Hello!

Yeah, yeah, I know... but our friends in Japan could really use our help... here's the
list... Hamburg, Germany... Hameenlina, Finland... Manchester, England, UK... 
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada... West Hartford, Connecticut... Arlington,
Massachusetts... Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.... Madras, Tamil Nadu, India...
Atlanta, Georgia... Central District, Hong Kong, SAR... Auckland, New
Zealand... Grapevine, Texas... San Francisco, California... Mendoza, Brazil...
Jyvaskyla, Finland... Columbia, South Carolina... Webster, New York...
New Dehli, India... Union City, New Jersey... Chandigarh, India... Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Canada... Bangalore, Karnataka, India... Waco, Texas... 
Annapolis, Maryland... Holtsville, New York...  Haifa, Israel... Maple,
Ontario, Canada... Rockville, Maryland... Littleton, Colorado... Columbia,
Maryland... Madison, Alabama... Salt Lake City, Utah... Bronx, New York
City, New York... Schwalbach, Saarland, Germany... Houston, Texas...
here's some e-mail addresses you can send to:


American Red Cross:  www.redcross.org
International Red Cross/Red Crescent:  www.ifrc.org
Doctors Without Borders: www.doctorswithoutborders.org
Rainbow Fund: www.rainbowfund.org

transgender discrimination in the visor* (schorer [Netherlands])

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Gender discrimination lawsuit against Oregon State Hospital put on hold (Becker's Hospital Review)

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ACT to look at intersex, trans rights (Star-Observer [Australia])

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Barney Frank Reintroduces Gay Protections Bill ENDA (On Top Magazine)

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ezs note:  Make Barney Frank's vote be pleasantly WRONG!  Especially
in Republican-controlled districts, make sure that you are FOR ENDA
(Employment Non-Discrimination Act).

Election kills human rights bill (Burnaby Now [Canada])

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What health care means for LGBT Americans (enewspf)

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Randa: A transsexual is above all a human being (Afrik-news)

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Transgender Protections Foes Claim Bill Would Leave Women, Children Vulnerable (On Top Magazine)

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Nevada bill would ban transgender discrimination (Bay Windows)

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Gender identity and expression bill moves forward in Connecticut (HRC Backstory)

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Can transgender people bear children? (Huffington Post)

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Maryland House approves family planning bill (Hometown Annapolis)

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An open letter to Governor Mario Cuomo (Chelsea Now)

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Still, a text-discriminatory* (Le Quotidien)

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Malaysia: Lady Gaga calls for protest* (Newspoint)

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ezs note: to obtain a worldwide view, this blog is being translated into
English.  To obtain various languages, some will be clear, while 
others will be lacking.  To provide ease, an asterisk (*) will follow
when the language is other than English.  Hope this helps.

Month of LGBT comics - Brood

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ezs note:  Yeah, this strays a wee bit from transgender work... but this is
funny!  Enjoy.

Maryland House of Delegates in Session and Scheduled to Vote on Gender Identity Bill Today (Poliglot)

Phoenix, Arizona

Hello!

Once more, I urge you to help our friends in Japan.  Here's the list this week...
Phoenix, Arizona... Hamburg, Germany... Madison, New Jersey... Alblasserdam,
Zuid-Holland, Netherlands... Milton Keynes, England, UK... Launceton, Tasmania,
Australia... Fairbanks, Alaska... Wooster, Ohio... Austin, Texas... Providence, Utah...
Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia... Bangalore, Karnataka, India... Nezahualcoyotl,
Mexico... Dallas, Texas... Los Angeles, California... London, City of London, England,
UK... London, Ontario, Canada... Barnet, Hertford, England, UK... Jaipur, Rajasthan,
India... San Martin, California... West Helena, Arkansas... Overland Park, Kansas...
Norcross, Georgia... Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain... Bathurst, New South Wales,
New Zealand... Gatesville, Texas... Maple, Ontario, Canada... Nashville, Tennesee...
Buchholz, Niedersachsen, Germany... Columbia, Maryland... Nerstrand,
Minnesota... Jenkintown, Pennsylvania... Moscow, Russia... and San Dimas,
California.... here are some funds you can donate to in helping Japan...
www.redcross.org
www.ifrc.org
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
www.rainbowfund.org

Ryoko Ikeda's "Claudine...!"

