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Massachusetts Governor signs order to protect transgender state workers
BOSTON — In a private ceremony this week, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) signed an executive order prohibiting discrimination of state employees based on gender identity or expression.
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Study reveals widespread discrimination against transgender people
A groundbreaking new study reveals that transgender people suffer widespread discrimination in a variety of fields, including education, employment, housing, health care, and more.
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‘Living Social’ commercial: Were transgenders the butt of the joke?
My Facebook page blew up last night after I posted about a Superbowl commercial by “Living Social” which used Transgender people as a punchline. Watch the video and discuss! Did you find it offensive, why or why not?
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Police investigating homicide of transgender person in Minneapolis
Minneapolis police are investigating the homicide of a 45-year-old transgender person was found stabbed to death Tuesday in her apartment. The medical examiner has identified the victim as Christopher P. Bates, whom friends and neighbors knew as Chrissy.
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DMV clerk who called transgender woman an ‘abomination’ resigns
The DMV clerk who sent a transgender woman in San Francisco a hate-filled letter telling her that she was an “abomination” and that “all gay people should be put to death,” has resigned as the department nears conclusion of its internal investigation.
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Communities honor victims on 12th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance
Today marks the 12th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance around the world, a day when the LGBTQ and allied community honor those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice.
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Houston mayor appoints longtime transgender activist as associate municipal judge
HOUSTON — Mayor Annise Parker has appointed Houston attorney and longtime transgender activist Phyllis Randolph Frye as an associate municipal judge. Frye will become the first transgender judge in Texas and only the third in the country.
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Argentine pride celebrates gay marriage, highlights need for transgender equality
A crowd of several thousand people gathered in the Argentinian capital city of Buenos Aires Saturday, marching in celebration of the country’s status as the first Latino nation to legalize same-sex marriage.
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California’s Alameda County elects nation’s first transgender trial judge
California’s Alameda County has been elected its first transgender Superior Court Judge. Victoria Kolakowski, 49, defeated her opponent, Deputy District Attorney John Creighton, in a narrow win in what had been a hotly contested race.
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DMV clerk sends transgender woman letter calling her an ‘abomination’
A transgender woman in San Francisco has received a hate-filled from a Department of Motor Vehicles clerk telling her that she was an abomination and that “all gay people should be put to death.”