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www.refinery29.com Molly Horan Aug 25 2015
We live in an age of unprecedented visibility for transgender people — Americans count several trans people, including several trans women of color, among the celebs we know by name. But the experience of w…
(Editor: Pam – The vote was 70% in favor of maintaining the anti lbgt discrimination ordinances.)
Associated Press in Eureka Springs, Arkansas via scmp.com – 11 May, 2015
City which became first place in Arkansas to allow same-sex marriage is spl…
myfoxtampabay.com – Evan Axelbank, FOX 13 News
A woman from St. Petersburg is saluting Bruce Jenner for speaking out about his transgender journey.
One part of Brandi Branson’s fight is over; seven months after she alleged Lakeland Eye Clinic fired…
wtsp.com – Garin Flowers, WTSP April 15, 2015
TALLAHASSEE, Florida — It has undoubtedly been one of the more controversial issues this session. The single-sex public facilities bill, filed by Rep. Frank Artiles (R-Miami), would make it illegal for …
whitehouse.gov – Valerie Jarrett April 8, 2015
“Tonight, somewhere in America, a young person, let’s say a young man, will struggle to fall to sleep, wrestling alone with a secret he’s held as long as he can remember. Soon, perhaps, he will decide i…
thesundayleader.lk (Sri Lanka)- Camelia Nathaniel Monday, April 06, 2015
The transgender persons are more often deprived of fundamental rights though they are human beings. They face a range of social and legal issues such as having to have identity…
Reuters – Kieran Guilber April 1, 2015
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Transgender people in Malta will no longer need to have surgery, sterilization and a diagnosis of mental illness to legally change gender under a law passed on Wednesday, w…
CBCNews – April 2, 2015
The Vancouver Park Board recently launched a trans-inclusive campaign to make community facilities more open and friendly to transgender and gender variant people.
“This is really the start of a campaign in terms of educat…
telesurtv.net – Published 31 March 2015
Argentina has been a pioneer in the region, and the world, in defending the rights of the LGBTI community. The ruling left-wing coalition presented the first transsexual senatorial candidate in the central pro…
huffingtonpost.com – Amanda Terkel
WASHINGTON — Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R) quietly signed legislation Thursday that could legalize discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals.
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act …