Dan Savage: For Gay Teens, Life 'Gets Better' (NPR)

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Transgendered father gets prison time for beating kids because they won't call him 'mom' (New York Daily News)

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ezs note: This is, of course, a very troubling case.  (for example, the New York Daily 
News' moronic reporting style)  But suffice it to say she has no
right to beat, abuse, and/or starve her children.  EVER.

Joint Statement on the Rights of LGBT Persons at the Human Rights Council (ISRIA)

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GLAAD mourns the the loss of Dame Elizabeth Taylor (Broadwayworld)

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Transgender New Yorkers sue over birth certificates (globalnews)

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Japan (courtesy raincoaster)

Gay dollars for global causes: LGBT community responds to Japan earthquake, tsunami (Marketwire)

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ezs note:  I'll happily add this to my list of 
list of lists.  PLEASE HELP OUR FRIENDS
IN JAPAN!!!
www.redcross.org
www.ifrc.org
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
(new)www.rainbowfund.org/Japan

Andrej Pejic on Lea T: ‘She Only Does Women’s Wear and I Think I Cover More Fields’ (NYMag)

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Lawsuit: NYC Makes It Difficult for Transgender People To Change Birth Certificate (Gothamist)

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Article on murdered woman lacked sensitivity (TCUDailySkiff)

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Anti-suicide Trevor project to honor Radcliffe (Vcstar)

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ezs note:  Life, it's true, definitely sucks sometimes.  But you have
people everywhere   who you can  talk to, scream at, and cry with.
Just don't let yourself fall into a cocoon.  That's the worst thing that
you can do.

SF community forced to merge, close (sfgate)

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Transgenders want political space in Tamil Nadu (bernama [India])

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Trans Media Watch and Chanel 4 (24dash.com [England])

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Authorities deny Arab transsexuals access to Egypt (Almasryalyoum [Egypt])

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Transgender woman robbed in possible Atlana bias crime (The GA voice)

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Minneapolis, Minnesota

AAs on Raising Awareness About the “T” in LGBT (Pacific Citizen)

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Fashion in transition (McGill Daily [Canada])

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A debate over diagnosis (Montreal Gazette [Canada])

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An education on trans youth (Montreal Gazette [Canada])

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No new leads in trans woman's murder (Dallas Voice)

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California: Clinic Reduces Amount of Money It's Seeking (The Body)

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US Justice Department Report Finds Pattern of Discrimination by New Orleans Police Department (Huffington Post)

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Transforming Support- resources connect the trans and genderqueer population (Justout)

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Hello!

Please help our friends in Japan!  Here's the week in review... Minneapolis,
Minnesota... Killeen, Texas... O Fallon, Illinois... Amarillo, Texas... Ocoee, Florida...
Dayton, Florida... Fairbanks, Alaska... Hamburg, Germany... Stuttgart,
Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany... Boston, Massachusetts... Boerne, Texas...
Roissy-en-Brie, Ile-de-France, France... Georgetown, Texas... Crystal Lake,
Illinois... Harrison, Arkansas... Garden City, Kansas... Plano, Texas...
Mountain View, California.... Bangalore, Karnataka, India... Colorado Springs,
Colorado... Etna, California... Elmhurst, New York... Saint Louis, Missouri...
West Linn, Oregon... Zeist, Utrecht, Netherlands... Saint Paul, Minnesota...
Bremerhaven, Bremen, Germany...  Nashville, Tennesee... 
Thiruvananthapuram (whew!) Kerala, India... Madras, Tamil Nadu, India...
El Paso, Texas... Littleton, Colorado... Walpole, Massachusetts... 
Cork, Ireland...  you can help at...
*American Red Cross     www.redcross.org 
     (you can also make donations at any Starbucks worldwide)
*International Red Cross/Red Crescent Societies     www.ifcr.org
*Doctors Without Borders     www.doctorswithoutborders.org
THANK YOU!



    

From our friends in Japan...

New guidelines for trans prisoners (Star Observer [Australia])

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National Roundup (Windy City)

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