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DemocracyNow.org – Mya Leilani Vazquez
Today is the fourth annual Trans Day of Action for Social and Economic Justice. A rally to the Stonewall Inn is planned for this afternoon to “let the world know, that on the 40th anniversary of Stonewall, the …
BayWindows.com – by Ethan Jacobs – Staff Reporter
Historians have long credited poor and working class drag queens, bull dykes and other transgender and gender-non-conforming people as key participants in the 1969 Stonewall Rebellion, but within the…
NYTimes.com – By Jim Rutenberg
Washington – Lawyers for President Obama are quietly drafting first-of-their kind guidelines barring workplace discrimination against transgender federal employees, officials said Tuesday.
The guidelines will be in…
InsideHigherEd.com – By Scott McLemee
When the police conducted a routine raid on the Stonewall Inn, a bar in Greenwich Village, during the early hours of June 28, 1969, the drag queens did not go quietly. In grief at the death of Judy Garland one w…
HRW.org
(New York) – The arrests of 67 men in Riyadh on June 13, 2009, reportedly for wearing women’s clothing, violate basic human rights to privacy and freedom of expression, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch called on Saudi author…
State.gov
Dean Acheson Auditorium – Washington, DC
Thank you very much, John, and thank you, Michelle, and we won’t say who was actually twisting her arm. You know, Richard Holbrooke was with her when she fell, as you all know. (Laughter.) But I …
WashingtonPost.com – By Scott Wilson – Washington Post Staff Writer
President Obama moved yesterday to reset his relations with a gay and lesbian constituency that supported him by wide margins in the last election and whose leaders have been disap…
TheStar.com – Elvira Cordileone – Staff Reporter
Grace and persistence under almost unendurable circumstances have earned Victor Juliet Mukasa a place at the head of this year’s Pride parade.
Still, for someone who’s been punished because of his …
Online.WSJ.com – By Jake Sherman
Washington — The White House said Thursday it was seeking ways to include same-sex marriages, unions and partnerships in 2010 Census data, the second time in a week the administration has signaled a policy change of…
SoVo.com – By Lou Chibbaro Jr, Washington Blade
An aid to U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said Wednesday that the congressman plans to introduce a revised version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act next week that will include protections for …