Transgender pageant crowns Kevin Balot of the Philippines - ROBERT HERRIMAN - http://www.examiner.com

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Ireland – is transgender the new black? - Sophie Cairns - http://www.lesbilicious.co.uk

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Gilmore backs gay marriage - http://www.irishtimes.com (Ireland)

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Transgender issues: Protesters decry Rob Anders's petition - Jillian Page - http://blogs.montrealgazette.com

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'True blood' of US TV: Gay heroes hit highest-ever level - http://rt.com

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Human Rights Commission Condemns Kidnapping and Murder of Transgender in Honduras - http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com

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ezs note:  Sadly, another transgender woman, named Barbarita, was murdered.  If you live in, or travel to San Pedro Sula, Honduras, and you even think you might know something, do the right thing and notify the police immediately!

Don't let this vermin get away with it!!

Uganda gay activist wins human rights award (bikyamasr.com)

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National action plan on human rights (www.starobserver.com.au {Australia})

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Panel passes gender identity language for human rights ordinance (Des Moines Register)

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Obama bans LGBT human rights violators from entering US (unicornbooty)

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Johns Hopkins law scholar says human rights violations undermine medical professionalism, urges collective outcry (newswise)

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Singapore questioned by the UN CEDAW committee on gender equality and human rights (theonlinecitizen)

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Maine court holds school board officials are not specifically obligated under state's human rights law to provide bathroom accommodations for transgender student (NSBA)

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An open letter to Benedict XVI GLBT Christians to pay attention to human rights* (paperblog)

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Rochester city council calls for gender identity rights (pollhudson)

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

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

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

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Bill to expand human rights law rejected again (khq)

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Murdered transgender person was top human rights lawyer (Car Rentals [UK])

After the woman who pushed the ‘man in a dress’ under a train at King’s Cross Station Monday had appeared in court charged with murder, police revealed the identity of the victim. (more above)