Unfortunately, many students who don't fit society's heterosexual models or gender stereotypes feel unsafe. That's not right. Schools have an obligation to ensure the safety of all their students, including their lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students.
Congress returned from its summer recess this week and the House promptly launched hearings into the long-suffering Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would ban workplace discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees.
Transvestite prostitutes working one of Buenos Aires's toniest neighborhoods are squaring off against wealthy residents who say they shouldn't ply their trade in a public park where children romp.
Mariah Lopez and Christina Sforza, two transgender women of color from New York City, were arrested and subjected to brutal treatment while in custody.
In much of the world Transgender individuals are treated the same as everyone else when it comes to health care. However, in the US transpeople are routinely denied even the most basic of care due to discrimination within the insurance and health industries.
The term is LGBT but what happens when the B and T are discriminated against for appearing straight? Should their art be censored or disallowed by the event organisers of LGBT functions?
The case of Rhiannon O'Donnabhain vs the IRS. She claimed a medical deduction for her gender reassignment surgery on her tax return. The deduction was originally denied but then allowed on appeal. Then the IRS demanded the money back and now they are in court.
A silent protest attracted 100 people.
An Idaho judge orders that Jenniffer Spencer be given hormone replacement therapy that will be paid for by the state.
Tammy Felbaum is said to have sent threatening letters to prosecutors and a judge.
The gay debate might have had some airing but what about the Third Gender? Transsexuals cause discomfort because they challenge conventional notions of male and female bodies.
Part II in a series of articles examining the recent amendments to NJ legislation, case law, and federal law.
Conservative Utah is home to more school gay-straight alliances than 15 other states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, according to a national group that registers the organizations.
A former colleague she once supervised asks Bellowes to conduct an informal strategy session with her panicked family just before her wedding. During this session, the woman's sister, a transgender, complains that her parents are trying to get her to wear a gown at the wedding.
The letter went on to say that a depressed transsexual awaiting gender reassignment was "twisted."
Two gay men have been charged with "lewd conduct" for kissing in front of the Coliseum in Rome.
They have found some strange allies along the way. Uribe is a staunch Catholic but supports the pending legislation on gay rights. One of his congressional allies, Armando Benedetti, also championed the law, as did leftist political parties and movements.
In the audit report, How well does Australian democracy serve sexual and gender minorities, Dr Sarah Maddison from the University of New South Wales and Emma Partridge from the University of Technology, examined the impact of Australia's legislative and policy frameworks, as we …
Arcigay has now called for a National Gay Kiss-In at the Colosseum on August 2nd. All the luck to them. Pash it up boys and girls!
Today, Magdolan automatically uses the women's room, but it has not always been an easy decision. Her eyebrows, drawn in a high arc above bright pink eye shadow, lowered as she recalled several instances when she was discriminated against just for trying to go to the bathroom.
Alexis Giraldo, the recently paroled transgender prisoner who is suing the state for failing to protect her from sexual assault while she was incarcerated, took the stand last week in a San Francisco courtroom and described in detail the alleged rapes that she endured.
A Santa Clara County correctional officer was arrested July 19 for alleged unlawful consensual sexual activity with a prisoner in November 2006, according to the Santa Clara County Department of Correction.
A new report from the Human Rights Campaign shows that the number of Fortune 500 companies with policies on place to prevent discrimination against transgendered workers has risen by sixty per cent in the past year and a half.
Quotes concerning LGBT individuals
It is reported that at about 3:00 am on Wednesday, the body of a man was found with gunshot wounds along Munroe Road off Old Hope Road. The police say the body was clad in female attire - a jeans skirt, panty and a brief.
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