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CityRoom.blogs.NYTimes.com – By Jeremy W. Peters
Gov. David A. Paterson is preparing to issue an executive order that would include transgender people in antidiscrimination policies that govern state agencies.
The order, which the governor plans …
NewsOK.com – By Megan Rolland
The bullying or harassment of gay, lesbian and transgender students in the Oklahoma City School District will not be tolerated, school board members said Monday with a vote amending the district’s policy.
“This is a…
FlOnNet.com – S. Dorairaj
Priya Babu has been working for the welfare of transsexuals as the leader of the Tamil Nadu Aravanigal Association and the managing trustee of the Social Integration and Development for Aravanis Foundation (SIDA). She hit t…
BayWindows.com – by Hannah Clay Wareham – Staff Reporter
Members of the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) and family members of those who have been murdered for being transgender gathered at the Massachusetts State House on Nov. 1…
WindyCityMediaGroup.com
Chicago – In an important reversal of two policies restricting who can obtain accurate birth certificates after sex reassignment surgery, the State of Illinois has issued new, accurate birth certificates to three transgender …
SDGLN.com – NewsWire
(New York) – Transgender Awareness Week begins on November 15 and ends on Friday November 20th with the Transgender Day of Remembrance.
Said Lambda Legal Executive Director Kevin Cathcart, “In all the work we do at Lambda Leg…
blogs.TampaBay.com – Janet Zink, Times Staff Writer
Last Thursday, the Tampa City Council preliminarily approved expanding the city’s human rights ordinance to offer protection to transgendered people. Other than a discussion about whether the new l…
VivirLatino.com – By Megan La Mamita Mala – Immigration
When looking at all the push for reform in various areas of social justice (as if there is no overlap), the transgender community is often overlooked or mentioned as an aside. As if gender iden…
Star-Telegram.com – By Mike Norman
You could tell from what was said at Tuesday night’s Fort Worth City Council meeting that there was a lot of resentment running just beneath the surface.
Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people were there …
BayWindows.com – by Hannah Clay Wareham – Staff Reporter
The majority of Massachusetts’s voters support legislative protections for transgender people, a Lake Research Partners poll found this month, including 81% of women.
“Support for the law i…