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National Center for Transgender Equality

No Longer at Zero: An Update on ENDA

Mara Keisling | Posted 05.13.2013 | Gay Voices
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Mara Keisling

As we face a new Congress with our rapidly growing power and a quickly filling armamentarium of legal remedies, we need to make sure that ENDA, when it passes in a few years, moves our rights forward. We are no longer powerless mendicants. We are no longer starting from zero.

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Hannah Bricker

San Francisco Makes Historic Move For Its Transgender Population

HuffingtonPost.com | Hannah Bricker | Posted 02.27.2013 | San Francisco
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SAN FRANCISCO -- City leaders made history last month with the announcement of a plan to expand Healthy SF coverage to transgender individuals. But wh...

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2012: State Of Equality And Human Rights For All LGBT Americans

Toni Newman | Posted 12.26.2012 | Gay Voices
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Toni Newman

As an African-American transgender woman, I have faced much discrimination and injustice in my life. Transgender people of color continue to fight for basic human rights in the justice system, but today we have achieved broader awareness and understanding of our issues.

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30 Days Of LGBT Holiday Giving: Give A Gift To The National Center For Transgender Equality

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.06.2012 | Gay Voices
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Note: This holiday season, in lieu of a traditional holiday gift guide, we'll be featuring a different LGBT organization each day for our "30 Days Of ...

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5 Campaigns That Push Vets, Marginalized Groups, Others To Vote

The Huffington Post | Zoe Mintz | Posted 11.05.2012 | Impact
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Four years ago, voter turnout was 49 percent -- the highest since 1968. Still, it remains to be seen if voters will come out in droves as they did dur...

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Taking Rape Out of a Prison Sentence And Why it Matters To LGBT People

Posted 08.11.2012 | Gay Voices
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Since launching our Voice to Voice conversation series in January, we've tackled lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender literature, Black History Mont...

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Voice To Voice: NCTE's Harper Jean Tobin And High Schooler Evan Morris Discuss Transgender School Issues

Posted 06.15.2012 | Gay Voices
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This month we've shared a Voice to Voice conversation between author Whitney Joiner and the ACLU's Chris Hampton and one between Jason Cianciotto and ...

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