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guardian.co.uk – Rhoda Feng
On the 41st anniversary of the Stonewall uprising (the touchstone for the gay civil-rights movement), the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (Hud) announced new measures providing increased protection to lesbi…
latimes.com – By Maura Dolan and Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times
Reporting from San Francisco and Los Angeles – A federal judge declared California’s ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional Wednesday, saying that no legitimate state interes…
gothamist.com – By John Del Signore
A growing outcry over Target’s donation of $150,000 to a hard-right Republican running for governor in Minnesota could cost the company revenue, especially in left-leaning NYC. For over a week, MoveOn and a growin…
gltnewsnow.com – By Staff Report
Nation’s Largest LGBT Rights Organization Condemns Political Contributions Supporting Anti-Equality Candidate
Washington – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgend…
chron.com – By Brian Rogers – Houston Chronicle
Man’s parents sued spouse, born a male, on behalf of kids from prior marriage
A Wharton county judge is expected to hear evidence on Friday in the first step toward sorting out the estate of a firef…
lezgetreal.com – By Melanie Nathan
(Austin, TX) – Transgender Education Network of Texas (TENT) stands together with The Transgender Center in Houston along with the legal team lead by Phyllis Randolph Frye in calling the community to step forward t…
outinhouston.com
Houston, Texas – We, the attendees of the Second Annual Texas Transgender Nondiscrimination Summit, issue this statement to demonstrate our support for Mrs. Nikki Araguz and to call attention to her plight and that of all transgend…
washingtonpost.com – By Anita Kumar
Richmond — Robyn Deane, dressed in a red raincoat, jeans and heels, glanced at her handwritten notes before peering at the crowd gathered outside Virginia’s Capitol to promote the rights of gay and transgender st…
deccanherald.com – Hema Vijay
It would take remarkable courage to stand up, be counted, and speak up for a cause shunned by the majority; especially so, when you had the option of staying safely hidden among the multitudes. Kalki is this rare person…
thelocal.se – Peter Vinthagen Simpson
The Swedish Health and Welfare Board (Socialstyrelsen) has called for an end to the requirement that all those seeking to change gender must be single and sterilised in a new report which argues that existing le…