18 December 2011

News briefs - six Ohio firms hit 100 on harder HRC equality list [among others] (www.gaypeopleschronicle.com)

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CWA (Central Texas) leader calls for boycott of Macy's (lezgetreal.com)

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Marriott hotels gets high gay friendly rating from the Human Rights Campaign (www.gayapolis.com)

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LGBT history project (www.hastingsobserver.co.uk)

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Peace

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Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. H...

LGBT film festival in city ends (ibnlive.in.com {India})

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Gay couples happier and healthier if legally accepted (www.ibtimes.com)

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17 December 2011

Peace

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 A cure for War? Furiously spending the same daily amount of money toward making friends. Being an indispensable source of food, shelter, ...

Child's father, a 'former Republican', knows meaning of family values (bostonglobe.com)

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Boston, Massachusetts

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Hello!

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To my Jewish friends, happy Hanukkah! ...um, Chanukah!  (crap, I always mess this one up...)  Here's this week... Boston, Massachusetts....
16 December 2011

Hollywood vigil for slain transgender woman (latimesblogs.latimes.com)

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Peace

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11th Circuit rules for transgender employee in sex discrimination case (www.lexology.com)

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Filipinos hail UN gay rights report (www.mindanaoexaminer.com {Philippines}))

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Elizabeth Warren announces support for LGBT rights (www.baywindows.com)

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UN urges global LGBT protections (www.democracynow.org)

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15 December 2011

A UN milestone: LGBT rights are human rights (www.undispatch.com)

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UN calls for protection gay rights worldwide (af.reuters.com {Africa})

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Thailand's transgender flight attendants PC Air takes on groundbreaking crew (www.huffingtonpost.com)

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Anchorage municipality clerk verifies signature for initiative protecting gay, transgender rights (www.therepublic.com)

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Help fight against LGBTQ bullying (my.hsj.org)

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14 December 2011

Peace

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The End and the Beginning by Wisława Szymborska After every war someone has to clean up. Things won't straighten themselves up, a...

Transgender icon Carmen Rupe dies (news.smh.com.au {Australia})

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Fox News invites anti-LGBT guests to mock, smear transgender Macy's guests (www.lgbtqnation.com)

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Twin boys, one transgender, become brother and sister (www.firstcoastnews.com)

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Transgender Taser victim fighting potential charges (www.windycitymediagroup.com)

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13 December 2011

Guatemala: discrimination undermines AIDS prevention (www.ipsnews.net)

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CNN dialogues, Outwrite, fundraiser set for Dec. 14 (www.atlantaintownpaper.com)

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Eyewitnesses tell how Sonia Burgess was pushed under train (www.bbc.co.uk {UK})

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Transgender patients outed by the health care system (www.montrealgazette.com)

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12 December 2011

LGBT employees welcome at big banks and law firms, report says (latimesblogs.latimes.com)

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source: Deepak Chopra

2012 buyers guide (issuu.com)

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Transgender people: the new civil rights frontier (ideas.time.com)

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ezs note:  What do you get here?  Hmm... let's see...  transgender news from US, Canada, various places in South America, England, Franc...
11 December 2011

Things to think about in the Buddhist world (www.patheos.com)

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Google, Yahoo, Ebay, Dell, Apple, Gap earn top marks on HRC gay index (www.ontopmag.com)

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10 December 2011

Casablanca, Morocco

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Credit: Suzy-Q

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Peace and love, Jim... here's what's happening... Casablanca, Morocco... Groningen, Netherlands... Swidnik, Lubelskie, Poland... Gla...

LGBT education is not sex education (stlouis.injuryboard.com)

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Debate fierce over protections for transgendered people (columbia.patch.com)

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Council of Europe Secretary General condemns persistent discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender population in many parts of Europe (www.hrea.org {Europe})

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Acceptance is protection: how can parents support gender nonconforming and transgender children?

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09 December 2011

More on Jim Burke

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08 December 2011

13 Minnesota employers receive highest rating for workplace inclusiveness (www.twincities.com)

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Hate crime laws extended (www.budepeople.co.uk)

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High rate of harassment of black lesbians and transgender men in South Africa (www.msmagazine.com)

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07 December 2011

Hillary Clinton vows to support global fight for gay rights (globalspin.blogs.time.com)

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Macy's fires employee for refusing to let transgender customer use the women's dressing room (www.huffingtonpost.com)

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