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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.”
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School district denies transgender teen ‘homecoming king’ victory
Students at Mona Shores High School in Muskegon, MI, say administrators have denied the homecoming king throne from its rightful winner — a transgender senior. Classmates believe the crown belongs to Oak Reed, 17, who was born as Oakleigh Marie but who now goes as Oakleigh Marshall (or “Oak” for short). According to students, the […]
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Transgender woman found dead, naked in ransacked New York apartment
A transgender woman was found dead in her ransacked New York apartment on Tuesday, her naked body sprawled across the bed.
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GLAAD ticked off at Tribeca over film ‘Ticked-Off Trannies with Knives’ (Video)
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has launched a campaign to get New York’s Tribeca Film Festival to remove the film ‘Ticked-Off Trannies With Knives’ from it’s April lineup. The film is described as a “campy homage to the exploitation films” in which “a group of transgender women are violently beaten and left […]
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Michigan lawmaker targets transgender’s drivers licenses as campaign platform
A state lawmaker, running for the GOP nomination to be the next Secretary of State in Michigan, is wasting no time addressing the real issues facing Michigan — stopping transgender people from changing their sex on their drivers license. Paul Scott, who just completed the first year of his first two-year term in the Michigan […]
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Letterman under fire from HRC, GLAAD over transgender joke
The HRC and GLAAD issued statements today condemning a sketch on CBS’ Late Show with David Letterman Tuesday night, which mocked the appointment of Amanda Simpson to a senior position at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Last night we posted (via Facebook) the skit during the opening monologue, when Letterman announced Simpson’s historic appointment and […]
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Obama appoints transgendered person to Commerce post
President Obama recently named Amanda Simpson, believed to be the first transgender woman appointed to a senior government role, to be a Senior Technical Advisor to the Commerce Department, according to ABC News. Simpson, a member of the National Center for Transgender Equality’s board of directors, said in a statement, that “as one of the […]
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Georgia city adds protections for gay, transgender workers
East Point has become the second city in Fulton County, Georgia, — and one of several statewide — to adopt protections for its gay and transgender employees. From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: The local law prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, approved by the City Council earlier this week, is almost an afterthought […]