Japan

Dorm rooms could go co-ed at MU (Columbia Tribune)

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Planned Parenthood Offers Transgender Hours (Advocate)

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Collins sponsors sexual orientation workplace discrimination bill (Press-Herald)

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Transgender woman convicted in pipe bomb incident (nwcn)

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British Government Wants Trans Community's Help on Trans Action Plan (care2 [UK])

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Gay immigrants allege human rights abuses in ICE detention centers (Legal Times)

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Payette woman’s trial continues into second day (argus observer)

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Hawaii Senate passes employment protection for transgender citizens (Passport Magazine)

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J. Crew ad called "blatant propaganda celebrating transgender childen" (the frisky)

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Vaginal weakening can affect transsexuals as well (WHCT.com)

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Senators kill protection measure (News-Times)

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New Jersey transgender man fired from his 'men only" job (NBC Philadelphia)

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'Woman Soul': A photo exhibit of Filipina transsexuals (Philadelphia Star)

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SBS set to broadcast Harisu documentary about her 10th anniversary (allkpop)

GSCO: Transgender man found safe (WYFF)

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New US State Department Human Rights Report: Ugandan Persecution of Gay, Lesbian & Transgender People (lezgetreal)

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"Why did our sister die in a men's jail?" (Cootamundra Herald [Australia])

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Lawrence, Kansas

Hello!

Please remember our friends in Japan.  Here's the list... Lawrence,Kansas... San Luis Obispo, 
California... Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, India... Crofton, Maryland... Redlands, 
California... Peterborough, New Hampshire... Upgant-Schott, Niedersachsen,
Germany... Cork, Ireland... New Bedford, Massachusetts... Nashville, 
Tennesee... Madras, Tamil Nadu, India... Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada...
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia... Sanford, Florida... Haryana, India...
Coffeyville, Kansas... Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania... Washington, D.C. ....
  Buchholz, Niedersachsen, Germany... Youngstown, Ohio... Bhubaneswar,
Orissa, India... Houston, Texas... Brooklyn, New York City, New York...
London, England,UK... Everett, Washington... Detroit, Michigan... Ahlen,
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany... Gillingham, Dorset, England, UK... 
Mason, Ohio... Nowra, New South Wales, Australia... North Waterboro,
Maine... Chattanooga, Tennesee... Nuremberg, Germany...please
remember to give!
American Red Cross   www.redcross.org
International Red Cross/Red Crescent   www.ifrc.org
Doctors Without Borders   www.doctorswithoutborders.org
Rainbow Fund    www.rainbowfund.org

Stark differences between California and Maryland (LGBTweekly)

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New transgender policy at Chicago jail (Advocate)

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Screen dreams and reality in Issan (Nation Multimedia)

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San Diegans celebrate transgender day of empowerment on Friday (sdgln)

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Malcolm X was "gay-for-pay" new book says (huffingtonpost)

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LGBT Elders Raise Serious Fears About Long Term Care Facilities (PR-USA)

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California Senate Panel OKs Gay, Transgender History Bill (On Top Magazine)

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Business, church leaders object to changing discrimination policy (KAKE)

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He? She? Z? Pronouns abound for transgender suspect in murder trial (KVAL)

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question: have you considered asking
what she wants??

Some transgender youths look to black market (amny)

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ezs note:  I know it's frustrating, but these "black market" traders are nothing but vermin!! Please, see an honest doctor.  
If you don't, you could wind up with a
serious stroke...or die.

'Madame X' finds an audience (Marketwatch)

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US Health and Human Services directly addressing LGBT lives (WeHoNews)

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Hamburg, Germany

Coming out of the closet in classroom (YNet [Israel])

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Man stabbed to death; transgender girlfriend arrested (ABC wpvi)

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Calling for an end to human rights violations (Cariberena [Caribbean])

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Her goal: ridding 'trans' bias at work (Star-Tribune)

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Prince William includes RAF transgender team member in wedding invitation (Chicago goporide)

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ezs note: Thank you, Prince William and Kate Middleton!Show all

Hello!

Yeah, yeah, I know... but our friends in Japan could really use our help... here's the
list... Hamburg, Germany... Hameenlina, Finland... Manchester, England, UK... 
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada... West Hartford, Connecticut... Arlington,
Massachusetts... Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.... Madras, Tamil Nadu, India...
Atlanta, Georgia... Central District, Hong Kong, SAR... Auckland, New
Zealand... Grapevine, Texas... San Francisco, California... Mendoza, Brazil...
Jyvaskyla, Finland... Columbia, South Carolina... Webster, New York...
New Dehli, India... Union City, New Jersey... Chandigarh, India... Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Canada... Bangalore, Karnataka, India... Waco, Texas... 
Annapolis, Maryland... Holtsville, New York...  Haifa, Israel... Maple,
Ontario, Canada... Rockville, Maryland... Littleton, Colorado... Columbia,
Maryland... Madison, Alabama... Salt Lake City, Utah... Bronx, New York
City, New York... Schwalbach, Saarland, Germany... Houston, Texas...
here's some e-mail addresses you can send to:


American Red Cross:  www.redcross.org
International Red Cross/Red Crescent:  www.ifrc.org
Doctors Without Borders: www.doctorswithoutborders.org
Rainbow Fund: www.rainbowfund.org

transgender discrimination in the visor* (schorer [Netherlands])

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Gender discrimination lawsuit against Oregon State Hospital put on hold (Becker's Hospital Review)

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ACT to look at intersex, trans rights (Star-Observer [Australia])

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Barney Frank Reintroduces Gay Protections Bill ENDA (On Top Magazine)

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ezs note:  Make Barney Frank's vote be pleasantly WRONG!  Especially
in Republican-controlled districts, make sure that you are FOR ENDA
(Employment Non-Discrimination Act).

Election kills human rights bill (Burnaby Now [Canada])

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What health care means for LGBT Americans (enewspf)

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Randa: A transsexual is above all a human being (Afrik-news)

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Transgender Protections Foes Claim Bill Would Leave Women, Children Vulnerable (On Top Magazine)

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Nevada bill would ban transgender discrimination (Bay Windows)

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Gender identity and expression bill moves forward in Connecticut (HRC Backstory)

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Can transgender people bear children? (Huffington Post)

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