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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Maryland House approves family planning bill (Hometown Annapolis)

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An open letter to Governor Mario Cuomo (Chelsea Now)

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Still, a text-discriminatory* (Le Quotidien)

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Malaysia: Lady Gaga calls for protest* (Newspoint)

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ezs note: to obtain a worldwide view, this blog is being translated into
English.  To obtain various languages, some will be clear, while 
others will be lacking.  To provide ease, an asterisk (*) will follow
when the language is other than English.  Hope this helps.

Month of LGBT comics - Brood

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ezs note:  Yeah, this strays a wee bit from transgender work... but this is
funny!  Enjoy.

Maryland House of Delegates in Session and Scheduled to Vote on Gender Identity Bill Today (Poliglot)

Phoenix, Arizona

Hello!

Once more, I urge you to help our friends in Japan.  Here's the list this week...
Phoenix, Arizona... Hamburg, Germany... Madison, New Jersey... Alblasserdam,
Zuid-Holland, Netherlands... Milton Keynes, England, UK... Launceton, Tasmania,
Australia... Fairbanks, Alaska... Wooster, Ohio... Austin, Texas... Providence, Utah...
Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia... Bangalore, Karnataka, India... Nezahualcoyotl,
Mexico... Dallas, Texas... Los Angeles, California... London, City of London, England,
UK... London, Ontario, Canada... Barnet, Hertford, England, UK... Jaipur, Rajasthan,
India... San Martin, California... West Helena, Arkansas... Overland Park, Kansas...
Norcross, Georgia... Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain... Bathurst, New South Wales,
New Zealand... Gatesville, Texas... Maple, Ontario, Canada... Nashville, Tennesee...
Buchholz, Niedersachsen, Germany... Columbia, Maryland... Nerstrand,
Minnesota... Jenkintown, Pennsylvania... Moscow, Russia... and San Dimas,
California.... here are some funds you can donate to in helping Japan...
www.redcross.org
www.ifrc.org
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
www.rainbowfund.org

Ryoko Ikeda's "Claudine...!"

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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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.

SF community forced to merge, close (sfgate)

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Transgenders want political space in Tamil Nadu (bernama [India])

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Trans Media Watch and Chanel 4 (24dash.com [England])

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Authorities deny Arab transsexuals access to Egypt (Almasryalyoum [Egypt])

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Transgender woman robbed in possible Atlana bias crime (The GA voice)

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Minneapolis, Minnesota

AAs on Raising Awareness About the “T” in LGBT (Pacific Citizen)

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Fashion in transition (McGill Daily [Canada])

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A debate over diagnosis (Montreal Gazette [Canada])

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An education on trans youth (Montreal Gazette [Canada])

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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!



    

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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Maryland Transgender Activist Exonerated of All Ethics Charges, Seeks Apology from Montgomery County (Poliglot)

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Community Debates Gender Identity Bill (Metroweekly)

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Steve Bartman, Ozzy Osbourne, Carol Channing Docs Added to Tribeca Film Festival (Hollywood Reporter)

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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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