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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…
SouthAsia.OneWorld.net – Source: ActionAid
In a recent progressive step, the Tamil Nadu government is set to become a model for protecting rights of sexual minorities. And has given succor to people on the margins of society that their voices can be…
Fosters.com – Diane M. Starkey
Nicholas D. Kristof’s column, “Evangelicals a liberal can love,” was in my Feb. 7 Foster’s Daily Democrat. I must correct his assumption that contempt of “conservative right” Christian evangelicals is based on their pr…
Feministe.us – Posted by: Holly
I’ve been following the media reactions to a story from Colorado about a young transgender girl in the 2nd grade and the usual gang of clowns are doing their “moral outrage” acts. It’s all fairly predictable, but it’…
EveningNews24.co.uk – Lucy Bolton
My wait for operation goes on
A pre-op transsexual has spoken out about her frustration over constant delays to her gender reassignment surgery.
Penny Blake, from Lower Clarence Road, Norwich, has been fightin…
Time.com – By John Cloud
Lawrence King, an eighth grader who identified as gay and wore makeup and nail polish, was 15 when he was declared brain dead on Feb. 13. The day before, he had been shot in the head in an Oxnard, Calif., classroom full of …
Tennessean.com – By Bonna Johnson – Staff Writer
Opponents say proposal would violate students’ free speech
For one state lawmaker, it’s a disturbing trend in public education: Tennessee middle school teachers attending seminars on how to teach a…
On Saturday, Sanesha Stewart, a transwoman of color living in the Bronx, was murdered in her own apartment. She was 25 years old. Her accused killer, Steve McMillan, had known her for months, yet when he was arrested, he claimed to have been enraged to…
Independent.ie – By Dearbhail McDonald and Tim Healy
The Government may be forced to repeal parts of Ireland’s birth registration laws following a landmark legal challenge by a dentist who underwent a sex change to become a woman.
Dr Lydia Foy y…
MetroWeekly.com – by Yusef Najafi
The decade-old 17th Street gay nightspot is forced to halt its entertainment and now faces an uncertain future
Despite rumors to the contrary, Club Chaos, a 10-year-old GLBT restaurant and bar located at 1603 17t…