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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HR and employment law news (BLR)

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

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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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ezs note:  If you live in or are visiting Arkansas, please   check
the photograph of Marcal Tye.   Anything would be helpful,
no matter how insignificant you think it might be. Thanks.
 

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

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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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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Vigil remembers transgender murder victim (Baltimore Sun)

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Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Hello!

Happy women's/MTF transgender month!  Here's what happened this week: Glasgow,
Scotland, UK... Seymour, Texas... Cilaos, Reunion... Fairbanks, Alaska... Trenton, New
Jersey... Las Vegas, Nevada... Liverpool,England, UK... Rockford, Illinois...
Kennebunkport, Maine... Crystal Lake, Illinois... Brooklyn, New York... London,
England, UK... West Chicago, Illinois... Jiddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia...
Brighton, Massachusetts.... Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany... Aimargues,
Languedoc-Roussillion, France... Castellanza, Lombardia, Italy... Hamburg,
Germany...Asheville, North Carolina... Wellington, New Zealand... Halifax, Nova
Scotia, Canada... Red Deer, Alberta, Canada... Newark, New Jersey... Bedford,
Nova Scotia, Canada... Bensalem, Pennsylvania... Dublin, Ireland... Houston,
Texas...Ottawa, Ontario, Canada... Calgary, Alberta, Canada... Frankfort, Maine...
Scranton, Maine... and Woodstock, Illinois!

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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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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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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Thanks again to Mikhaela Reid!

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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County Cork, Ireland

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.