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TulsaWorld.com – By Shannon Muchmore – World Staff Writer
Community leaders on Thursday denounced state Rep. Sally Kern’s recent comments about homosexuality and asked legislators to respond by passing hate crimes legislation that encompasses sexual…
PinkNews.co.uk – Lucy Durnin
The second meeting of the European Transgender Council is to be held this year in Germany, it was announced today.
The council, comprised of Transgender Europe (TGEU), the Transgender Network Berlin (TGNB) and TransIn…
ExpressIndia.com – Express news service
Kolkata, March 13 In a show of solidarity, around 300 citizens joined a candle light procession to condemn the violence on March 9, in which three members of the transgender community were beaten up by locals …
BIANet.org
The Human Rights Watch has published a press release, in which it condemns pressure put on a gay rights organisation in Istanbul.
Toronto/New York – A legal challenge by the governor of Istanbul seeking to close down Lambda Istanbul, a…
Queerty.com
New New York Governor David Paterson probably can’t see straight right now. Well, actually, he barely see at all.
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Said Van Capelle:
He has been a strong and consistent friend of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LG…
TheSentinel.com – By Nathan Carrick – Staff Writer
This fight isn’t over.
Even after the Montgomery County Board of Elections last week certified a petition to get a referendum question about the county’s new transgender rights law on the ballot …
WindyCityMediaGroup.com – by Amy Wooten
Going on its eighth year of risqué parties, including the steamy annual Black Bra event, production company Chix Mix has changed hands.
Chix Mix Productions is now under new ownership. Versage Productions o…
Media.www.BGNews.com – By: Steve Kunkler
Members of the University community rallied outside of the Union to protest the recent increase in violence against transgender individuals.
The Rally Against Gender Violence and Hate was put together by m…
BBSNews.net – Edited by: Michael Hess
Rep. Kern said “the homosexual agenda is destroying this nation” and the threat was larger than international terrorism
(HRC) Washington – The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest gay, lesbian, bisexu…
TheAge.com.au – John Silvester
The Office of Police Integrity has uncovered evidence that appears to support claims a group of police have protected transsexual prostitutes in exchange for sexual favours.
OPI investigators have tracked down sever…