18 March 2011

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!



    

16 March 2011

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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Chaz Bono to speak at Howard Brown event (Windy City)

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Channel 4 to improve portrayal of transgender characters (The Stage [UK])

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Lords drop transgender pension protection (IFAOnline [UK])

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Thailand's talented transgender: 'Dude Looks Like A Lady' ....next week, Amirite? (Hypervocal)

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Activists laud City Council’s passage of pro-trans resolution (Bay Windows)

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11 March 2011

Hello!

Please remember the earthquake/tsunami/fire victims!  This week, we saw... Saint
Louis, Missouri... Nieuwpoort, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands...  Jacksonville, Florida
... Sacramento, California...  Maumee, Ohio... Tuscon, Arizona... Jacksonville,
Arkansas... Gislaved, Jonkopings Lan, Sweden... Woodstock, Illinois... Riyadh,
Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia... Sussex, New Jersey... Hamburg, Germany... Little Rock,
Arkansas... North Little Rock, Arkansas...  Jiddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia... 
Odenville, Alabama...West Covina, California...Fayetteville, Arkansas...
Thessaloniki, Greece... Marlton, New Jersey... Arlington, Massachusetts...
Memphis, Tennesee... Clifton Park, New York... Chandler, Arizona... West
Helena, Arkansas... Russelville, Arkansas... Chicago, Illinois... Minneapolis,
Minnesota... Brighton, East Sussex, UK... Den Haag, Zuid-Holland,
Netherlands... Vienna (Wien) , Austria... Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire,
England, UK...the three addresses that would be most helpful are found
listed below. Thanks.

A scene that beggars description...

When you see a country that has suffered an earthquake, that is a horrible
sight.  When you see a country that has suffered a tsunami, that is a horrible
sight.  And when you see a country that suffers fire after fire, that, too, is a
horrible sight.

In twenty-four hours, Japan has suffered
ALL  of these!!!
You can help.  Please e-mail or mail your check to:
American Red Cross
PO Box 4002018
Des Moines, IA 50340-2018

www.redcross.org 

International Red Cross/Red Crescent societies


PO Box 372

CH-1211 Geneva 19
 Switzerland

www.ifrc.org

Medecins sans frontieres / Doctors Without Borders
Doctors Without Borders USA
PO Box 5030
Hagerstown, MD 21741
www.doctorswithoutborders.org



 

04 March 2011

Glasgow, Scotland, UK


Hello!

Happy women's/MTF transgender month!  Here's what happened this week: Glasgow,
Scotland, UK... Seymour, Texas... Cilaos, Reunion... Fairbanks, Alaska... Trenton, New
Jersey... Las Vegas, Nevada... Liverpool,England, UK... Rockford, Illinois...
Kennebunkport, Maine... Crystal Lake, Illinois... Brooklyn, New York... London,
England, UK... West Chicago, Illinois... Jiddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia...
Brighton, Massachusetts.... Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany... Aimargues,
Languedoc-Roussillion, France... Castellanza, Lombardia, Italy... Hamburg,
Germany...Asheville, North Carolina... Wellington, New Zealand... Halifax, Nova
Scotia, Canada... Red Deer, Alberta, Canada... Newark, New Jersey... Bedford,
Nova Scotia, Canada... Bensalem, Pennsylvania... Dublin, Ireland... Houston,
Texas...Ottawa, Ontario, Canada... Calgary, Alberta, Canada... Frankfort, Maine...
Scranton, Maine... and Woodstock, Illinois!