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DailyMail.co.uk – By Daily Mail Reporter
A transsexual jailed for strangling her boyfriend has gone to the High Court claiming that keeping her in a men’s prison violates her human rights under European law.
The prisoner, in her 20s and serving a…
Boston.com – Globe Editorial
At a hearing at the State House last week, supporters of a bill to ban discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression outlined the myriad barriers that confront transgender people – those who are born male…
SocialistWorker.org – Speech: Sherry Wolf
From the moment that news spread of the passage of California’s Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage, a new movement for civil rights and equality began to stir.
Instead of reacting to this Election Day…
PoliceProfessional.com – By NPIA Legal Evaluation Department
This article is the second part in a series providing a more detailed analysis of the provisions in the new Equality Bill. The last article, in the June 2009 edition of the NPIA Digest, co…
EdgeBoston.com – by Bethany C. Farnham – EDGE Contributor
Transgender activists and others from across Massachusetts gathered on Beacon Hill on Tuesday in support of a bill that would add gender identity and expression to the Commonwealth’s anti-dis…
BayWindows.com – by Representative Carl Sciortino – Bay Windows Contributor
On the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, I am proud to be the lead sponsor of a bill that would prohibit discrimination against people who are transgender and gender non-c…
MySouthEnd.com – by Brandon Simes – Managing Editor
In just his first week as the 3rd Suffolk’s state representative, Aaron Michlewitz has signed on to co-sponsor legislation that would ban discrimination against transgender people in the Commonweal…
WickedLocal.com/Wellesley – By Sarah Birnbaum
Wellesley – A coalition of advocates for women and children today decried what they called “scare tactics” aimed at derailing a measure they see as a promotion of human rights for transgendered residents…
Xtra.ca – Shawn Syms
HIV-AIDS: Namaste illuminates trans, bi and swinger lives
Noted Montreal academic, author and activist Viviane Namaste has been awarded the 2009 Canadian Award for Action on HIV-AIDS and Human Rights for her efforts to addres…
Examiner.com – Matt Kailey – Denver Transgender Issues Examiner
Lateisha Green was not from Colorado, but as the first state to convict the murderer of a trans person of committing a hate crime, Green’s murder should concern us as well.
According…