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washingtonpost.com – By Mary Ann Akers – Washington Post Staff Writer
As the Obama administration reviews whether to discard the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, House Democratic leaders are quietly pushing another testy issue in the cult…
boston.com – Posted by Stephanie Vallejo
Washington – Representative Barney Frank has vowed to keep transgender rights in his bill to protect gays and lesbians in the workplace, despite opposition from some key moderates that could derail the propos…
qsaltlake.com – JoSelle Vanderhooft
One of Utah’s former openly gay politicians will be leaving the state this summer to take up another political job.
Earlier this month, outgoing Rep. Christine Johnson, who resigned at the end of this year’s Le…
pioneerlocal.com
A junior at Maine South High School, Anna Rangos, told District 207 board members last week about what she said is widespread harassment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual students.
Rangos said her peers in one class attac…
theonlinecitizen.com – By Sylvia Tan
After being verbally abused and asked to leave a club for a second time in months, a transgender performance artist and two other transgender women have taken a stand and launched a campaign to end discrimination…
gothamist.com – By Jaya Saxena
A cross-dressing teen from Cape May, NJ was told by his principal that wearing a dress to his prom would “violate the school’s dress code.” Derrek Lutz had previously told WCBS, “What makes me a woman is inside and it …
dailynewstranscript.com – By Kyle Cheney – Statehouse News Service – GateHouse News Service
Boston – A bill supporters say will protect transgender people from hiring and housing discrimination, but derided by opponents as an invitation for men to u…
news.asiaone.com – By Sia Ling Xin
Club operators have a right to turn away anyone who wishes to enter their clubs as their premises are considered private, said lawyers who spoke to my paper.
Once let in, the guest should not be asked to leave o…
boston.com – Letter to the Editor – Claire B. Naughton
RE “SOME Democrats want to add panel seats based on sexual ID”’ (Metro, April 23): As cochairs of the Bay State Stonewall Democrats, a caucus for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender comm…
goqnotes.com – by Matt Comer
In this issue, we’ve got quite a bit of coverage on the April 3 murder of transgender Charlottean Toni Alston (see “Info sought in Charlotte transgender murder” and “Charlotte murder prompts community concer…