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BayWindows.com – by Ethan Jacobs – staff reporter
The Boston Foundation last week awarded the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) a $25,000 grant. MTPC co-chair Holly Ryan said much of the funding will go towards paying for a first …
GayNZ.com – By GayNZ.com News Staff
Miss Hollywood – Christchurch drag personality and owner of Diva’s Boutique – will launch a club night in the New Year especially for transgender people, cross-dressers, their friends and admirers.
“For so long…
NewVision.co.ug – By J.S. Mayanja-Nkangi
UGANDA is experiencing an internationally orchestrated crescendo of demands for “rights” by the homosexual fraternity: male, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and transvestite. Essentially, these “rights” reduce…
English.Chosun.com
Crossdressers are men obsessed with wearing women’s clothes. They are neither necessarily gay nor transsexuals and cross-dressing is common across the globe. In fact, a CIA report on cross-dressing in 1993 says they are “mostly he…
Philly.com – By Cei Bell
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would ban discrimination in the workplace based on sexual orientation, passed Congress in November.
Rep. Barney Frank’s (D-Mass.) controversial removal of gender identity from …
EagleTribune.com – Jason Tait
Haverhill – Northern Essex Community College has denied the use of the men’s locker room to a transgender student because of his female anatomy.
Ethan Santiago, 20, of Methuen was born a girl but identifies himself a…
KGW.com – By kgw.com and AP Staff
A transgender man from Oregon who was once featured on “America’s Most Wanted” after fleeing from police investigating his roommate’s murder claims he’s innocent.
David French, 48, was charged with murder in the …
MG.co.za
Johannesburg, South Africa – The African National Congress (ANC) must make the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people a “living reality” at its upcoming national conference.
In a statement on Thursday, the Lesb…
FrontPageMagazine.com – By Mark D. Tooley
Red Emma’s, an anarchist bookstore and café in Baltimore, has come to the rescue of struggling St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, whose originally female pastor now claims to be a man.
The Baltimore Sun …
WashBlade.com – Joshua Lynsen
Activist blames ‘trans phobia’ for withdrawal
A transgender woman dropped her bid this week to succeed a Maryland state legislator who died.
Dana Beyer, who was among seven Montgomery County residents seeking to r…