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ontopmag.com – By On Top Magazine Staff
Eighty-five countries including the United States issued a joint statement at the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday expressing support for gay rights.
The statement expresses “concern at contin…
pinknews.co.uk – by Jane Fae
This week, the government rejected proposals to close a loophole which appears to have denied many trans women what they consider to be their rightful entitlement to pension payments.
However Lord Freud, the parliame…
baywindows.com – by Hannah Clay Wareham – Associate Editor
The Boston City Council on Wednesday, March 9 unanimously passed a resolution in support of An Act Relative to Transgender Equal Rights, also known as the Transgender Civil Rights Bill.
T…
socialistworker.org – Christine Darosa
The National Center for Transgender Equality and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force have released a groundbreaking study that shows the full spread and scale of discrimination against transgender people.
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baltimoresun.com – By Janene Holzberg, Special to The Baltimore Sun
When a photo of a guy dressed in women’s clothing suddenly flashed on the screen near the end of an intense slide show on teenage drunken driving, Will Gullucci felt humiliated.
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telegraphindia.com – Smitha Verma
When Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, a transgender activist, was asked to leave the Gymkhana Club in Mumbai last year, she knew it was still a long walk on the road to social acceptance for the third sex. Tripathi, who has …
dnainfo.com – By Jill Colvin – DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
Midtown – Drag queen activists in six-inch stilettos ground Midtown traffic to a halt Tuesday morning during a rally where they demanded the passage of a marriage equality bill in New York.
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sltrib.com – By Robert Gehrke and Rosemary Winters
A measure that would protect gay and transgender Utahns from housing and employment discrimination statewide has been blockaded for three weeks and likely will not get a hearing this legislative ses…
news.bostonherald.com – By Kyle Cheney – State House News Service
Gov. Deval Patrick moved today to prohibit all state agencies from making employment decisions based on gender identity, delighting transgender advocates who have failed to gain tract…
dnaindia.com – By Merlin Francis
The Karnataka Sexual Minorities Forum (KSMF) on Thursday welcomed the Central government’s decision to include sexual minorities in the census.
For the first time, sexual minorities are being included in the cens…