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Online.WSJ.com – By Yaroslav Trofimov
Cross-Dressing Leila Hopes to Perform Again In Pashtun Theater
Peshawar, Pakistan – In one of the more unexpected outcomes of Pakistan’s election last week, Leila the drag queen scored a big win.
Leila, th…
MiamiHerald.TypePad.com
Equality Florida news release:
Community Outraged Over Continuing Epidemic of Hate Violence
Ft. Lauderdale) Today, Equality Florida and the coalition Transgender Equality Rights Initiatives (TERI) expressed outrage over…
TimesOfMalta.com
The Malta Gay Rights Movement (MGRM) this evening presented a petition, backed by 1,084 signatures, to the Nationalist Party asking for formal recognition of the rights of same sex couples; the inclusion of an article in the Crimina…
MiamiHerald.com – By Adam H. Beasley
A young man dressed as a woman was fatally shot in a Fort Lauderdale neighborhood known for transvestite prostitution early Friday.
Simmie L. Williams spent much of Thursday looking after his 1-year-old nephew…
Media.www.DailyFreePress.com – Jazz Vakhshoorzadeh
Harvard University students objected to a guest speaker’s use of the term “minority” and an apparent lack of concern shown for transgender people during a presentation about the discrimination again…
BaltimoreSun.com – By Rona Marech – Sun reporter
Petition may send Montgomery County measure to referendum
A Montgomery County measure intended to protect transgender people appears headed to a voter referendum, setting up a potentially divisive …
TheMuse.ca – By David Karp
Academics discuss sports rules for transsexuals, intersexed people
Victoria (CUP) – What is a woman? Are male-to-female transsexuals real women? While sportsorganizations struggle to cope with these questions, a Univers…
Blog.OregonLive.com – Ashbel S. (Tony) Green
A federal judge has rejected an inmate’s lawsuit seeking to force Oregon prison officials to pay for a sex-change operation and a transfer to a women’s prison.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Janice Stewart rule…
GayNZ.com – By GayNZ.com News Staff
LGBT advocacy network Rainbow Wellington is demanding action by MPs to follow up on several recommendations set out in the Human Rights Commission’s recently released report on transgender discrimination in New Z…
NYTimes.com – By Tina Kelley
New Jersey’s civil union law “creates a second-class status” for same-sex couples and is particularly vexing for people in the military, transgender people, the poor and minorities, according to a report issued on Tuesda…