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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…
YumaSun.com – By James Gilbert – Sun Staff Writer
A statewide advocacy organization has introduced a hate-crime bill to the state Legislature named after a Yuma gay man and gender performer who was murdered in 2006.
According to spokesman Sam Ho…
MassLive.com
Is that a boy or a girl? How do you know? When and why does it matter?
While most individuals take these questions and their answers for granted, they create significant implications for our society and the institutions that define t…
Examiner.com – Kathleen Miller
Washington – A conservative group opposed to a new Montgomery County law that prohibits discrimination against transgender people used Election Day to collect signatures from voters in the hopes of overturning the meas…
MiamiHerald.com – By Breanne Gilpatrick
Broward County will decide Tuesday whether to join a growing number of counties that ban discrimination against transgender residents.
Stares from strangers. Remarks about how ”weird” she looks. Even gett…
For Immediate Release: Dated February 11, 2008
From: The National Transgender Advocacy Coalition (NTAC)
Contacts: Vanessa Edwards Foster; Houston, Texas
Chair, Ethan St. Pierre, Haverhill, MA
Contact Email: ntacmedia@aol.com
Website: The National …
TypicallySpanish.com – By m.p.
He faces persecution in his home country if he is deported under an order issued by an Alicante court
An Algerian transsexual who is due to be deported as an illegal immigrant under an order from a court in Alicante
Pedro Zerolo, PSOE’s secretary for social movements and liaison, said speaking in Alicante on Tuesday that he will do everything possible to resolve the situation, and added that status as a political refugee can be granted in cases where a person could be persecuted in their home country because of their sexual orientation. He said the immigrant in question has not made any application for asylum.
OutAndAboutNewsPaper.com – by O&AN Staff Reports
Represents District 23 as Davidson County Democratic Committeewoman – seeks to be delegate to DNC
Marisa Richmond has become Tennessee’s first openly transgender person to win an election in the hi…
9News.com – By Nelson Garcia, Reporter
Highlands Ranch – The issue of being transgender usually pops up with students in high school. However, a 2nd grade boy wants to dress as a girl and be addressed with a girl’s name.
“As a public school sys…
AgoraCosmopolitan.com – by Shelby DeSouza
Your mind is like a parachute – it works best when it is open
The number of heterosexual men who admit to a curiosity about or preference for T-Girls (transsexuals, transvestites, she-males, etc.), has gr…