Marsha Aizumi: ally week: a grateful mother celebrates (www.huffingtonpost.com)

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New Jersey teacher's anti-gay comments on Facebook spark world outrage; pastor defends her (www.goddiscussion.com

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LGBT patients search for healing (articles.boston.com)

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Poland's first transgender MP will fight for equal rights (www.pinknews.co.uk {UK})

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Yk group tells youth 'It Gets Better' (hqyellowknife.com {Canada/territories})

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On transgender suicide prevention (gaynewsnetwork.com.au {Australia})

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Peace

Then all that has divided us will merge
And then compassion will be wedded to power
And then softness will come to a world that is harsh and unkind
And then both men and women will be gentle
And then both women and men will be strong
And then no person will be subject to another's will
And then all will be rich and free and varied
And then the greed of some will give way to the needs of many
And then all will share equally in the earth's abundance
And then all will care for the sick and the weak and the old
And then all will nourish the young
And then all will cherish life's creatures
And then all will live in harmony with each other and with the earth
And everywhere will be called Eden, once again.
-- Judy Chicago

Law for welfare of transgender under way (www.asiantribune.com {India})

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California schools scrambling to add lessons on LGBT Americans (www.latimes.com)

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Indonesia's transgender couples surrounded by fear and persecution (www.guardian.co.uk {UK/Indonesia})

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University students push for gender-neutral washrooms (winnipeg.ctv.ca {Canada})

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Council Bluffs, Iowa

credit:  The Lincoln Highway National Museum & Archives

Hello!

Yep, the chill's in the air... here's what's happening... Council Bluffs, Iowa... Groningen, Netherlands... Spring, Texas... Rosrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany... Marysville, Washington... Jersey City, New Jersey... Taipei, Taiwan... Kings Park, New York... Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium... Dublin, California... Fukuoka, Japan... Phoenix, Arizona... Laurel, Mississippi... Madras, Tamil Nadu, India... Erlanger, Kentucky... Berlin, Germany... Minden, Nordrhein-Westfalen... Canton, Ohio... Mountain View, California... Nuremberg, Bayern, Germany... Sydney, New South Wales, Australia... Atlanta, Georgia... Kollam, Kerala, India... Chicago, Illinois... Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain... Klang, Selangor, Malaysia... Rome, Lazio, Italy... Charleston, South Carolina... Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile...

U.S. citizens:  DON'T FORGET TO VOTE!

This month's topper: FDNY welcomes first transgender firefighter

Please help!

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

Thank you!

Uganda gay activist wins human rights award (bikyamasr.com)

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Peace

There ain’t much glory in seeing a man with his guts hanging out.


'Zeb Rawlings' (played by George Peppard)

Sex-change inmate in dress plea (www.adelaidenow.com.au)

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Chaz Bono and Vinny Guadagnino team up for anti-bullying campaign (realitytvmagazine.sheknows.com)

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Peace

At different states of our lives, the signs of love may vary: dependence, attraction, contentment, worry, loyalty, grief, but at the heart, the source is always the same.  Human beings have the rare capacity to connect with each other, against all odds.

Soren Kierkegaard

Federal government cracking down on LGBT housing discrimination (www.gayapolis.com)

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Showtime and Lee Daniels developing drama series set in NYC ball scene (colorlines.com)

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Why Frank Kameny belongs at the Smithsonian (www.advocate.com)

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For transgender individuals, online dating is a minefield (www.theglobeandmail.com {Canada})

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Push made for LGBT curriculum (www.queenstribune.com)

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Mass same-sex marriage & commitment ceremony in Odessa (www.cbs7kosa.com)

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PU celebrated 2nd annual Coming Out Day celebration (www.wlfi.com)

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Peace

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.


John Lennon

Event to help displaced London (Canada) business owner, following transgender controversy (www.metronews.ca {Canada})

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Viki Knox, Union Township New Jersey teacher, investigated for alleged anti-gay Facebook posts (www.huffingtonpost.com)

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Group calls upon NY City to provide transgender people with accurate identification documents (www.pridesource.com)

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Group fighting LGBT teachings fails petition drive (www.sfgate.com)

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Score! A transgender people's victory in the state of California (colorlines.com)

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Wanda Sykes, Lady Gaga among LGBT history month honorees (www.shewired.com)

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Minnesota man convicted of raping, robbing trans man (www.advocate.com)

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Don't ask, don't tell (at work, anyway) ( www.huffingtonpost.com)

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Peace

“What is objectionable, what is dangerous about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents."  John F Kennedy 

Anna Grodzka becomes Poland's first openly transgender member of Parliament (www.huffingtonpost.com)

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ezs note:  Wow!! Congratulations, Anna!

Peace

One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.
Archibald Rutledge


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Today is National Coming Out Day (www.southfloridagaynews.com)

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Nicole Kidman's transgender film shelved (www.advocate.com)

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National Coming Out Day - spreading a message of equality for all (www.examiner.com)

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Peace

“I keep the telephone of my mind open to peace, harmony, health, love and abundance. Then whenever doubt, anxiety, or fear try to call me, they keep getting a busy signal and soon they’ll forget my number.” – Edith Armstrong

Leave your bias at the door (www.mtsusidelines.com)

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Chesham transgender appeals for people to 'understand' and not 'judge' (chesham.buckinghamshireadvertiser.co.uk)

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Conference works to address LGBT issues in Catholic schools (ncronline.org)

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California governor signs trans rights and anti-bullying bills (www.justout.com)

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Transgender woman poised for seat in Poland's new parliament (www.telegraph.co.uk (UK/Poland)

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Peace

We live in fear. I’m very scared ... The authorities don’t do anything. If they did, we would not be living this situation. The police always patrol the same place, not where things are happening. I want them to do something so we can live in peace..SOURCE: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL 2011-10-08 14:45:00

Britain threatens aid cuts to Uganda and Ghana over LGBT repression (lezgetreal.com)

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Parenting and coming out (www.baywindows.com)

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Peace

I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it.
Dwight D. Eisenhower