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AlertNet.org – Source: Human Rights Watch
Bishkek – Lesbian and bisexual women and transgender men face violent abuse, including rape, in Kyrgyzstan, both in family settings and from strangers on the street, Human Rights Watch said in a report issue…
FortMillTimes.com – By Greg Bluestein
Atlanta – Georgia’s top court has ruled in favor of a transgender politician sued by two political opponents who claimed she misled voters by running as a female.
The Georgia Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling …
AJR.com – By Lindsay Kalter – AJR Editorial Assistant.
Although they have a long way to go, news organizations are beginning to report with more sophistication about transgender issues.
In April 2007, the byline of a well-known Los Angeles T…
EBAR.com – by Dan Aiello
Sacramento police are calling the death of a young transgender woman “suspicious” and have assigned the case to homicide investigators.
The body of Fernando “Margorito” Molina, 22, of Sacramento was discovered by a group …
EBAR.com – by Matthew S. Bajko
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing locally-owned Dudley Perkins Company, one of the country’s oldest Harley-Davidson motorcycle dealerships, for allegedly violating federal law when it fired a tr…
NewsAdvance.com – By Christa Desrets
Liberty University does not plan to allow members of the gay activist group Soulforce to step on campus today, despite the group’s announcement Monday of plans to do just that.
“To my knowledge, we have not au…
MyDesert.com – Debra Gruszecki – The Desert Sun
Palm Springs – The owner of CopyKatz Showroom – a high-profile nightclub in the heart of downtown – says high rent and a faltering economy have forced her to shut down her business.t
“It’s the worst…
SFGate.com – Demian Bulwa – Chronicle Staff Writer
San Francisco – The Jaguar driver who police said veered onto a Mission District sidewalk at high speed and killed a cafe worker was recently released from prison and was barred from driving, having…
PatagoniaTimes.cl – Written by Leigh Shadko
Discussion about homosexuality and transexuality is rare – or nonexistent – in Santiago public high schools, according to a study released last week by the Movement for Homosexual Integration and Liber…
WashingtonBlade.com – Melissa Rothstein & Darby Hickey
D.C. should require the Dept. of Corrections to comply with the Human Rights Act
In 2005, District residents celebrated the enactment of some of the country’s strongest regulations against di…