Give equal rights to all US citizens (Sheboygan Press)

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Ho, Ho, Ho!

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...Nagpur, Maharashtra, India...  twelve drummers drumming... Paris, Ile-de-France, France... eleven pipers piping... West Hartford, Connecticut... ten lords-a leaping... Lake Zurich, Illinois... nine ladies dancing... Cleveland, Ohio... eight maids-a-milking... Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK... seven swans-a-swimming... Tuscon, Arizona... six geese-a-laying... Atlanta, Georgia... five gol-den rings...Gaylord, Michigan... four colly birds... Appleton, Wisconsin... three French hens... Sacramento, California... two turtle doves... Sint-genesius-rode, Brabant, Belgium... Bethel, Ohio... Providence, Utah... Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada... Kuwait... London, England, UK... Goole, York, England, UK.... Villenave-d'ornon, Aquitaine, France... Harpursville, New York... Mankato, Minnesota... Phoenix, Arizona... Broomall, Pennsylvania... Pompano Beach, Florida... Perth, Western Australia, Australia... Valloadolid, Castilla y Leon, Spain.... Greenville, South Carolina... Chicago, Illinois... Rochester, Michigan... White Plains, New York... Central District, Hong Kong, S.A.R., China... West Bridgewater, Massachusetts...  Green Bay, Wisconsin... Hazlet, New Jersey... Evansville, Indiana... and a partridge in a pear tree!  To all my Christian friends, Merry Christmas!

Remember Our Homeless Gay Youth this Holiday (Shewired)

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ezs note: Please send ten dollars to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered homeless youth in our community.  It is so important!!!  Details can be found above.

Happy holidays (and how you can help) / (HuffingtonPost)

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Righting wrongs (Pridesource)

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Woman Charged With Killing Transgender Brother's Fiancée (Advocate)

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Local trans woman places in local beauty pageant (Xtra [Canada])

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Trans-Friendly Organizations that Offer Health Services in Washington, DC (Associated Content)

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New Unitarian Universalist LGBT Program Coordinator to Focus on Trans Issues (Blogout/Justout)

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Transgender woman finds her way (CJonline)

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^&!#@!

Some teens' sexual identity struggles end tragically (Fresno Bee)

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Bay area vets celebrate vote on openly gay troops (KTVN)

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Wise Thoughts Organized London's Gay Art Festival GFEST Faced Censorship (PR-USA)

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Senate votes to repeal DADT, moves to Obama (Yay! DADT is DEAD!) (Chicago Gopride)

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Iran: Discrimination and Violence Against Sexual Minorities (Payvand [Iran])

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Discussion on bullying turns to real solutions, legal protections (Campus Progress)

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EA's gay and lesbian employees say 'it gets better' (Kotaku)

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Hello!

Oh, sit right down, and  I'll tell the tale... of Cincinnati, Ohio... Thimister, Liege, Belgium... Mays Landing, New Jersey... Stockbridge, Georgia... Elmira, Michigan... Boston, Massachusetts... Amarillo, Texas...Scranton, Pennsylvania... Cleveland, Ohio... West Covina, California... Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium... Lauder, Scotland  Borders, Scotland, UK... Tuscon, Arizona... Laveen, Arizona... Union, Missouri... Murrietta, California... Thomasville, North Carolina... Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania... Melbourne, Victoria, Australia... Quezon City, Philippines... Sydney, New South Wales, Australia... Saint Paul, Minnesota... Coventry, England, UK... Athens, Attiki, Greece... Perth, Western Australia, Australia... Dartmouth, Nova Scotia... Liverpool, England, UK... Sint-genesius-rode, Brabant, Belgium... Neuss, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany... and El Paso, Texas,  here on Em-i-ly's Isle!

Burnaby/Douglas leaving politics (Burnaby Now [Canada])

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LGBTQ resource center staff respond to lost flag (dailylobo.com)

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Transgender woman Jennifer Gale sings 'Silent Night' on the eve of her death (Dallas Voice)

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Signs of the times!

