Cuban census may include same-sex couples (www.passportmagazine.com)

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Why we need transgender day of remembrance (blogs.montrealgazette.com)

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ezs note: What happened to this poor girl is UTTERLY REVOLTING!!  Please, if you have any information about what happened to Shelley Hilliard, please call the Detroit (MI) police now.

Members of Congress tell LGBT youth 'it gets better' (www.windycitymediagroup.com)

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Police: Mother identifies body as missing transgender teen (www.wxyz.com)

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ezs note:  I know it will give little comfort to a grieving mother, but if you have any information about who killed Shellie Hillard, please call the Detroit police now!!

New online LGBT consumer initiative announced (ftnnews.com)

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Gay rights group condemns HISD trustee's ad (blog.chron.com)

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Diversity speaker enlightens audience on transgender lifestyle (www.wcn247)

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TU (Tulsa University) lacks protections for LGBT students (www.utulsa.edu)

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Full text of Brett Ratner's apology to gay community (www.reuters.com)

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Joint commission focuses on improving care for LGBT patients (www.biomedreports.com)

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Spokane Transit apologizes to youths (www.spokesman.com)

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Chaz Bono named to Out 100 list (content.usatoday.com)

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Topeka district considers transgender amendment (www.eldoradotimes.com)

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Equality California announces early endorsements in 2012 legislative races (yubanet.com)

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I voted... DID YOU???

Credit: Collins

Transgender actress joins HBO's 'Hung' (perezhilton.com)

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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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This is your LAST chance to register! Do it now!

Credit:  Ben Sargent

Cork, Ireland

Credit: Jane's Weddings (Cork, Ireland)

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!

You can help...

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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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