Churches still free to discriminate (Green Left [Australia))

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Laws criminalizing homosexuality are incompatible with international human rights standards and fuel homophobia (lezgetreal)

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Amnesty International Fights Proposed Changes to European Violence Against Women Treaty (care2)

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Activists urge police to pursue transvestite killing (Jakarta Globe [Indonesia])

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Saint Louis, Missouri

Transgender candidate to contest Tamil Nadu polls (SiFy)

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Hello!

Please remember the earthquake/tsunami/fire victims!  This week, we saw... Saint
Louis, Missouri... Nieuwpoort, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands...  Jacksonville, Florida
... Sacramento, California...  Maumee, Ohio... Tuscon, Arizona... Jacksonville,
Arkansas... Gislaved, Jonkopings Lan, Sweden... Woodstock, Illinois... Riyadh,
Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia... Sussex, New Jersey... Hamburg, Germany... Little Rock,
Arkansas... North Little Rock, Arkansas...  Jiddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia... 
Odenville, Alabama...West Covina, California...Fayetteville, Arkansas...
Thessaloniki, Greece... Marlton, New Jersey... Arlington, Massachusetts...
Memphis, Tennesee... Clifton Park, New York... Chandler, Arizona... West
Helena, Arkansas... Russelville, Arkansas... Chicago, Illinois... Minneapolis,
Minnesota... Brighton, East Sussex, UK... Den Haag, Zuid-Holland,
Netherlands... Vienna (Wien) , Austria... Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire,
England, UK...the three addresses that would be most helpful are found
listed below. Thanks.

A scene that beggars description...

When you see a country that has suffered an earthquake, that is a horrible
sight.  When you see a country that has suffered a tsunami, that is a horrible
sight.  And when you see a country that suffers fire after fire, that, too, is a
horrible sight.

In twenty-four hours, Japan has suffered
ALL  of these!!!
You can help.  Please e-mail or mail your check to:
American Red Cross
PO Box 4002018
Des Moines, IA 50340-2018
www.redcross.org 

International Red Cross/Red Crescent societies


PO Box 372

CH-1211 Geneva 19
 Switzerland

www.ifrc.org

Medecins sans frontieres / Doctors Without Borders
Doctors Without Borders USA
PO Box 5030
Hagerstown, MD 21741
www.doctorswithoutborders.org



 

Obama, activists launch initiative to prevent bullying (lezgetreal)

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Amateur hour in Maryland house (Washington Blade)

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Some Texas lawmakers seek expansion of hate crimes law to LGBT community (The Texas Independent)

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HR and employment law news (BLR)

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Law school hosts LGBT-rights conference (Windy City Media Group)

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Panel on "Transgender Legal Issues in Hawaii and the Pacific" (hawaii.edu)

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Medford legislators speak at women's bar breakfast (Wicked Local/Medford)

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Transgender Woman Shot & Dragged In Arkansas (fox4kc)

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ezs note:  If you live in or are visiting Arkansas, please   check
the photograph of Marcal Tye.   Anything would be helpful,
no matter how insignificant you think it might be. Thanks.
 

Transgendered couple gets OK to marry after 14-month gender discrimination battle (NY Daily News)

150 People Protest Mayor Amundson’s Community Breakfast Speaker Selection (Pasadena Independent)

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Next top model gender neutral (Otago Daily Times [New Zealand])

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Transgender rights bill filed (The Docket)

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Pondy transgender first to get unique identity (The Times of India [India])

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Transgender decision is good for people, business

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LGBT law program draws 200 (Advocate)

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Illigetimacy is in the eye of the beholder (The Japan Times Online)

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Vigil remembers transgender murder victim (Baltimore Sun)

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Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Hello!

Happy women's/MTF transgender month!  Here's what happened this week: Glasgow,
Scotland, UK... Seymour, Texas... Cilaos, Reunion... Fairbanks, Alaska... Trenton, New
Jersey... Las Vegas, Nevada... Liverpool,England, UK... Rockford, Illinois...
Kennebunkport, Maine... Crystal Lake, Illinois... Brooklyn, New York... London,
England, UK... West Chicago, Illinois... Jiddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia...
Brighton, Massachusetts.... Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany... Aimargues,
Languedoc-Roussillion, France... Castellanza, Lombardia, Italy... Hamburg,
Germany...Asheville, North Carolina... Wellington, New Zealand... Halifax, Nova
Scotia, Canada... Red Deer, Alberta, Canada... Newark, New Jersey... Bedford,
Nova Scotia, Canada... Bensalem, Pennsylvania... Dublin, Ireland... Houston,
Texas...Ottawa, Ontario, Canada... Calgary, Alberta, Canada... Frankfort, Maine...
Scranton, Maine... and Woodstock, Illinois!

Christian university blocks gay student publication (canoe [Canada])

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Not just for kids: 'I am J' by Cris Beam (Los Angeles Times)

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Booze-free belly laughs at Q (Justout)

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Transgender derby player discusses new league policy (Windy City Media Group)

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German court rules cross-dressing prisoners okay (Reuters)

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Join the Impact files complaint against Massachusetts Family Institute (Bay Windows)

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National roundup (Windy City Times)

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Trans mayor for Amarillo? (Advocate)

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Trans activists await new Department of Corrections director (TBD)

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Maine lawmaker wades into transgender bathroom issue (WCHS 6)

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Thanks again to Mikhaela Reid!

Bill would overturn ruling on transgender use of bathrooms (Bangor Daily News)

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Oprah Winfrey's OWN 'Our America' Focuses On Transgender Issues (On Top Magazine)

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Bringing India's transgenders into the mainstream (The Express Tribune [Pakistan])

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A Gawker ethic (GetReligion)

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County Cork, Ireland

Hello!

Rain, rain, go away... oh come on, it isn't that bad!  Here's this week's... Cork, Ireland... Nashua, New Hampshire
... West Hartford, Connecticut... Dallas, Texas... Palmetto, Florida... Kuwait, al-Kuwayt...
Flemington, New Jersey... Dearborn, Michigan... Appleton, Wisconsin... Hamburg, Germany...
  Woodstock, Illinois... Fairbanks, Alaska... Chapel Hill, North Carolina... Tuscon, Arizona...
 London, England, UK... Guilliers, Bretagne, France... Erding, Bayern, Germany...
Curitiba, Parana, Brazil... Bekasi, Jawa  Barat, Indonesia... Chicopee, Massachusetts...
San Francisco, California...Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul,  Brazil... Terre Haute, Indiana...
Moscow, Russia... Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK... Rindge, New Hampshire...
Austin, Texas... San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, Philippines... Freising, Bayern, Germany...
dodge them raindrops!

Equality Texas sets LGBT lobby day for March 7 (Dallas Voice)

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After Obama's gay-marriage decision, 'a new world' (WBUR/NPR)

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Would you allow your young child to live as a transgender? (39Online)

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65% enumeration over, identity issues crop up (Hindustan Times {India)}

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As a woman, being reborn (Forward)

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Obama pulls defense for law banning gay marriage ('BOUT FREAKIN' TIME!!!!) (Reuters)

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