Hello!

Rain, rain, go away... oh come on, it isn't that bad!  Here's this week's... Cork, Ireland... Nashua, New Hampshire
... West Hartford, Connecticut... Dallas, Texas... Palmetto, Florida... Kuwait, al-Kuwayt...
Flemington, New Jersey... Dearborn, Michigan... Appleton, Wisconsin... Hamburg, Germany...
  Woodstock, Illinois... Fairbanks, Alaska... Chapel Hill, North Carolina... Tuscon, Arizona...
 London, England, UK... Guilliers, Bretagne, France... Erding, Bayern, Germany...
Curitiba, Parana, Brazil... Bekasi, Jawa  Barat, Indonesia... Chicopee, Massachusetts...
San Francisco, California...Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul,  Brazil... Terre Haute, Indiana...
Moscow, Russia... Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK... Rindge, New Hampshire...
Austin, Texas... San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, Philippines... Freising, Bayern, Germany...
dodge them raindrops!

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

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65% enumeration over, identity issues crop up (Hindustan Times {India)}

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As a woman, being reborn (Forward)

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Obama pulls defense for law banning gay marriage ('BOUT FREAKIN' TIME!!!!) (Reuters)

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Rights are rights (Calgary Herald {Canada})

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Family presses school on policy (News-Journal online)

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Transgender symposium on Wednesday at Pride Center at Equality Park in Wilton Manors (Miami Herald)

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Transgender woman, 25, found asphyxiated in vacant building (Baltimore Sun)

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School ends Kye Allums' season (Outsports)

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More US companies covering transgender surgery (Business Week)

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Progress in the fight for gender identity ( IPSnews [Argentina])

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Indian video activist puts transgender in focus (womensEview)

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Why you should make some - or a lot - of noise

It's happening. But geez, it's not loud enough.  I'm talking about bullying/cyberbullying of
transgender people.  Please, I beg you, do what it takes to END the violence.  Anytime someone
does this crap, let your voice be heard.  US Representatives, US Senators, State house and
senators, governors, state or city board of ed - all need to hear our voices. Thank you.

Musical 'Hedwig and the Angry Itch' to rock the stage ( Amarillo)

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Sister solidarity (The Star {Malaysia})

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Another version of anti-discrimination ordinance proposed in Abington (Montgomery News)

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Citizens line up to testify for rights (Helenair)

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Transworld Prejudice (Canyon News)

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On Oprah, Transgender Supermodel Talks About Agony Over Sex Change (Gayapolis)

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Jaipur, India

Hello!

Wow!  It's 50 degrees F(12 degrees C) out! Here's a look at the week...
Jaipur, Rajasthan,India... Salt Lake City, Utah...Neenah, Wisconsin... 
London, England, UK... Lyon, Rhone-Alpes, France... Arlington, Virginia...
 Saint Louis, Missouri... Hamburg, Germany... Cork, Ireland... Terre Haute,
Indiana... Hesperange, Luxembourg... Palmetto, Florida... Burlington,
Massachusetts... Denver, Colorado... Reading, Pennsylvania... Boston,
Massachusetts... Five Ways, Victoria, Australia... Dublin, Ireland...
Dubai, United Arab Emirates... Ottawa, Ontario... Victoria, British
Columbia, Canada...  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma... Glasgow, Scotland, 
UK.... Providence, Utah... Fairbanks, Alaska... Aiea, Hawaii... Glennagoul,
Cork, Ireland... Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada... Beatrice,
Nebraska... and Chicago, Illinois... hello out there!

New Report Highlights Impact of Transgender Discrimination on HIV and Health (The Body)

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Transgender bill a no-brainer (The Barrie Examiner [Canada])

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Patrick orders protections for transgender state workers, applicants (Boston Herald)

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Ohio executes transgender one-time neo-Nazi who killed three in shooting spree that targeted blacks (Miami Herald / Gay South Florida)

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New report highlights discrimination against transgender people (Memphis Flyer)

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There's no justification for discrimination (Royal City Record [Canada])

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Lakritz:Transgender people are just like the rest of us (Calgary Herald [Canada])

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From the comments: Should Mona Shores eliminate homecoming kings and queens? (Mlive)

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Transgendered need rights protection (Times Colonist [Canada])

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Hooray! It's our 500th blog!

InQueery (Tufts Daily)

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Bill to expand human rights law rejected again (khq)

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Yeah, that works... (*sigh*)

Grass roots: Survey finds transgender people meet "Injustice at Every Turn" (Madison)

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Michigan school agrees to gender-neutral prom court (Detroit News)

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Melody rules (The Hindu [India])

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Claudia Aderotimi Update: Woman Sought in Pa. Butt Injection Death (CBS)

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ezs note:  I, for the life of me, can't understand the need for a bigger
 butt.  But if you really feel the need, whether you are a transgender or   a
woman from time of birth, go to a board-certified doctor, never 
anyone else.  OK, time to get off my soapbox.
 

Pianist Buechner's career is back after a major life decision (Sacramento Bee)

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University of Alaska could expand non-discrimination to include sexual orientation (News Miner)

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An indecent piety (Huffington Post)

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Iain Hunter: What's 'normal' in terms of sex, anyway? (Times Colonist [Canada])

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Internet match: Transgender woman in UK marries Jamaican woman (Metroweekly)

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Boys will be girls (DNAIndia [India])

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Transgender 'Black Madam' sought by police for death of British bottom implant woman (Daily Mail [UK])

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Africa: Transgender rights not simply gay rights (All Africa [Mauritius])

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A queer "Degrassi" primer (After Ellen)

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