I am always on high alert this time of year for the appearance of anger and bigotry. All the days around April 19th make me a bit nervous. Maybe this is because I’ve lived a life which has seen the David Koresh debacle, the tragic Oklahoma City bombing, and the horrific scenes of Columbine. I [...]
http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/04/14/transgender.irpt/index.html?hpt=C1
Capitol T: Growing a Movement for Transgender Equality, the 5th Annual Transgender Leadership Summit
This is reposted from the website of the Transgender Law Center.
Register now for the Leadership Summit
For the past five years, hundreds of transgender and allied leaders have gathered in California to develop organizational, professional and personal leadership skills to [...]
It’s that time of the year, time to celebrate the second-ever International Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31, 2010. Originating in Michigan last year, Rachel Crandall of Transgender Michigan started a movement by posting the idea on Facebook. Since then, events have happened all over the world. According to Crandall, she wanted to show [...]
The following was shared by Robbi Cohn, as I read the story it touched me in several ways. First how the experiences are so cruel and dehumanizing, and how it would never happen to someone who fit our cultures norms. The question becomes why, why, why, we care so damn much? Can you afford to [...]
News release from Latino Equality Alliance:
Latino LGBT and civil rights organizations hold community forum
for “hard to count” community to discuss importance of being included
in the 2010 Census.
Los Angeles, CA – The Latino Equality Alliance (LEA) – an alliance
of LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) community based groups -
MALDEF and the Census Bureau held a community forum [...]
On January 20th, 2010, the International Olympic Committee officials told the Associated Press that it was recommending the creation of special medical centers that would handle sex-verification cases for Olympic athletes. They also called for the establishment of guidelines to determine gender eligibility on a case-by-case basis, according to an article in the Los Angeles [...]
San Diego Gay & Lesbian News, CA, USA
Heroes, Pioneers and Trailblazers 2010 Honoree: Sandra Usi Ramirez
Lambda Archives of San Diego gala to honor 10 members of local LGBT community
Esther Rubio-Sheffrey – Staff Writer | Wed, 02/24/2010 – 12:27pm
SAN DIEGO — They make a difference in our lives. Some are well-known
activists in San Diego’s LGBT community [...]
This is reposted From the Bilerico Project…
On Monday morning February 1st, janitorial staff at the University of Oregon discovered the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Alliance had been broken into computer screens and the TV were spray painted over and a swastika had been spray painted on the carpet. Being former staff at the student [...]
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The study will examine gender ideologies among individuals with various sexual and gender orientation, and parents of those who identify with various sexual and gender orientations.
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