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ScrippsNews.com – By Rosemary Winters – Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake City resident Candice Metzler wanted to let her work colleagues see the transition she already had begun in her personal life. Known to them as a man, Metzler wore mascara, eyeliner…
EdgeBoston.com – by Kilian Melloy – EDGE Staff Reporter
Anti-GLBT groups rail against gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgendered people on the basis of nebulous things like morality or religious faith–things that can mean different things to diff…
Examiner.com – Megan Coffey – Sonoma County Civil Rights Examiner
Did you know that in 29 US states it is legal to fire someone for being gay…or even just seeming to be gay? And that in 38 states it is legal to fire someone for being (or seeming) tr…
IPSNews.net – By Lynette Lee Corporal
Bali (TerraViva/IPS) – “There has been so much confusion going around transgenders. We are not MSMs [men who have sex with men] and don’t lump us under the transvestite [category either] because we have differen…
EdgeBoston.com – by Kilian Melloy – EDGE Staff Reporter
Even as a local club proprietor stirs up double standards regarding sexuality and erotic entertainment by preparing to open a strip club that showcases male talent, the city of Nashville is poi…
SocialistWorker.org – Sherry Wolf reports on the latest version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.
Few pieces of federal legislation have as tortured and ignominious a history as the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) currently wending …
PrideSource.com – By Lisa Keen
An inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act is now on the move in the U.S. Senate. Long-time sponsor Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) introduced the bill on Aug. 5 along with Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Susan Collins …
LezGetReal.com
The European Union’s Commission on Human Rights has released its report concerning gender identity and basic human rights. This paper is something of a study on a given topic with regards to the Human Right’s Charter of the European U…
Cleveland.com – by Aaron Marshall – Plain Dealer Reporter
Columbus – If House Speaker Armond Budish gets his way, legislation making it illegal to discriminate against Ohioans because of their sexual orientation or gender identity soon will become s…
blogout.JustOut.com – by Ryan Prado
A proclamation is on the agenda for Thursday, July 30th at the Multnomah County Commisioners Office for an approval designating August 1st – August 7th as Transgender Americans Week in Multnomah County.
The pro…