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PinkNews.co.uk – Marc Shoffman
A Ugandan gay activist has called on the United Nations to protect transgender people in Africa.
Juliet Victor Mukasa, chairperson of Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), revealed her experiences as a transgender in Afr…
UKGayNews.org – Commentary by Sunil Pant
Sunil Pant is an LGBT and HIV/AIDS activist in Nepal. He founded the Blue Diamond Society, Nepal’s only NGO for sexual minorities..
Kathmandu ? The summit talks between the Seven Party Alliance (SP…
OrlandoSentinel.com – Scott Maxwell
For years, State Rep. Sheri McInvale claimed to be a gay-friendly Democrat.
But when she switched parties, she apparently found new friends.
The latest mailing that McInvale and her Republican Party sent out…
SouthernVoice.com – Eric Ervin
Meetings focus on trans prostitution, alleged police harassment
Transgender activists and Atlanta Police Department officials met Oct. 4 to address issues of alleged police harassment of transgender residents as wel…
WashBlade.com – By Joshua Lynsen
Trans, black gay candidates fall short in bids
Maryland is poised to have its first openly gay state senator and two new openly gay delegates after Tuesday’s Democratic Party primary.
Delegate-turned-senate can…
BayWindows.com – Ethan Jacobs
A new anthology on the transgender civil rights struggle called Transgender Rights has strong roots in the Boston area. One of the book?s three editors, Richard Juang, is a recent transplant to Cambridge and a new membe…
Chevy Chase, Md. – A retired eye surgeon is trying to become the first transgender state legislator in Maryland.
Dana Beyer of Chevy Chase is seeking a Democratic nomination for the House of Delegates from a district that includes liberal Washington…
BayWindows.com – Nancy Nangeroni
Last week?s editorial in Bay Windows that lays out the facts of the Michelle Kosilek case (a trans woman imprisoned for murder who is seeking gender reassignment surgery) poses a challenge to the transgender communi…
BayWindows.com – Ethan Jacobs
As the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) prepares to launch a statewide campaign to pass a trans-inclusive nondiscrimination bill, two veterans of the Bay State?s transgender movement, Diego Sanchez …
Belleville.com – Alan Scher Zagier
Centralia, Mo. – Politicians looking to launch high-profile careers awash in the cable news klieg lights and the Sunday network gabfests should avoid this town’s Board of Aldermen.
Around here, the agenda is mor…