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15 March 2011

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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14 March 2011

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

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13 March 2011

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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12 March 2011

Activists urge police to pursue transvestite killing (Jakarta Globe [Indonesia])

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Saint Louis, Missouri

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Transgender candidate to contest Tamil Nadu polls (SiFy)

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11 March 2011

Hello!

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Please remember the earthquake/tsunami/fire victims!  This week, we saw... Saint Louis, Missouri... Nieuwpoort, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.....

A scene that beggars description...

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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, tha...
10 March 2011

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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09 March 2011

HR and employment law news (BLR)

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Law school hosts LGBT-rights conference (Windy City Media Group)

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08 March 2011

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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Transgendered couple gets OK to marry after 14-month gender discrimination battle (NY Daily News)

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07 March 2011

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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06 March 2011

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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05 March 2011

Vigil remembers transgender murder victim (Baltimore Sun)

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04 March 2011

Glasgow, Scotland, UK

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Happy women's/MTF transgender month!  Here's what happened this week: Glasgow, Scotland, UK... Seymour, Texas... Cilaos, Reunion......
03 March 2011

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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02 March 2011

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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28 February 2011

Trans mayor for Amarillo? (Advocate)

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Trans activists await new Department of Corrections director (TBD)

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Maine lawmaker wades into transgender bathroom issue (WCHS 6)

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26 February 2011

Thanks again to Mikhaela Reid!

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Bill would overturn ruling on transgender use of bathrooms (Bangor Daily News)

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Oprah Winfrey's OWN 'Our America' Focuses On Transgender Issues (On Top Magazine)

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Bringing India's transgenders into the mainstream (The Express Tribune [Pakistan])

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A Gawker ethic (GetReligion)

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25 February 2011

County Cork, Ireland

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Rain, rain, go away... oh come on, it isn't that bad!  Here's this week's... Cork, Ireland... Nashua, New Hampshire ... West H...
24 February 2011

Equality Texas sets LGBT lobby day for March 7 (Dallas Voice)

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After Obama's gay-marriage decision, 'a new world' (WBUR/NPR)

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23 February 2011

Would you allow your young child to live as a transgender? (39Online)

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