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UKGayNews.org
ROME, Wednesday April 12, 2006 ? Five lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) politicians have been elected as members of the Italian parliament. While Europe is more accustomed to the presence and visibility of LGB people in …
Sydney Star Observer – Ian Gould
Tasmanian activists have welcomed a decision by the state?s Anti-Discrimination Commissioner to investigate election campaign advertisements that lobbyists claim incited hatred of the transgender community.
The of…
NorthJersey.com – Sonia Sangha – Staff Writer
Barbara Colonna had a secret.
For most of her 56 years, she led a solitary existence to protect her identity.
But now that she has filed as a Republican candidate for Haworth Borough Council, she’…
seattlepi.com – Chris McGann P-I Capitol Correspondent
OLYMPIA — The Legislature is having trouble coming to terms with its feelings about taxpayer-financed sex-change operations.
Earlier this year lawmakers added a line to the budget to end the…
California Chronicle – California Political Desk
Yee Lands Major Endorsement from California?s Leading LGBT Civil Rights Organization.
DALY CITY ? Assemblymember Leland Yee (D-San Francisco/Daly City) landed yet another major endorsement today fo…
Thanks to the prominence of a 38-year-old transgender politician in Tokyo, Japan is becoming more acceptable of transgender people in general, even passing a law allowing them to change their birth sex to their new sex on birth certificates. Ten years …
By Keith Ervin – Seattle Times staff reporter
The Democratic majority on the Metropolitan King County Council appears ready to adopt an ordinance that would prohibit discrimination against transgender people.
Supporters say they want to send a me…
Cartoons and Islamic Imperialism by Daniel Pipes – New York Sun – February 7, 2006
* Editorial comment from Jon. “This has implications for all Freedoms, not just Freedom of Speech but also for the way we live our lives. We should all take this very…
A Tucson woman is running for the Arizona House of Representatives and making history.
Amanda Simpson is head of advanced and special programs at Raytheon. KOLD News 13 introduced you to her three years ago, when she went public with her sex change….