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Memo from Hagan to Senate
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| My legislation is modeled after a bill recently introduced in the Ohio House by Rep. Ron Hood (R-Ashville via Carrollton), which would prohibit homosexual, bisexual and transgender people from adopting children. It is unclear at this point whether Rep. Hood supports my legislation, though I remain hopeful. |
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more gender-neutral facilities on campus
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| To address growing concerns that Portland State is in need of more gender-neutral bathrooms on campus, plans are in the works to offer more of the bathrooms, and maps showing gender-neutral bathrooms on campus will be provided beginning next week. |
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National Transgender Advocacy Coalition
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| NTAC works for the advancement of understanding and the attainment of full civil rights for all transgendered, intersexed and gender variant people in every aspect of society and actively opposes discriminatory acts by all means legally available. |
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oia should reach other towns (SA) 
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| March 23, 2006: ?This year, it has got bigger and better and the audience has expanded,? says Nody Murphy ? the director of the Out In Africa (OIA) film festival, referring to the growth the festival has so far advanced. According to Murphy, OIA should in the future be taken to other towns and cities than only in Johannesburg and Cape Town as it is happening. She stressed that gay communities stretch also into rural areas and small towns such as Pietermaritzburg and Grahamstown. |
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Proposal would add `gender identity' to Bloomington's ordinance
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| Protections for transgender people might be added to the city's human rights code under a proposal the City Council is expected to consider next month. |
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Survey: Media 'prejudiced' against gay community
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| "They ignorantly confuse transgender issues with gay and lesbian people. For example, by portraying gay men as very effeminate -- using an image of a man in a dress to represent gay people..." |
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Tel Aviv man confesses to murdering transsexual, another woman
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| A Tel Aviv man on Thursday confessed to murdering Israel's first surgically transformed transsexual Yardena Marsh, and of killing another woman. The body of Marsh, 46, was found by her sister on February 15th in her Tel Aviv apartment. Forensic evidence indicated she was dead less than 24 hours before being found. |
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Trans minority youth at high risk for HIV
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| A study in the Journal of Adolescent Health shows that male-to-female transgender ethnic-minority youths commonly engage in high-risk sexual activities that put them at risk for HIV infection. |
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Transexual Principal for school
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| Mr. Young declared that his selection came "after a nationwide search for the best possible principal" and that "his/her sexual orientation had nothing to do with his selection. Nevertheless, transgender groups across America applauded his choice, since this also represents the first transgender principal in the nation |
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Transgender athletes welcome at Montreal's Outgames
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| Sports officials expect at least 50 transgender athletes at this summer's Outgames in Montreal. Organizers have worked out a policy to include them in all sports, for the first time at an international competition. |
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Transgender Day of Empowerment at The Center
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| Project S.T.A.R. is a community-based outreach, education and health services program of Family Health Centers of San Diego. It is funded by the California Endowment and targets both transgender-identifying persons in San Diego and health and social service providers who may provide services to transgender persons. |
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transsexual murdered in motel
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| Autopsy results confirmed that a 31-year-old Michigan transsexual found Tuesday in a Motel 6 in Elk Grove Village was a homicide victim. While the medical examiner?s report noted the victim as a white male, police are referring to the victim as a woman. |
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Under the radar
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| Politics: Gay-rights groups are quietly but aggressively advancing their agenda. While the news media focused on immigration last week, California Democrats focused on completing the transmutation of public-school social science curricula into a punctuated series of pro-homosexuality tracts. |
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What Flows From Transsexuals Changing Legal Sex?
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| If transsexuals change their official gender, they can marry someone of their former sex, and they can have children by adoption. If their changed sex is female, they enjoy all women’s rights guaranteed by law. |
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“I’ll Have My Day in Court” - Brits Businesswoman
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| “To add to my agony, during this stressful period, my house burnt down mysteriously and shortly afterwards a fire started at my business premises. Then my business was hijacked by my ex-wife and partner" |
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EQCA SPONSORS EIGHT BILLS TO ENSURE EQUALITY IN 2006
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| SACREMENTO, Calif. - Equality California, California's statewide LGBT civil rights advocacy organization, announced that it will sponsor eight bills in 2006 to strengthen protections for LGBT people in areas ranging from education to elections. |
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Court: Transsexual woman can't see child
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| Woman who underwent sex-change operation appeals to High Court of Justice after Rabbinic Court cancels prior alimony agreement; appeal rejected |
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Fair housing law gains momentum for passage
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| The plan, which is being reviewed by the Common Council, also would make it illegal for landlords to discriminate against transsexuals. |
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Films illuminate intersex darkness (SA)
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| March 5, 2006: THE annual Out in Africa Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, which kicks off in Joburg this week, puts a magnifying glass on the issue of gender and sex changes. |
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Gender Education and Advocacy (GEA)
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| Gender Education and Advocacy (GEA) is an organization focused on the needs, issues and concerns of gender variant people in human society. We seek to educate and advocate, not only for ourselves and others like us, but for all human beings who suffer from gender-based oppression in all of its many forms. |
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