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hrmagazine.co.uk – David Woods
The Government Equalities Office confirms that the Act outlines the basic framework of protection against direct and indirect discrimination, harassment and victimisation in services and public functions, premises, wor…
silive.com – Peter N. Spencer
Staten Island, N.Y. — The glamour and glitz of Fashion Week is under way in Midtown Manhattan, but a Staten Island advocacy group is looking to make a different fashion statement on the doorstep of an Arrochar home.
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centralfloridafuture.com – By Katie Kustura – News Editor
As Alexander Sierra stood behind the lectern at Sept. 2’s Student Government Association Senate meeting, five other transgender students stood with him in support, but an audience of more tha…
dominionpaper.ca – By Kale Kennedy
Barriers to accessing health care persist for transgender people in Nova Scotia
Halifax – For Ben Jantzen, going to see a doctor can be a frightening experience.
Jantzen first came out as a trans person two a…
michiganmessenger.com – By Todd A. Heywood
Republican candidate for Secretary of State Ruth Johnson has issued a statement denying support for lesbian, gays, bisexuals and transgender people and disavowing her 2002 endorsement by the statewide gay r…
dailyutahchronicle.com – By Andreas Rivera
Discrimination in Salt Lake City on the basis of race, gender, age, disabilities, religion, and, more recently, sexual orientation are all now illegal with the help of Mayor Ralph Becker, who has pushed fo…
blog.seattlepi.com
I haven’t been able to talk about body scanners for a while and it is about time I bring them up again. When I blog about them or am doing research, I constantly see the same argument, “What’s the big deal, we all have the same p…
washingtonexaminer.com – By: Brian Hughes – Examiner Staff Writer
The race for the most competitive Montgomery County Council seats will be shaped, at least financially, by thousands of dollars contributed from donors not eligible to vote in the cou…
starobserver.com.au – Author: Andrew M Potts
The National LGBT Health Alliance said that it is disappointed with responses from Labor and the Coalition to its federal election survey, with only the Greens and Democrats committing to a wide number of…
newmexicoindependent.com – By Marjorie Childress
Checking “F” or “M” for gender designation on a driver’s license isn’t something most people think much about. But for transgender individuals who feel different from their biological sex, the discrep…