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WashBlade.com – By Lou Chibbaro Jr, Washington Blade
The Democratic National Committee voted unanimously last week to welcome a transgender woman to its ranks, the first time that a major U.S. political party has appointed an openly transgender pers…
MLive.com – by Kathy Jessup – Kalamazoo Gazette
Kalamazoo — Former Washington, D.C., gay-rights activist Jon Hoadley says he’s come to Kalamazoo to “take the question of who someone loves off the table.”
Gary Glenn, president of the American Fam…
WashingtonPost.com – By Carol Morello – Washington Post Staff Writer
When the U.S. Census Bureau counts same-sex married couples next year, demographers expect hundreds of thousands to report they are spouses — even though legal same-sex weddings …
GayRights.Change.org – By Michael A. Jones
A transgender political glass ceiling is about to be busted wide open this week, with the official appointment of Babs Casbar Siperstein to as a member of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Gov. Tim …
Feministe.us – Posted by: Monica Roberts
One of the ongoing arguments in the transgender community that’s guaranteed to generate heated debate one way or the other is the stealth vs out one.
Basically, stealth is the transgender equivalent of wha…
IdahoStatesman.com – By Jessie L. Bonner – Associated Press Writer
Nampa, Idaho – About a block from a street concert in downtown Nampa, Melissa Sue Robinson strolls with purpose into a trendy coffee shop – the unofficial liberal embassy of this spr…
GayNZ.com – By Craig Young
Although India has just repealed its antigay Section 377 of the colonial era Indian Penal Code, Pakistan is still opposed to LGBT rights… although there are some signs of hope.
Pakistan has existed as a Muslim majori…
CommonDreams.org – Vaishalee Raja, Equality California
Bill expands protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender prisoners
Sacramento, Calif. – The state Senate today passed the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Prisoner Safety Ac…
OutInHollywood.com – Equality California
Sacramento – Today, the California State Senate joined the Assembly in passing the Equal ID Act by a 22-14 vote. The bill, AB 1185, sponsored by Equality California (EQCA) and introduced by Assemblymember Ted…
GayNZ.com – By Allyson Hamblett
The long slow process of preparing a Bill to address legal identity and discrimination issues for transgender people has not made many headlines lately, but it continues nonetheless. Allyson Hamblett of Genderbridge, …