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Transgender Issues

Ensuring Opportunity for All Americans

Rachel Laser | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Employment Non-Discrimination Act, Transgender Issues, Gay Rights, Glbt, Lesbian, Enda, Triumph, Politics News
Rachel Laser

Although it may seem obvious that no person should be fired because of their sexual orientation or gender identity, in nearly 30 states across the country, a person can still be legally fired for being gay.

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Google Sued: Sex, Religious Discrimination

Lisa Derrick | Posted 11.05.2009 | Technology

Read More: Transgender, Enda, Wiccan, Wicca, Sex Discrimination, Transgender Issues, US Civil Rights Act. Civil Rights Law Suit, Civil Rights Violations, Google, Technology News
Lisa Derrick

Former Google employee James Bara has filed suit against the search giant, citing sexual and religious discrimination in violation of the US Civil Rights Act.

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Jessee Vasold, First Transgender Homecoming Queen Elected At William & Mary

dailypress.com | MELINDA WALDROP | Posted 10.26.2009 | Style

Read More: Jessee Vasgold, Transgender, Transgender Issues, Transgender Homecoming Queen, William-and-Mary-College, Style News

WILLIAMSBURG - History was made without fanfare on Saturday. Jessee Vasold, William and Mary's first transgender homecoming queen, took the field ...

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Gay & Lesbian Manners: All About Chaz Bono, Anti-LGBT Jokes, and Straights Using Gay Slang

Steven Petrow | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Lgbt, LGBT Issues, Transgender, Chastity Bono Sex Change, Chastity Bono Transgender, Transgendered, Transgender Issues, Gays, Chaz Bono, Gay Issues, Living News
Steven Petrow

What does Chaz Bono teach us about transgender folks?

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Transsexual To Be Transferred To Women's Prison

AP | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

Read More: Uk, Phillippa Kaufmann, Judge David Elvin, Prison, Transexual, Jack Straw, Transgender Issues, Gender, World News

LONDON — A British court issued a landmark ruling Friday, allowing a transsexual prisoner serving life for manslaughter and attempted rape to be...

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Getting the Times to Catch Up with Ted Kennedy

Joe Solmonese | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Joe Solmonese, Gay Rights, Lesbian, Senator Kennedy, Gays and Lesbians, Transgender Issues, Human Rights Campaign, Gay, Hrc, Civil Rights, Ted Kennedy, Politics News
Joe Solmonese

Senator Kennedy's personal connection was his boundless humanity, and his recognition of ours. Already he is becoming history. Now the job of making history is in our hands.

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Lack of Coverage on Transgendered Pakistanis Shows Bias in US Media

Sanjeev Bery | Posted 09.19.2009 | World

Read More: Spotlight-on-Pakistan, India, Lawrence v. Texas, Spotlight on Pakistan, Sodomy Laws, Hijras, Pakistani Lgbt, Transgender Pakistanis, Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, Pakistan, Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, Pakistan Supreme Court, Sop, Transgender Issues, Dawn Newspaper, Pakistani Hijras, Chief Justice Chaudhry, Section 377, U.S. Media, Pakistani Gays, Hijra, Media, World News
Sanjeev Bery

For American reporters and editors, Pakistan only exists in the context of security concerns: the Taliban, terrorism, fundamentalist Islam, and the war in Afghanistan. Outside of this context, there is no Pakistan.

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Pakistan Hijras Community Of Transgender, Transvestite And Eunuchs To Be Registered For Better Integration Into Society

Huffington Post | Posted 08.20.2009 | World

Read More: Pakistan Transgender, Chief Justice Chaudhry, Transvestism, Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, Transgender, Pakistan Court, Pakistan Transvestite, Foreign Affairs, Pakistan, Eunuchs, Transgendered, Transgender Issues, Pakistan Eunuchs, Advocacy, World News

A Pakistani Supreme Court ruling has decreed that all members of Pakistan's hijras community should be registered as part of a government survey with ...

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Disposable Income: How Gender and Sexuality Don't Add Up to Equal Pay

John Caldon | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Gays and Lesbians, Employment Non-Discrimination Act, Transgender Issues, Gay Rights, Pride-Month, Politics News
John Caldon

June marks Pride Month, an annual celebration of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community's struggle for full equity. Despite the h...

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Code Orange And June Bugs

Rochelle Lefkowitz | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Media-Accountability, Media Activism, Lesbian, Kai Wright, Gay, Transgender Issues, Andy Humm, Journalism, Civil Rights, Pro-Media, Joan Garry, Lgbt, Transgender, Bisexual, Revolution, Media Criticism, Pride, Gay Pride, Gay Marriage, Stonewall, Gay Issues, Manhattan, New School, Nlgja, Politics News
Rochelle Lefkowitz

It's June, that month more or less identified with weddings -- and Rainbow Pride -- and we seem to have been busily courting a new generation to embrace gay marriage.