Credit: www.myleftnutmeg.com

Chicago team responds to HIV-drug study (Windy City Media Group)

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LGBT takes on religion (noellerichard.wordpress.com)

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Point Foundation opens applications for new named scholarships (Windy City Media Group)

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HAWC awarded $10,000 grant for outreach in LGBTQ community (Swampscott Reporter)

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DA: Brawl that injured transgender woman was self-defense (ABC)

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Former Memphis police officer guilty of tax evasion {ezs note; also earlier, of beating a transgender prisoner} (Tax Law Home)

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Teen 'devastated' by banning (Time)

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Gays make up 40% of Hollywood homeless youth, survey finds (LA Times)

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Couple wanted for killing and dismembering man at LA hotel arrested (LA Times)

ezs note:  I'm certainly glad that the two trolls have been taken into custody.  If you have any further evidence, please bring it to the LAPD.  The more, the better, folks.
 
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LGBT building named after Cyndi Lauper's True Colors song (Perez Hilton)

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An outstanding, seminal work

Yeah, I know.  "Seminal" is a word used far, far, too commonly.  But for this blog, I will say it with enthusiasm.

"Emily's virtual rocket" is a good work, but by its very nature, I'm aware of its limits.  Even those who do the same work as I do, are usually better than I am, because of the hunt-n-peck method for my typing.The only advantage I have is LOTS of hard, diligent  work.

"A Gender Variance Who's Who" puts all of us to shame.  If it weren't the case that "Emily's..." mainly deals with the present, and "Gender Variance..." with  the much broader past, I'd work on selling icicles.


Kudos to you, Zagria. If you'd like to see her work, please press "An outstanding, seminal work" above, in blue. Thanks.

Transgender woman gets hate mail after visiting DMV (NBC Bay Area)

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Hello!

Where in the world shall we go? How about...     Albany, New York ...Huntersville, North Carolina... Providence, Utah... Germany... Mexico, Distrito Federal... Wausau, Wisconsin... Turtle  Lake, Wisconsin... West Covina, California... Dayton, Ohio... Springfield, Illinois... Canton, Ohio... Prescott Valley, Arizona... Simpsonville, South Carolina... Norwich, Connecticut... Chicago, Illinois... Woburn, Massachusetts... Oslo, Norway.... Singapore... Amarillo, Texas... Ottawa, Ontario, Canada... West Hartford, Connecticut... Wilmette, Illinois... Trenton, New Jersey... Tinley Park, Illinois.... Liberty Lake, Washington... Birmingham, England, UK... Rio de Janeiro, Brazil... Yakima, Washington... La Celle, Ile-de-France, France...and Elmira, Michigan?  Oh, the places we shall go!

Canada’s Military Updates Uniform For Transgender Soldiers (Stylite)

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Dutch transgenders will get new diplomas (Pridesource)

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Including transgender athletes is thought provoking, but not unfair (Orlando Sentinal)

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Sex-change soldier forces army to scrap transgender policy (SMH [Australia])

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Different players (The Sunday Leader [Sri Lanka])

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GLAAD celebrates 25th anniversary (AP)

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Gender Identity Expert and Author Kate Bornstein in Seattle This Weekend (SeattlePI)

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To my Jewish friends- Happy Hanukkah!

VIEWS Remembering trans heroine Rita Hester (Windy City)

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Sports, gender, questions and hate (ESPN)

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Hello!

Today's mission will consist of the following:  Scranton, Pennsylvania... San Ramon, California... Victoria, British Columbia, Canada... Manchester, England, UK...Rowlett, Texas... Rochester, New York... Launceston, Tasmania, Australia... Broomall, Pennsylvania... Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.... Trenton, New Jersey.... Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England, UK... Milton Keynes, England, UK... Cleveland, Ohio... New York... Oakland, Maryland... Milan, Lombardia, Italy... Oslo, Norway... Juri, Harjumaa, Estonia... Jiddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia... Lancaster, Pennsylvania... Acton Vale, Quebec, Canada... Kokkola, Western Finland, Finland... Yonkers, New York... Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, England, UK... Bangor, North Down, England, UK... Zurich,Zurich, Switzerland... Framingham, Massachusetts... Warsaw, Mazowiekie, Poland... Krasnodar, Russia... Surprise, Arizona... Roanoke, Virginia... Mancelona, Michigan... Tokyo, Japan... Shonaison, In'chon-jikhalsi, South Korea... Phoenix, Arizona... then to Venus! Live long and prosper!

Why Canada should protect gender identity (Globe and Mail [Canada])

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SAGES brings safe places to school (New York Daily News)

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GLAD records donated to Yale (Yale)

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