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CommonDreams.org – EqualityMaine
Augusta, Maine – The momentum continues to build in favor of legislation granting marriage equality to same-sex couples in Maine. In the halls of the State House on Tuesday, leaders of the coalition backing the bill …
PublicService.co.uk – Richard Kenyon
Public bodies should make it a priority to familiarise themselves with the contents of the new Equality Bill, say Richard Kenyon and Louise Fernandes-Owen
After promising the biggest shake up in discrimination…
CommercialAppeal.com – By Daniel Connolly
A proposed Shelby County ordinance would block the county government from discriminating against gay, lesbian and transgendered employees. It would also place non-discrimination rules on contractors doing wo…
AllAfrica.com – Audrey Mbugua
Following the director of Kenya’s largest referral hospital’s blocking of an operation for a transsexual person, Audrey Mbugua argues that the director’s actions constitute a basic infringement of a person’s human right…
ColoradoIndependent.com – By Ernest Luning
Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck’s landmark hate-crime prosecution of a man accused of murdering a transgender Greeley teen could prove “very much a mixed bag” for the Republican, who emerged Tuesday …
SFBayTimes.com – By Dennis McMillan
Dozens of transgender religious leaders converged on legislators on April 28 in Washington D.C. to deliver a joint letter in support of hate crimes legislation and against the history of violence against transgend…
Straight.com – By Victoria Stuart
We often judge a nation by how well it treats its citizens, particularly those who face challenges or discrimination in their daily lives. Canadians are well-regarded internationally as being fair, tolerant, open-mi…
ColoradoIndependent.com – By Ernest Luning
The day after Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck appeared before a roaring crowd on the steps of the State Capitol at a tea party protest, the veteran prosecutor was back in court, leading the charge on…
MercuryNews.com – By Don Thompson – Associated Press Writer
Sacramento – The state Assembly will consider a bill as early as Thursday that would require state prison officials to take inmates’ sexual preference and gender identity into account when …
BayWindows.com – by Ethan Jacobs – Associate Editor
To hear opponents of the transgender rights bill describe the legislation, one might think it would unleash full-scale anarchy on the Commonwealth. House Bill 1728 makes the state’s hate crimes law…