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White House To Issue Protection Guidelines For Transgender Federal Employees

The New York Times | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Stem Cell Research, White House, Gay Rights, Transgender, Barack Obama, President Obama, Obama, Transgender Issues, Federal Employees, Politics News

Lawyers for President Obama are quietly drafting first-of-their kind guidelines barring workplace discrimination against transgender federal employees...

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A Pro Bono Transgender Primer

Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 07.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Coming Out as Transgender, Chastity Bono Sex Change, Sex Change, Chastity-Bono-Transitioning, Gender Issues, Transgender Issues, Chaz Bono, Living News
Dr. Jon LaPook

What exactly does transitioning mean? It's the period during which somebody starts to live as his/her new gender. One misconception is that transitioning requires surgery.

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Tragically, Transgender Identifiers Have a New Martyr

John Ridley | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Transgendered, LGBT Issues, Angie Zapata, Transgender, Transgender Issues, Civil Rights, Politics News
John Ridley

While the loss of Angie Zapata is tragic, the fact that with due process a trial was held and a conviction obtained speaks to how greatly America is altering its nature with regard to acceptance of transgender individuals.

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A Land Where Nowhere Is Safe: A Lesbian Activist Speaks About Gender and Violence in Kyrgyzstan

Anna Kirey | Posted 11.15.2008 | Living

Read More: Women, Hate Crimes, Rape, Survivor, Women's Issues, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Lesbian, Sexual Orientation, Transgendered, Men, Traditional Society, Transgender Issues, Global Feminism, Kyrgyzstan, Human Rights Watch, Bisexual, Sexual Harassment, Man, Osce, Muslim, Labrys, Manhood, Harrassment, Domestic Violence, Soviet Union, Living News
Anna Kirey

The government does not even recognize officially that lesbian or bisexual women and transgender people exist. There is no place for us in a conservative, patriarchal value system.

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Transgender Delegate Blogging: Clinging To Hope For A Post-Bush National Recovery

Vanessa Edwards Foster | Posted 09.21.2008 | Home

Read More: Bush Economy, Barack Obama 2008, Democratic Convention, Employment Non-Discrimination Act, Delegates, Poverty, John McCain 2008, Economic Recession, Democratic Nomination, Transgender Issues, Home News
Vanessa Edwards Foster

The disaster of the Administration's economic policies began for me five years ago when my job was outsourced. Now I feel I'm part of a larger trend. As fashionistas might say: "Poor is the new black."

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A Turning Point for Troops & Their Families

Steve Ralls | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gays in the Military, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Susan Davis, Transgender Issues, Pflag, Veterans, Politics News
Steve Ralls

Our country's ban on gay troops is counter-productive and foolish. It has ruined careers, ruined lives and put an unacceptable burden on the men and women who wear our country's uniform.

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Gender Identity Discrimination in the Workplace gets First Hearing in Congress

Joe Solmonese | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Human Rights Campaign, Gay Rights, Transgender Issues, Hrc, Gender Identity, Lbgt Rights, Politics News
Joe Solmonese

Transgendered people, too long marginalized in society and even within the GLBT community, has made enormous strides in recent years -- we want to continue that progress and translate it into federal law.

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When Mommy Is A Boy: How Children Adapt To Transgender Parents

ABC News | Russell Goldman | Posted 04.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Transvestite Pregnant, Transgendered Woman Pregnant, Thomas Beatie Pregnant, Male Pregnancy, Transgender Families, Transgender Parents, Pregnant Man Thomas Beatie, Sex Change Man Pregnant, Transgendered Man Pregnant, Transgender Issues, Pregnant Man, First Male Pregnancy, Living News

The National Center for Transgender Equality estimates there are some one to three million transgender people living in America. How many of them are ...

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Just GLAAD To Be Nominated: NYT, CNN, LAT and Oprah Score Multiple GLAAD Nominations

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Dirty Sexy Money, Oprah Winfrey, Kathy Griffin, GLAAD Awards, Glaad, Christine Daniels, Ugly Betty, Rebecca Romijn, Mike Penner, Brothers & Sisters, Tyra Banks, Transgender Issues, Frank Rich, Sarah Silverman, Media News

Nominations for this year's GLAAD Media Awards were announced at Sundance this evening, and the New York Times, LA Times, Newsweek, CNN, Oprah, Tyra,...

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