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heraldtribune.com – Katy Bergen March 28, 2015
Somewhere off the phone line, his child is crying, and Frank Artiles takes a moment to attend to her. The Florida representative and Miami resident has just returned from an economic development trip to…
Equality Florida ( eqfl.org ) — by brittany March 3, 2015
Lawmakers could criminalize use of public facilities by transgender Floridians, Businesses would face fines and lawsuits for refusing to discriminate
(March 3, 2015) A bill that requires …
uatrav.com – Evan Moss March 11, 2015
While lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals, as well as LGBT advocacy groups, have become common on college campuses across the country, the needs of transgender individuals are still largely unmet …
truth-out.org – By Toshio Meronek, Truthout
Aaron Myracle was brought up in a military family, so enlisting in the Army National Guard in 2002 as a teenager was a natural choice. Myracle eventually served for eight years, including two deployments t…
wehoville.com – By Staff
West Hollywood is getting on the transgender bandwagon.
The city, long hailed for its support of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) rights, has devoted most of its energy (and significant financial resources) …
advocate.com – By Daniel Reynolds
Trans activist Bamby Salcedo gave a stirring speech on transgender rights, focusing on issues of oppression and privilege, at a Lambda Legal event.
Salcedo, who was honored last Friday at Lambda Legal’s 2014 West…
theguardian.com – Nancy Goldstein
Transgender people – and some of the issues they face – have achieved an unprecedented level of media visibility in the last year, from trans celebrities Janet Mock and Laverne Cox, to Chelsea Manning and CeCe McDon…
diamondbackonline.com – Zachary Mellen – For The Diamondback
Students do not have to be policy or law professionals to become full-time social advocates, transgender rights activist Andy Bowen told students Tuesday.
Bowen spoke to about 15 studen…
huffingtonpost.com – John O’Connor – Executive Director, Equality California
When I saw Ashton Lee, a 16-year-old transgender student from Manteca, California, deliver over 5,700 petitions to Gov. Jerry Brown in support of a law that makes sure he c…
lgbtqnation.com – Mara Keisling – Executive Director, National Center for Transgender Equality
In this year’s State of the Union Address to Congress, President Obama is expected to acknowledge and focus on the inequality that is seemingly growing on…