Trial begins in slaying of transgender victim (www.startribune.com)

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Peace

“Do you know what is better than charity and fasting and prayer? It is keeping peace and good relations between people, as quarrels and bad feelings destroy mankind.”


Prophet Muhammad

Off the bus! Transsexuals kicked off for talking about bisexuality (blog.seattlepi.com)

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'Two Spirits' documentary screens in SLC, Logan (www.sltrib.com)

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Eugenics and the practice of transgendering children (theconversation.edu.au {Australia}))

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Transgender exhibit to open (blogs.phillymag.com)

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Cork, Ireland

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Hello!

Let it snow, let it snow, oy, did it snow!  Here's what happened... Cork, Ireland... Mount Vernon, Oregon... Smithers, British Columbia... Campbell River, British Columbia... Kingston, Saint Andrew, Jamaica... Norfolk, Virginia... Kings Park, New York... Wesley Chapel, Florida... Concord, North Carolina... Atlanta, Georgia... Paris, Ile-de-France, France... Council Bluffs, Iowa... Mountain View, California... Lincoln, Nebraska... Key West, Florida... Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland... Kennewick, Washington... Taipei, Taiwan... Bangalore, Karnataka, India... Tulsa, Oklahoma... Laurel, Mississippi... Berlin, Germany... Washington, DC.... Logatec, Bohinj, Slovenia... Boston, Massachusetts... New Westminster, British Columbia... Karlsruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany... San Francisco, California...  Plumersville, Arkansas... Paramus, New Jersey... Kent, Washington... Trenton, New Jersey... Groningen, Netherlands... Greenville, North Carolina... Minsk, Belarus... Pune, Maharashtra, India... Chicago, Illinois...

This is the last chance, friends... if you want to vote in the coming election but haven't registered yet, you MUST do so Monday!!  Make YOUR vote count!

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Thank you!

Xerox garners recognition from two national groups (www.democratandchronicle.com)

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Chaz Bono threatens legal action over tabloid death prediction (www.eonline.com)

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How many ways to be Mormon and gay? (www.religiondispatches.org)

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Gay rights activist Dan Savage glitterbombed, called 'transphobe' (lgbtweekly.com)

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Vanderbilt to observe Transgender Day of Remembrance (www.outandaboutnewspaper.com)

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Lecture explores female masculinity in German literature (www.dailycampus.com)

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New poll shows majority of Americans supporting equality for trans community (instinctmagazine.com)

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Unmasked gala fundraiser held for GLBT historical society (www.sfbaytimes.com)

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Chloe Sevigny crossdresses for transgender magazine cover (www.contactmusic.com)

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Leonardo DiCaprio in Clint Eastwood's 'J. Edgar' (www.nytimes.com)

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Seeking adoption equality... (www.metroweekly.com)

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Transgender Metra worker suing over discrimination (www.windycitymediagroup.com)

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Affordable LGBT senior housing under development in Chicago (seniorhousingnews.com)

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Why transgender identity matters (www.huffingtonpost.com)

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Baptist college boots transgender student (www.sltrib.com)

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Hello!

Boo!  Here's what's happening...  Charleston, South Carolina... Atlanta, Georgia... Groningen, Netherlands... Torrance, California... Miami, Florida... Mountain View, California.... Neudorfl. Niederosterreich, Austria... Boston, Massachusetts... Salt Lake City, Utah... Council Bluffs, Iowa... Los Angeles, California... Williamsport, Pennsylvania.... Cavite, Cavite City, Philippines... London, England, UK... Taipei,Taiwan... New York City, New York... Laurel, Mississippi.... Sanford, Maine... Alburtis, Pennsylvania... Herndon, Pennsylvania... Norwalk, Connecticut... Mansfield, Nottingham, England, UK...        Bradford, England... Oxford, Mississippi... Sherman Oaks, California... 

International Healing Foundation apologizes to the LBGTQ community on its 21st anniversary (www.prnewswire.com)

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Peace

"Peace is the marriage of the people
and the planet,
with all attendant vows."
Anonymous

Bobby Montoya: Colorado Girl Scouts say yes to boy who wants to join them (www.dailymail.co.uk)

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1st ever San Diego LGBT Pride contingent in Veterans Day parade (www.windycitymediagroup.com)

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'Southern Comfort' extends at CAP21 (offoffbroadway.broadwayworld.com)

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Your towns: readers respond (blogs.montrealgazette.com {Canada})

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Commonwealth urged to decriminalise homosexuality (www.scoop.co.nz {New Zealand})

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School filtering gay, transgender sites goes to court (www.cbsnews.com)

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Howard County: council aims to make gender identity a protected class (www.baltimoresun.com)

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Nielsen: advertisers 'flocking' to LGBT inclusive shows (www.washingtonpost.com)

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Peace

The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life.

Jane Addams

Turkey jails trans activists for 'insulting police' (www.care2.com)

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'I was called a basketball, a penguin,and an Ewok': Chaz Bono blasts 'disrespectful' Dancing With The Stars judges for bullying him over his weight (www.dailymail.co.uk)

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Black transgender face startling levels of discrimination, report finds (sdgln.com)

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Transgender children welcomed by the Girl Scouts of America (www.imperfectparent.com)

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ezs note:  just a question... why do the Girl Scouts seem so welcoming, but the Boy Scouts seem so... well...

Boy wanting to be Girl Scout told 'no' (www.9news.com)

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Sexual minorities persecuted in Iran (www.voanews.com)

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Cher furious over 'Dancing With The Stars' judge's comments (blog.sfgate.com)

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Out & Equal: welcome to Dallas (www.dallasvoice.com)

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Cyndi Lauper plans all-star benefit concert (www.showbiz411.com)

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Children of gay families more likely to be poor (www.reuters.com)

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Safe Zone training open to all students (www.ndsuspectrum.com)

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A world of rainbows (www.quadnews.net)

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American Airlines offering more benefits to gay employees (www.passportmagazine.com)

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Peace

If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that’s his problem. Love and peace are eternal. –John Lennon