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Arrested justice: When LGBT people land in jail
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| Kari Sundstrom, a 41-year-old transgender woman, had been on female hormones for 15 years when, in January, the Wisconsin Legislature passed a law banning hormone treatments or sex reassigment surgery for prison inmates. This meant Sundstrom, incarcerated since 2003, would have to discontinue her hormone therapy. |
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Catherine Zeta-Jones to take on transgender movie role
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| Catherine Zeta-Jones HOLLYWOOD, California ? Hot on the heels of Felicity Huffman?s award-winning turn in TransAmerica, Academy Award Winner Catherine Zeta-Jones is rumored to be eying a starring role in an upcoming film about a transgender cabaret performer. |
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Doing Gender 
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| Some very interresting artwork! |
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Event probes messy reality of discrimination law
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| "Sexual stereotyping" is shaping up as the next big new issue in employment law, lawyers John Knorek and Wayne Yoshigai told human resources directors at the annual Maui Labor Law Update Friday at The Westin Maui Resort and Spa. |
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For Second Act, a New Identity
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| America is built on the idea that its citizens can become whatever, and whomever, they want to be. That proposition can lead to staggering transformations -- especially when gender identity is involved. |
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FTM International Network
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| This by no means a totally complete listing of all the information out there on the Web or in books... In my years on this journey I have gathered many bits of information that men starting on their journeys ask me time & time again. I am returning some of the kindness shown to me by others who were further along the road than I by sharing it with you. |
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Gender confusion, five-year-old style
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| Nicole, a 5-year-old who just wants to go swimming with her friends, doesn't understand what all the fuss is about. And, reading an article that calls her the country's youngest transgender child, neither can I. |
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International Resource
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| The International Resource Network (IRN), based at the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS) at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center and funded by the Ford Foundation, aims to link up researchers (from both academic and community bases) in areas related to diverse sexualities and genders. The goals of the IRN are to expand knowledge building, to foster comparative and collaborative projects among researchers, to advance curricular and course development, and to widen the availability of scholarly resources. |
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Jay Sennett's blog - (very interresting!)
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| One of the common phrases I hear from white feminist women is that my now privileged status as a man stems from my gender. I hate this argument . Not because it isn't true, but because it is narrow. So narrow, in fact, that it overlooks/denies/obsfucates race. |
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News article with Gay Business Network
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| Liesl and Chris received an award for the greatest achievement as their network opened early 2005 and has grown tremendously over the last few months. For people wanting to join the Gay friendly network please call Liesl Theron on 083 320 7691 . |
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Rally planned for transgender woman arrested at Grand Central Station
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| Outraged after a 70-year-old transgender woman was arrested by Metropolitan Transportation Authority police for using a Grand Central Station women's bathroom, New York transgender activists and allies are staging a rally on her behalf. |
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Sheriff deputies? use of force contributes to death of transgender person
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| According to a San Diego County deputy medical examiner, there is reason to believe sheriff deputies? use of force resulted in the death of Vanessa Facen, a 35-year-old pre-operative transsexual who was arrested last November for a residential burglary. |
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Southern Comfort
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| Robert Eads, an unfailingly good-humored 52-year-old female-to-male transsexual from the back hills of Georgia. Diagnosed with ovarian cancer after having lived as a man for many years, Eads was refused treatment by more than two dozen doctors, who feared his presence in their offices would embarrass and offend other patients. |
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The International Journal of Transgenderism
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| This electronic journal will be an important vehicle for the transmission of scholarly work in the area of transgenderism. We are at an exciting point in history where the interest in the study of transgenderism is keen and quite a bit of scholarly activity is being produced. The study of transgenderism is rapidly expanding both in quantity and in breadth. |
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Transgender Female Arrested For Using Women's Restroom
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| A phone repair worker who is in transition from male to female said Tuesday that she was arrested three times by transit police in the last six months for using the women's restroom at Grand Central Terminal. |
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Whet
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| Whet offers you a resource and information rich site that whets your appetite for passion as we celebrate sensuality, sexuality and spirituality |
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attorney general says gay protections are unconstitutional
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| It is his intention to continually insist that his management team provide this basic right to gays, straights, lesbians and transgender employees." |
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Blogging for Justice: The Gwen Araujo Murder
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| Three years later, two of the three accused men, Michael Magidson, 25, and Jose Merel, 26, received sentences of 15 years to life for first-degree murder without hate crime enhancements. |
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Commission of Gender Equality
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| The Commission on Gender Equality is one of the six State Institutions Supporting Constitutional Democracy called for in the 1996 Constitution. The aim of the Commission, as set out in section 187 of the Constitution is to promote gender equality and to advise and make recommendations to Parliament |
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FEW
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| Forum for the Empowerment of Women (FEW), established in January 2002, is a networking, empowerment and support organisation of and for black lesbians in and around Johannesburg. Our objectives include the provision of a safe space, social and otherwise, in which black lesbians can be free to express themselves, and interact in healthy, non-threatening ways; development, empowerment and skills education for black lesbians; and political representation of their interests. |
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