writer
Appleton – A transgendered person who sued a downtown nightclub this past week for discrimination said she is pushing the lawsuit to set an example.
“You don’t have to get along …
Herald-Mail.com – By Jennifer Fitch
Tri-State – When they left their first Waynesboro Area School Board meeting on Jan. 13, little had been said to the teenagers hoping to start a Gay-Straight Alliance.
The only substantial conversation was promp…
LancashireTelegraph.co.uk – By David Barnes
A burglar dressed up in women’s underwear and filmed himself performing sex acts during raids on a series of Burnley homes, a court has heard.
Gary Marie’s sordid practice was only discovered when polic…