The Buffalo News: Opinion: Sexual orientation shouldn't lessen sense of security

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.

House begins ENDA hearings

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.

Bianet :: Activists Warn: Increase in Police Torture - Mozilla Firefox

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.

Building Solidarity with Victims of Anti-Trans Violence

Mariah Lopez and Christina Sforza, two transgender women of color from New York City, were arrested and subjected to brutal treatment while in custody.

East Bay hosts trans health care forum

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.

Not Queer Enough

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?

Tussle over tax deduction continues | Articles | Current Issue | Bay Windows - New England's largest GLBT newspaper - Mozilla Firefox

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.

S.F rally shows support for trans woman prison rape victim | News | Advocate.com

A silent protest attracted 100 people.

ABC News: Transgender Inmate Wins Hormone Therapy - Mozilla Firefox

An Idaho judge orders that Jenniffer Spencer be given hormone replacement therapy that will be paid for by the state.

Transsexual Convicted Of Involuntary Manslaughter Back In Court - News Story - WTAE Pittsburgh

Tammy Felbaum is said to have sent threatening letters to prosecutors and a judge.

Accepting Me As Person= Opening Unacceptable Gate?

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.

New Jersey Joins A Growing Number Of Jurisdictions In Expressly Prohibiting Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Expression Part II

Part II in a series of articles examining the recent amendments to NJ legislation, case law, and federal law.

Utah ranks 35th in gay-straight clubs

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.

Evaluating acts by psychiatrists

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.

National Secular Society - Muslim GP faces disciplinary hearing for attack on gays

The letter went on to say that a depressed transsexual awaiting gender reassignment was "twisted."

Gay Couple Arrested For Kissing At Rome's Coliseum

Two gay men have been charged with "lewd conduct" for kissing in front of the Coliseum in Rome.

Colombia is moving forward on gay rights

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.

ScienceAlert - Australia & NZ - Mozilla Firefox

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 …

Colosseum Kissing Controversy

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!

The Independent Florida Alligator - Mozilla Firefox

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.

The Bay Area Reporter Online | Former trans prisoner's trial opens

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.

The Bay Area Reporter Online | Officer charged for sexual misconduct with TG prisoner

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.

Report: More Companies Protect Transgendered Workers :: EDGE Boston

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.

So They Say | Articles | Current Issue | Bay Windows - New England's largest GLBT newspaper

Quotes concerning LGBT individuals

Suspected transsexual's body found off Old Hope Road

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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