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lgbtqnation.com – Mara Klecker – Daily Nebraskan
Scott Schneider’s mom still calls him Megan. His dad quit talking to him for eight years.
After struggling with his identity for most of his life, Schneider – a non-traditional student and military…
huffingtonpost.com – Toni Newman – Writer, law school student and author, ‘I Rise: The Transformation of Toni Newman’
As Executive Director of the Transgender Law Center, Masen Davis brings over two decades of leadership and activism in the movement…
huffingtonpost.co.uk – Richard Adams – Specialist Family Lawyer at the Sussex Law Firm Bennett Griffin
Same-sex marriage is looking increasingly likely to be a reality in England and Wales as, following a hotly contested path, the process of the Mar…
pressrepublican.com – By Kelly Metzgar – Press-Republican
The Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA) is New York state’s transgender non-discrimination bill.
GENDA successfully passed the State Assembly for the sixth straight year in Ap…
policymic.com – Cristina Mazain
For many observers, Pakistan’s May 2013 electoral campaigns symbolized a transition to a functioning democracy and the embrace of diversity in a country known for violence and discrimination against both ethnic and re…
lgbtweekly.com – By Autumn Sandeen
Retired Senior Chief Kristin Beck’s book Warrior Princess was recently released about her 20 years in the Navy and the beginning of her transition from male to female. I won’t presume I can editorialize about or re…
lgbtqnation.com – Daniel J. O’Donnell – Member, New York State Assembly
I had to speak up.
During the lengthy debate in the State Assembly last week about New York’s Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA), I hadn’t planned to comment an…
10thousandcouples.com – by Imara Jones reprint from Color Lines
As the Supreme Court weighed arguments on same-sex marriage, Chief Justice John Roberts wondered aloud from the bench whether action on the issue by the court was necessary, because “po…
huffingtonpost.com – Laverne Cox – Actress, producer and transgender advocate
On Tuesday, March 12, I woke up at 4:30 a.m. to meet with a group of representatives from Housing Works who, every Tuesday from January to June, travel to Albany, N.Y., to…
sdgln.com – SDGLN Staff
San Francisco — California’s Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) has issued guidance clarifying the obligations of California’s health plans under the Insurance Gender Nondiscrimination Act.
In a groundbreaking direc…