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We've seen a number of posts supportive of hate crimes legislation. The widespread perception is that only hate-mongering Republicans are against it, but in fact a lot of queer radical activists and groups are against it for entirely different reasons.
Tags: HCL, queer radical, San Francisco, Human rights abuses, Transphobia, Hate crime, Social Issues, Transgender, Law and order, Crimes, Criminal law, Law Crime, Incarceration
Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is expected to come under renewed pressure on Tuesday when prostitute Patrizia D'Addario publishes a book about their alleged sexual encounter at his official residence in Rome. D'Addario was to due to release...
Tags: Silvio Berlusconi, Patrizia D'Addario, prime minister, Mr Berlusconi, minister silvio, Patrizia D’Addario, Rome, Italy, Politics of Italy, Prime Ministers of Italy, A.C. Milan, Social Issues, Prostitution, Sex trade, Transsexualism, Piero Marrazzo, Gender, Transgender, Human sexuality, Law Crime, Vladimir Putin, Politics, Giuseppe Graviano, Forza Italia, The People of Freedom, Pentiti, Marcello Dell'Utri, Il Fatto Quotidiano, D'Addario
Laxmi, a transsexual and founder of the campaign group Astitva, said, "This is the sign of maturity of our democracy. Now it is moving ahead in the direction of extending the constitutional and fundamental rights to each and every citizen of the country."
Tags: Ashok Row Kovi, Monish Kabir Malhotra, Laxmi Tripathi, Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, India, New Delhi, Eunuch, Sacch Ka Saamna, Malhotra, Gender identity, Gender, Transgender, Transsexualism, Social Issues
About fifty people stood in a circle, holding candles and listening to speeches about individuals who lost their lives because “they dared to be different,” as one speaker put it. Tacked to the ground and running down the courtyard steps was a list of...
Tags: Santa Barbara Courthouse, Santa Barbara County, transgender violence, Lisa Gilinger, Santa Barbara, Cross-dressing, Transphobia, LGBT movements in the United States, Transgender, Transsexualism, Violence against LGBT people, Social Issues
Activists across the country are staging protests and candle light vigils this weekend in response to the brutal murders of gay teenagers in Puerto Rico and Maryland . Last week, Jorge Steven Lopez-Mercado, an openly gay 19-year-old Puerto Rican man,...
Tags: Jorge Steven Lopez-Mercado, Puerto Rico, San Juan, Lᅢᄈpez, De Mercado, Big Brother, Miriam, Steven, Human Interest, Social Issues, Hate crime, Transgender, Discrimination, Transphobia, Law Crime
Tri-Cities Trans meets at 7 p.m. each Wednesday at the Diversity Pride Center at Gettmann Hall at River of Life Metropolitan Community Church.
Tags: Pasco, Tri-Cities Washington, Metropolitan Community Church, Kennewick Washington, Transgender, Genderqueer, Transgender Day of Remembrance, Human Interest, Social Issues, Religion Belief
Events marking this day are occurring around the world today . In related news, Tampa passed a transgender anti-discrimination ordinance yesterday : "After two hours of testimony, the ordinance passed by a 5-1 vote with Charlie Miranda voting no and Linda...
Tags: Tampa, Transgender, Transgender Day of Remembrance, Discrimination, Social Issues, Religion Belief, Law Crime
A body believed to be that of a Brazilian prostitute involved in a scandal that brought down the governor of the Rome area was found in an apartment fire yesterday. The woman, known as Brenda, was one of two transsexuals linked to former Lazio regional...
Tags: Piero Marrazzo, Rome, Brenda, transsexual prostitute, اين كارگاه, صنايع كوچك, كارگاه آموزشي, برگزار مي, بازار جهاني, Italy, Scandal, Transsexualism, Prostitution, Gender, Transgender, Law Crime, Silvio Berlusconi, Carabinieri, Lazio, Gradoli, Social Issues
Commission decided not to recommend a change in city discrimination policy to protect gender identity. After more than a half hour of discussion, the commission voted no three to six. Thursday’s decision came at the end of nine months of forums and meetings.
Tags: gender identity, Human Relations Commission, commission votes, discrimination policy, Lawrence City Commission, Lawrence, Kansas Equality Coalition, Discrimination, Biology, Gender, Sociology, Social Issues, Employment Non-Discrimination Act, Transgender
Arquette, who is transgender female, shares her words of support for Chaz, and thoughtfully and patiently answers questions from the assembled paparazzi about life as a transgender person. She tells the photographers that her transgender identity surfaced...
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