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Semenya's Struggle Teaches Us About Understanding Gender Identity

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 11.19.2009 | Sports

Read More: South Africa, Sports, Intersex, Gender Stereotypes, Transgender, Gender Discrimination, Gender Testing, Caster Semenya Gender, Transgendered, Caster Semenya, Transgender Issues, World Championships, Gender, Iaaf, Sports News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

A South African runner whose gender identity stirred up huge controversy will be permitted to keep her title and prize money. But how do we define what is too male to compete in a women's sport?

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Catholic Church Threatens To Stop Social Service Programs For D.C.'s Neediest If Gay Marriage Passes

Washington Post | Tim Craig and Michelle Boorstein | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dc Council, Dc Catholics, Social Justice, Poverty, Threats, Civil Rights, Washington DC, Transgendered, Social Programs, Ultimatum, Archdiocese, Religion, Dc, Gay Rights, Social Service Contracts, Homelessness, Catholic Church, Same Sex Marriage, Homeless, Homeless Shelters, Social Services, Lesbians, Gays, Families, Faith, Separation of Church and State, Gay Marriage, Politics News

The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington said Wednesday that it will be unable to continue the social service programs it runs for the District if the c...

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Salt Lake OKs gay rights laws with Mormon backing

AP | JENNIFER DOBNER | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tansgender, Polygamy, Mormon Church, Housing, Civil Rights, Sexual Orientation, Employment, Transgendered, Lds Church, Gender, Utah, Gay Families, Religion, Gay Rights, Salt Lake City Council, Gender Identity, Same Sex Marriage, Salt Lake City, Marriage Laws, Lesbians, Sexual Preference, Anti-Discrimination Law, Gays, Anti-Discrimination, Lds, Family, Politics News

SALT LAKE CITY — The Mormon church for the first time has announced its support of gay rights legislation, an endorsement that helped gain unani...

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The Government Lawyer Who Fired His Transgendered Employee Had a Point, But ...

Mike Alvear | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Transgendered, Transgendered Rights, Transgender, Transgendered Employment Rights, Transg, Politics News
Mike Alvear

Accommodating differences always looks like the few creating a burden on the many, but it always ends up benefiting everyone.

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Obama's HRC Speech (VIDEO): President Obama Says He Will End 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

Posted 10.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Doma, Lesbian, Transgendered, Obama, Human Rights Campaign, Gay, Obama Pledges, Gay Adoption, Defense of Marriage Act, Lgbt, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Video, Obama Speech, Gay Rights, Dadt, Obama Promises, Gay Speech, Hrc, Gay Marriage, Politics News

Watch President Obama's address at the Human Rights Campaign's banquet in Washington, D.C., Oct. 10. President Obama pledged to end the ban on homo...

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Obama HRC Speech: "I Will End Don't Ask, Don't Tell," Says President Obama

AP | CHRISTINE SIMMONS | Posted 10.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Doma, Lesbian, Transgendered, Obama, Human Rights Campaign, Gay, Obama Pledges, Gay Adoption, Defense of Marriage Act, Lgbt, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Obama Speech, Gay Rights, Dadt, Obama Promises, Gay Speech, Hrc, Gay Marriage, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama reaffirmed his campaign pledge to end the ban on homosexuals serving openly in the military in a speech Satu...

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Yin/Yang: An Intersexed South African Runner As Symbol Of The Universal

Suzie Heumann | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Caster Semenya, Shiva, Suzie Heumann, Personal Growth, Gender, Transgendered, Tantra, Intersexed, Yin/Yang, Shakti, Living News
Suzie Heumann

In some cultures, over the millennia, inter-sexed people have even been revered as shamans and holy people - they are closer to the ideal of a balanced, universal soul. Think of the Yin/Yang symbol. We all know it. It means 'balance' - male/female balance.

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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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Democratic Headquarters Vandal A Transgendered Anarchist Angry With Obama Over Gay Rights

The Colorado Independent | Ernest Luning | Posted 09.26.2009 | Denver

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Ariel Attack, Colorado Democratic Headquarters, Maurice-Schwenkler, Denver, Transgendered, Denver News

DENVER -- The suspect arrested Tuesday morning on charges of smashing 11 windows at the state Democratic Party headquarters is a transgendered "Denver...

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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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Believer, Beware "Gets" The Funny (And Poignant) Side of Religion

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 08.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Fundamentalism, Religion, Writers, Books, Transgendered, Jeff-Sharlet, Religious Right, Comedy, Gay Issues, Living News
Frank Schaeffer

Believer Beware is laugh out loud funny, touching, irreverent and yet, in deeper ways, pays religion the ultimate compliment: it's worthy of scrutiny, debate, hate, and love.

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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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This Christian Believes Pastor Warren Should Put a Sock In It

Scott Foval | Posted 01.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: President-Elect Barack Obama, Questioning, Lesbian, Transgendered, Glbtq, Gay, Zealotry, HIV/AIDS, Religion, Video, Cleric, West Hollywood, Inauguration, Dogma, Hate Speech, Pastor Rick Warren, Saddleback Church, Christian, Invocation, Christophobe, Politics News
Scott Foval

Rick Warren, what you are doing by turning to attack your critics as "Christophobes," is manipulating the core message.

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A Spiritual Challenge to the LGBTQI Community: Pray!

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 01.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Intersex, Queer, Bisexual, Lesbian, Obama Inauguration, Rick Warren, Transgendered, Prayer, Gay, Barack Obama, Lbgtqi, Living News
Dr. Susan Corso

Where does outrage stop and genuine spiritual practice begin? I'm asking, really.You know and I know that prayer changes things in a big way.

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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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Rainbow Flags at Comic-Con

Jonathan Handel | Posted 09.06.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Queer, Comics, Bisexual, Lesbian, Transgendered, Comic-Con, Gay, Entertainment News
Jonathan Handel

Although Prism's "only" five years old, it's an outgrowth of a group founded about 20 years ago, at the time of the first Comic-Con panel on gays and comics.

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