23 March 2011

Dan Savage: For Gay Teens, Life 'Gets Better' (NPR)

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Transgendered father gets prison time for beating kids because they won't call him 'mom' (New York Daily News)

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ezs note: This is, of course, a very troubling case.  (for example, the New York Daily 
News' moronic reporting style)  But suffice it to say she has no
right to beat, abuse, and/or starve her children.  EVER.

Joint Statement on the Rights of LGBT Persons at the Human Rights Council (ISRIA)

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GLAAD mourns the the loss of Dame Elizabeth Taylor (Broadwayworld)

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Transgender New Yorkers sue over birth certificates (globalnews)

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22 March 2011

Japan (courtesy raincoaster)


Gay dollars for global causes: LGBT community responds to Japan earthquake, tsunami (Marketwire)

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ezs note:  I'll happily add this to my list of 
list of lists.  PLEASE HELP OUR FRIENDS
IN JAPAN!!!
www.redcross.org
www.ifrc.org
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
(new)www.rainbowfund.org/Japan

Andrej Pejic on Lea T: ‘She Only Does Women’s Wear and I Think I Cover More Fields’ (NYMag)

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Lawsuit: NYC Makes It Difficult for Transgender People To Change Birth Certificate (Gothamist)

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Article on murdered woman lacked sensitivity (TCUDailySkiff)

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Anti-suicide Trevor project to honor Radcliffe (Vcstar)

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ezs note:  Life, it's true, definitely sucks sometimes.  But you have
people everywhere   who you can  talk to, scream at, and cry with.
Just don't let yourself fall into a cocoon.  That's the worst thing that
you can do.

18 March 2011

No new leads in trans woman's murder (Dallas Voice)

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California: Clinic Reduces Amount of Money It's Seeking (The Body)

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US Justice Department Report Finds Pattern of Discrimination by New Orleans Police Department (Huffington Post)

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Transforming Support- resources connect the trans and genderqueer population (Justout)

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Hello!

Please help our friends in Japan!  Here's the week in review... Minneapolis,
Minnesota... Killeen, Texas... O Fallon, Illinois... Amarillo, Texas... Ocoee, Florida...
Dayton, Florida... Fairbanks, Alaska... Hamburg, Germany... Stuttgart,
Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany... Boston, Massachusetts... Boerne, Texas...
Roissy-en-Brie, Ile-de-France, France... Georgetown, Texas... Crystal Lake,
Illinois... Harrison, Arkansas... Garden City, Kansas... Plano, Texas...
Mountain View, California.... Bangalore, Karnataka, India... Colorado Springs,
Colorado... Etna, California... Elmhurst, New York... Saint Louis, Missouri...
West Linn, Oregon... Zeist, Utrecht, Netherlands... Saint Paul, Minnesota...
Bremerhaven, Bremen, Germany...  Nashville, Tennesee... 
Thiruvananthapuram (whew!) Kerala, India... Madras, Tamil Nadu, India...
El Paso, Texas... Littleton, Colorado... Walpole, Massachusetts... 
Cork, Ireland...  you can help at...
*American Red Cross     www.redcross.org 
     (you can also make donations at any Starbucks worldwide)
*International Red Cross/Red Crescent Societies     www.ifcr.org
*Doctors Without Borders     www.doctorswithoutborders.org
THANK YOU!



    

16 March 2011

From our friends in Japan...


New guidelines for trans prisoners (Star Observer [Australia])

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National Roundup (Windy City)

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Chaz Bono to speak at Howard Brown event (Windy City)

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Channel 4 to improve portrayal of transgender characters (The Stage [UK])

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Lords drop transgender pension protection (IFAOnline [UK])

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Thailand's talented transgender: 'Dude Looks Like A Lady' ....next week, Amirite? (Hypervocal)

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Activists laud City Council’s passage of pro-trans resolution (Bay Windows)

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11 March 2011

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