Finally making history for all the right reasons (www.smh.com.au {Australia})

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Peace

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. Indira Gandhi 

Dehli set for queer pride parade Sunday (twocircles.net)

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Transgender leader Sonia Masi shot dead in Ahmedabad (www.dnaindia.com)

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World AIDS day: Manx community group to hold vigil (www.bbc.co.uk {UK/Isle of Man}))

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Students motivated to make changes for gay youths (www.yourottawaregion.com {Canada})

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Happy turkey/tofurkey day!

Credit:  Keith Tucker

Ask Matt: Reflections on transgender marriage legalities (www.agoracosmopolitan.com)

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Finance etc.: Denver LGBT groups give thanks to Chase Bank (www.bizjournals.com)

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LGBTQ discussions (www.hvpress.net)

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Lady Gaga, Ellen DeGeneres, Adam Lambert, Ricky Martin, Chaz Bono: top LGBT on Twitter (www.ontopmag.com)

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Google praised for its new transgender health care benefits (www.ontopmag.com)

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Study shows Richmond fairness law enforcement would be budget neutral (www.wfpl.org)

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Brave new world: students transitioning gender on campus (campusprogress.org)

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Tolerant (yeah, right...) rehab sued for transgender bias (www.courthousenews.com)

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Transgender Anrdrea Jones 'flashed her breasts at DMV staff after they refused to change her gender from male to female on license' (www.dailymail.co.uk {UK}))

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Expanding the conversation (www.huffingtonpost.com)

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Dehli community hall fire: Toll climbs to 15 (daily.bhaskar.com {India})

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Revolution in attitude and self mockery (www.goreyguardian.ie {Ireland})

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City may add gender identity to nondiscrimination rules (www.columbiatribune.com)

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Pens of pride: trans awareness week (strosechronicle.com)

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Openness in the exam room (www.nytimes.com)

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'I was lectured on my sexuality' (www.irishtimes.com {Ireland})

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Dancing With the Stars finale: how Chaz Bono shook off his haters (www.vancouversun.com {Canada})

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LGBT radio station in Montreal (blogs.montrealgazette.com)

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Sorrowful ceremony honors transgender people who died in past year (blog.sfgate.com)

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Peace

"The practice of blessing is a simple way to develop a constantly centered awareness. It is also a tool for growing in universal love and avoiding judgement."

Pierre Pradervand
The Gentle Art of Blessing

Work protections for trans people at starting gate (www.upi.com)

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Annette Bening's trans son settles beef with Chaz Bono (www.queerty.com)

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Transgender Day of Remembrance inspires reflection (www.agoracosmopolitan.com {Canada})

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Athens, Greece

credit: Louisa Gouilamaki

Hello...

Please remember, it's Transgender Day of Remembrance... rest in peace, dear friends... here's what happened this week... Athens, Attiki, Greece... Towson, Maryland... Yeovil, Somerset, England, UK... Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas... London, England, UK... Warrington, England, UK... Bangalore, Karnataka, India... Taipei, Taiwan... Salvador, Bahia, Brazil... Redmond, Washington... Council Bluffs, Iowa... Mirabel, Quebec, Canada.... Concord, North Carolina... Wesley Chapel, Florida... Dublin, Ireland... Grand Rapids, Michigan... Los Angeles, California... Slidell, Louisiana... Kingston, Saint Andrew, Jamaica... Denver, Colorado... Groningen, Netherlands... Madras, Tamil Nadu, India... Abbotsford, Britith Columbia, Canada... Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden... West Palm Beach, Florida... New Baltimore, Michigan... San Francisco, California... Mountain View, California... Spanaway, Washington... Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedlijk Gewest, Belgium... Atlanta, Georgia.... Hinesville, Georgia... Kings Park, New York...

This month's top dog:   Labour's first transgender candidate tells of bullying hell at hands of police colleagues

Gobble, gobble! Please help those in need! Gobble, gobble!

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

To my US friends, happy turkey/tofurkey day!

Supreme Court ruling gives Pakistan's beleagured transgender community new hope (www.rferl.org {Europe/Pakistan})

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Community, allies remember victims lost to anti-transgender hate crimes (www.lgbtqnation.com)

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Annual march for transgender victims follows another death (latimesblogs.latimes.com)

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Labour's first transgender candidate tells of bullying hell at hands of police colleagues (http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk)

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Reminder: Transgender Day of Remembrance in Montreal (blogs.montrealgazette.com {Canada}))

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Transgender Day of Remembrace (www.fenuxe.com)

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Transgender day of remembrance events (gaysocialites.com)

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20th November: Transgender Day of Remembrance (www.gaelick.com {Ireland})

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Trans woman shot to death in Hollywood as Transgender Day of Remembrance nears (www.queerty.com)

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Somber events pay tribute to lives lost (www.advocate.com)

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Kelly Osbourne apologizes to the transgender community (www.towleroad.com)

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Fake doctor busted for bad butt injections (www.nbcmiami.com)

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ezs note:  please...do NOT  hire a fraud such as this!

Video: Transgender Day of Remembrance to be observed globally and in San Diego (sdgln.com)

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Transgender person shot and killed in Hollywood (laist.com)

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MA state legislature passes transgender rights bill (www.msmagazine.com)

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National news in brief: November 18 (www.washingtonblade.com)

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Massachusetts (finally) moves to protect sex slaves, transgender people (blogs.bostonmagazine.com)

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Transgender day of remembrance (blogs.phillymag.com)

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