Three New Task Forces Formed To Help Prevent Suicide (RTTnews)

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Starbucks unveils new logo (Yeah, I know, it's not part of the program, but it's where I live typing away!) (Money)

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liberal NDP leadership contenders urged to protect transgender rights (Straight.com)

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New report focuses on suicice and suicide risk in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender populations (Miami Herald)

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Trans hospital protections go into effect (Goqnotes)

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Uganda rights groups hail landmark LGBT ruling (Canada Views [Canada])

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Attorney: Penis is irrelevant (Fox)

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Obama had strong standing with gay community even before DADT repeal: poll (HuffingtonPost)

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Kye Allums battles concussions (Outsports)

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Transgender writer returns to childhood home (Buffalo News)

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CALIFORNIA: pastor who backed Proposition 8 held on multiple child molestation charges (oh my Gawd...this is TOO bizzare!) (Joe.my.God)

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Joanne Herman: A kinder, gentler approach (Washington Post)

What? Me? Change? (thanks to Bill Watterston)

At risk: sex, HIV, and the community (Newsline Magazine [Pakistan])

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ezs note: please read this influential article.  If you can, make a donation to responsible organization (such as UNAIDS) that will provide children with information.

Hatboro's anti-discrimination ordinance to be heard again (Doylestown Patch)

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Happy 2011!

Should auld acquaintance be forgot (gawd, I hate this song!)  But anyway, here's who visited this week... Cleveland, Ohio... Valladolid, Castilla y Leon, Spain... Tuscon, Arizona... Nagoya, Aichi, Japan... London, England, UK... Ireland... Dallas, Texas... Aiken, South Carolina... Minneapolis, Minnesota... New York City, New York... Faaborg, Denmark... Keighley, West Yorkshire, England, UK... Sterling Heights, Michigan... Livingston, New Jersey... Reading, England, UK... Opelika, Alabama... Amarillo,Texas... Draper, Utah... Bellingham, Washington... Burlington, Vermont... Gaylord, Michigan... Los Angeles, California... Doncaster, England, UK... Redmond, Washington... Renton, , FaaborgWashington... Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK... Minneapolis, Minnesota... West Linn, Oregon... Butte, Montana (huh, huh... she said "butt"!)... Chester, Cheshire, England, UK... Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England, UK... Terre Haute, Indiana... Branford, Connecticut... Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK... Happy New Year, everyone!

Quick note,folks

Just a reminder that if you find my blogs helpful, a donation would be most appreciated.  They're to the right, below the globe, marked "DONATE". Thanks!

Transgender man marries, has marriage revoked in the same day (Pridesource0

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Drag queen dreams (Teenlink)

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thanx to erin lindsey

UN votes against gay execution (Windy City Media Group)

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Transgender wrestler making name in the ring (Windy City Media Group)

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2010 - by the numbers (Bay Windows)

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Female inmate sues Virginia prison for housing her with men (TBD)

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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!

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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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