13 December 2014

Human Rights Film Festival — 6 films screened (Pakistan)

"I Can't Breathe": The Personal is the Political - Part I

Franklin students to choose color for grad robes

Transgender Green candidate: There’s a woeful lack of trans politicians (UK)

Harwich, Massachusetts

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12 December 2014

Transgender student’s family files harassment suit against several area school districts

Dave Herndon, Jim Kasuba & Laura Zoochi
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Austin to Offer Trans -Inclusive Health Benefits for City Employees

The World According to Jo Clifford, Queen of Theatre, Part III (UK)

Michiganders Repulsed By Rep. Olumba’s ‘Bigoted’ Farewell Speech Attacking Transgender, Special Needs, Asian, And Chaldean Communities [Video]

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Hate group want to amend US Constitution to ‘outlaw’ trans people (UK)

10 December 2014

Why Cities Should Be at the Forefront of Transgender Rights

Sen. Merkley doubles down on LGBT nondiscrimination law

Anna Staver
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Air Force secretary supports lifting transgender ban

Susan Page
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LGBT Judge To Speak At Ann Arbor Interfaith Service

Desert transgender residents face a quiet revolution

Will Dean
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08 December 2014

FBI: One in five hate crimes motivated by anti-gay bias

OUT AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE TARGETED BY ANTI-GAY OPPONENT WHO LINKED HOMOSEXUALITY TO PEDOPHILIA

John Wright
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LeAnn Rimes On Country Music's LGBT Stance And Gay Stars Ty Herndon And Billy Gilman

Turning the Page: Chelsea Manning not a spokesperson for transgender community (Canada)

Jillian Page
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Report ranks Clarksville among worst for LGBT equality

Stephanie Ingersoll

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07 December 2014

GOP leader takes aim at high school league

Invisible people, hidden realities (India)

Frank Krishner
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Police fire tear gas at hundreds of protesters, demonstration disperses at about 3 a.m.

Gays make gains in China: survey (China)

Zhang Hui
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Discrimination rife (Fiji)

Shayal Devi
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05 December 2014

See me as my true self: Powerful photos capture transgender men and women as they undergo sex changes amid fierce discrimination in Cuba (UK)

Annabel Fenwick Elliott
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A vile myth reemerges: How the New York Times fumbled an important LGBT story

Pastor calls for killing gays to end AIDS

Tram Mai
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A time for Salem to speak up

Carolyn McMillan

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Transgender Woman Shot, Killed While Pounding on Door of South L.A. Home for Help

Kennedy Ryan and Kimberly Cheng
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ezs note:  Sigh... another one... sadly, Deshawnda Sanchez was gunned down.  If you live in southern LA, please, don't be silent!  Call the LAPD immediately!!!

04 December 2014

Rainbow Chorale to present “Dashing Through the Snow” concert Dec. 13

Cathedral official is lone ‘no’ on transgender policy

Mark Sommerhauser

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U.K.'s Liberal Judaism to host first interfaith transgender project (Israel)

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Jennifer Knapp Feels a Gay Christian will Never be Accepted Because that 'Ideology will Never be Eradicated'

House Republicans Urge Boehner to Allow ENDA Vote

Justin Snow
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03 December 2014

Ohio: Toledo adds transgender protections to law after vicious attack

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ezs note:  Ohioans - take just a minute to urge the state legislature to pass HB 300.  Candice asks you - and I ask you!

Gay Americana Returns

ARMOND WHITE

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What's it like to play an aging Jewish transgender woman? (Israel)

Mich. House committee doesn’t vote on LGBT legislation

Chad Livengood
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Dept. of Labor Announces Final Rule Banning LGBT Discrimination in Federal Contracting and Employment

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