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SSONet.com.au – by Cara Davis
Former Supreme Court judge and New South Wales Attorney-General Jeff Shaw last week spoke about his fight for the legal rights of gay and lesbian couples.
Talking from Darlinghurst law firm The People?s Solicitors, o…
Xtra.ca
Xtra posed a series of questions to the leaders of Ontario’s four major political parties. Their responses are below:
Frank de Jong, Green
How do you reconcile that freedom from discrimination on the bases of race, ancestry, place of o…
XTra.ca – Krishna Rau
With a provincial election rapidly approaching, trans activists are working to raise the profile of their issues with both the queer community and Ontario’s political parties.
“We’re going to do what we need to do to put it …
WashBlade.com
On Aug. 9, The Human Rights Campaign and the Logo TV network hosted what was billed as the ?first GLBT forum? for the Democratic candidates. ?Forum?? What I saw that night looked more like gays and lesbians questioning the candidates o…
TV3.co.nz
A government department has hired a prominent drag queen to motivate staff and the National party is questioning whether it is appropriate.
Edward Crowley, known as “Buckwheat”, was hired by the Ministry of Social Development as a moti…
Times-Age.co.nz – BY Matthew Stewart
Georgina Beyer has pulled out of the Carterton mayoral race, saying it is time to move on from politics.
In June, the Times-Age reported Ms Beyer’s intention to stand for the Carterton mayoralty but since then…
RHRealityCheck.org – Eesha Pandit, RH Reality Check
At first glance, it may seem that violence against transgender women of color targeted by the criminal justice system is far removed from the topic of reproductive health. It may seem like a matte…
EDGEBoston.com – by Michael K. Lavers – EDGE Boston Contributor
The decision to become a full-time activist was easy for Alex Shoor to make. The southern media field strategist for the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation joined the media watc…
BayWindows.com – Lisa Keen
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson wasn?t the only candidate to injure himself with LGBT voters in the Aug. 9 presidential forum. His self-inflicted wounds were just the most dramatic.
U.S. Sen. Barack Obama came across as…
BayWindows.com – Laura Kiritsy
When it comes to support for LGBT issues, the winner of the special election to succeed former state senator Jarrett Barrios, who vacated his Middlesex, Suffolk and Essex District seat in July, will have big shoes to…