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IHT.com – The Associated Press
Ankara, Turkey: A popular transsexual singer charged with illegally criticizing mandatory military service in Turkey appeared in court on Wednesday and defended herself.
In Turkey, defendants are not expected to ent…
Canada.com – Katie Mercer, The Province
Transsexual social activist Jamie Lee Hamilton is filing a human-rights complaint against Vancouver’s Non-Partisan Association after it rejected her as a parks board candidate.
Hamilton said two interviews …
SantiagoTimes.cl – By Leigh Shadko – Editor Santiago Times
Gay Rights Group MOVILH Lambastes Ed Ministry For Lack Of Action
Discussion about homosexuality and transexuality is rare – or nonexistent – in Santiago public high schools, according to …
MiamiHerald.TypePad.com – Steve Rothaus
Queercents (http://www.queercents.com), a personal finance blog serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, announced the launch of its series on transgender finances entitled: Our Mon…
HuffingtonPost.com – Victoria Rosner
Evidently some laid-off Lehman Brothers employees are turning to the Craigslist personals in an effort to distract themselves from their professional woes. For those I-bankers seeking consolation in erotic advent…
SouthernVoice.com – By Ryan Lee
Officer, newspaper refer to alleged prostitutes as ‘transvestite’
The Atlanta Police Department’s LGBT liaison is preparing to make the rounds at police roll calls next week to remind officers to use respectful and…
ACLU.org – For Immediate Release
Federal Court Sides With ACLU, Ruling That Refusing To Hire Transgender People Is Discriminatory
Washington – Today a federal judge ruled that the Library of Congress illegally discriminated against a Special Forc…
DenverPost.com – By Monte Whaley – The Denver Post
Greeley – Allen Andrade told his girlfriend that he “snapped” when he learned the woman he had oral sex with the night before was biologically a man.
Indeed, until he confronted 18-year-old Angie…
ChicagoTribune.com – By Carlos Sadovi – Chicago Tribune reporter
Weeks after a proposal to open Chicago’s first public high school catering to gay, lesbian and transgender youth was announced, about 200 people on Thursday met with administrators at …
ChiTownDailyNews.org – By Paul D. Bowker
Chicago Public Schools officials will hold a community forum tonight on a proposed new school catering to gay students.
The proposed Pride Campus of Greater Lawndale Little Village School for Social Justi…