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OutInBoston.com – by: Greenwald, Marisa, OIA Newswire
Newton, MA – U.S. Representative Barney Frank (D-Newton) today submitted the following statement urging the Massachusetts legislature to extend current state antidiscrimination laws to people who…
WickedLocal.com – By Kyle Cheney
Boston – Lawmakers, state officials, crime victims, transgender people and advocates of all stripes crammed a stiflingly hot hearing room Tuesday as they lobbied the Judiciary Committee to support wide-ranging bills,…
IOL.co.za
Lagos – A Nigerian man has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for dressing up as a woman and loitering around Lagos international airport, court officials said on Tuesday.
“He pleaded guilty to the charges and was given 18 months witho…
TheDailyVoice.com – Nadine Smith
We have to make ending hate violence – no matter the target – a national priority. We have to speak up, at the top of our voices every time. We need a national hate crime law that sends a new and unmistakable message…
TheTartan.org – Jordan Rubenstein
Toilet Training sparks discussion and debate
For most students, choosing which bathroom to use is effortless. Illustrations or words on the door make it clear if a student should use the “Men’s” or “Women’s” room…
EdgeBoston.com – by Ethan Jacobs – Bay Windows
The main argument advanced by the Coalition for Marriage and Family against House Bill 1722 is that it would put the safety of women and children at risk by allowing access to women’s bathrooms and lock…
EdgeBoston.com – by Ethan Jacobs – Bay Windows
Brace yourselves. If opponents of transgender rights have their way, the discussion at a March 4 hearing on the transgender rights bill, House Bill 1722, will be derailed in favor of dredging up age-old…
ProudParenting.com
Current estimates indicate there are more than seven million LGBT parents with school-age children in the United States.
A new report titled: Involved, Invisible, Ignored: The Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgend…
BusinessWire.com
Airline Makes Flying Fun Again
San Franciso – (Business Wire) – Air New Zealand’s Pink Flight of Fabulosity left its ‘pink’ mark in the sky and airline industry as it departed from San Francisco on a Boeing 777 on Tuesday, Feb. 2…
BostonHerald.com – By Associated Press
A judge today granted a hearing to a convicted murderer who says she’s being denied medical treatment in prison as she awaits a ruling in her bid for sex change surgery.
U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf ordere…