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WindyCityMediaGroup.com – by Andrew Davis
Military officials exaggerated the threat to unit cohesion and ignored research information when coming up with “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” according to Dr. Nathaniel Franks’ new book, Unfriendly Fire: How the…
Post-Gazette.com – By Tom Barnes, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Harrisburg — A state agency is giving Rep. Dan Frankel support for his legislation to ban discrimination against gays, lesbians and transgender people in jobs, housing, schools and public ac…
InForum.com – By: Amy Dalrymple
The North Dakota Senate voted 27-19 on Wednesday in support of a bill that adds gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender individuals to the protected classes in the state Human Rights Act.
Senate Bill 2278 prohibi…
SLTrib.com – By Rosemary Winters – The Salt Lake Tribune
With the Utah Legislature set to consider two gay-rights bills Tuesday and one Wednesday, rhetoric from opponents is not just heating up, it’s boiling over.
On Sunday, a group called Americ…
IndiaToday.DigitalToday.in – Akash Vashishtha – Ghaziabad
This is Kinnar Daya Rani’s first shot at the general elections. Considering her novice status and the political heavyweights she will be pitted against, she is surprisingly confident.
“Hu…
BayWindows.com – by Ethan Jacobs – Associate Editor
While passing a transgender civil rights bill remains the top priority among the state’s LGBT advocacy organizations, there are a handful of other LGBT-related bills that advocates will be pushing …
Media.www.GWHatchet.com – by Alli Hoff and Emily Cahn – Hatchet Staff Writers
The Student Association joined an LGBTQ student organization last week in demanding explicit protection for transgender students in the University Code of Conduct.
Mem…
Advocate.com – By Anne Stockwell – From The Advocate March 2009
Barely over a year since transgender activists labeled Barney Frank a turncoat, he’s hired the first openly transgender legislative staff member on Capitol Hill.
Before diego sanche…
BayWindows.com – by Ethan Jacobs – Staff reporter
Somerville state Rep. Denise Provost told attendees at a Jan. 21 forum organized by the Interfaith Coalition for Transgender Equality (ICTE) that they could make a powerful case to lawmakers in favor…
IndyBay.org – by Transgender Law Center
The Transgender Law Center and Immigration Equality have released the first immigration law practice manual for attorneys representing transgender clients.
“Immigration Law and the Transgender Client,” pub…