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SperoForum.com – By Martin Barillas
Now on the ballot for March 2009, a charter amendment in Gainesville, Florida, would eliminate a requirement for all public places for afford restrooms for so-called transgendered individuals.
The City Council …
Gainsville.com – By Megan Rolland – Sun staff writer
Enough valid signatures were gathered to put a charter amendment on the ballot that, if approved by voters, would override the city of Gainesville’s civil rights protection for gay, lesbian, bisex…
EdgeBoston.com – by Lisa Keen – Bay Area Reporter
Heading into the Democratic National Convention next week, the LGBT community is confronted with two stark ironies:
One: Under the presidential nominee who has uttered the words “gays and lesbians…
EarthTimes.org – Author: Garden State Equality – Press Release
Montclair, N.J., PRNewswire – A majority of New Jersey favors marriage for same-sex couples over civil unions – and an even bigger majority is fine with public officials’ changing the ci…
WashingtonBlade.com – Lou Chibbaro Jr
Dem document calls for end to ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ DOMA but omits the ‘g word’
A final draft of the Democratic Party’s 2008 platform strengthens the party’s support for gay civil rights and for the first …
GayWired.com –
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the nation’s largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, released the following testimony offered today by Legislative Director Allison Herwitt at the National Platf…
Straight.com – By Carlito Pablo
Raigen D’Angelo recalls playing a low-key role in the transgender-rights movement as a sex-trade worker during the 1990s.
“I did not want my clients to know about me, and if you look at the picture of me on the wal…
EBAR.com – by Matthew S. Bajko
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is being criticized by local LGBT leaders for agreeing to give the keynote political speech at this year’s Human Rights Campaign gala in San Francisco.
LGBT groups and city lea…
PrescottDailyCourier.com – By Ken Hedler, The Daily Courier
Prescott – Frankie Reynolds, the co-founder and volunteer executive director of the Prescott Pride Center, joked about her volunteer work on behalf of the community center.
“After eight …
OnTopMag.com – By Carlos Santoscoy
In a two-room, brick facade building located on Fulton Avenue on Cleveland’s west side, councilman Joe Santiago is telling me about his memories of being in the Navy. How he quickly moved-up the ranks, and how he e…