Transgender Issues

A Land Where Nowhere Is Safe: A Lesbian Activist Speaks About Gender and Violence in Kyrgyzstan

Anna Kirey | Posted 10.15.2008 | Living

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Anna Kirey

The government does not even recognize officially that lesbian or bisexual women and transgender people exist. There is no place for us in a conservative, patriarchal value system.

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Transgender Delegate Blogging: Clinging To Hope For A Post-Bush National Recovery

Vanessa Edwards Foster | Posted 08.21.2008 | Home

Read More: Bush Economy, Barack Obama 2008, Democratic Convention, Employment Non-Discrimination Act, Delegates, Poverty, John McCain 2008, Economic Recession, Democratic Nomination, Transgender Issues, Home News
Vanessa Edwards Foster

The disaster of the Administration's economic policies began for me five years ago when my job was outsourced. Now I feel I'm part of a larger trend. As fashionistas might say: "Poor is the new black."

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A Turning Point for Troops & Their Families

Steve Ralls | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gays in the Military, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Susan Davis, Transgender Issues, Pflag, Veterans, Politics News
Steve Ralls

Our country's ban on gay troops is counter-productive and foolish. It has ruined careers, ruined lives and put an unacceptable burden on the men and women who wear our country's uniform.

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Gender Identity Discrimination in the Workplace gets First Hearing in Congress

Joe Solmonese | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Human Rights Campaign, Gay Rights, Transgender Issues, Hrc, Gender Identity, Lbgt Rights, Politics News
Joe Solmonese

Transgendered people, too long marginalized in society and even within the GLBT community, has made enormous strides in recent years -- we want to continue that progress and translate it into federal law.

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When Mommy Is A Boy: How Children Adapt To Transgender Parents

ABC News | Russell Goldman | Posted 03.30.2008 | Living

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The National Center for Transgender Equality estimates there are some one to three million transgender people living in America. How many of them are ...

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Just GLAAD To Be Nominated: NYT, CNN, LAT and Oprah Score Multiple GLAAD Nominations

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 01.20.2008 | Media

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Nominations for this year's GLAAD Media Awards were announced at Sundance this evening, and the New York Times, LA Times, Newsweek, CNN, Oprah, Tyra,...

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Barney Frank Bails on the Transgender Community

Sara Whitman | Posted 10.01.2007 | Living

Read More: LGBT Rights, Newton MA, Lgbt, Transexual, Transgender Issues, Gender Discrimination, Barney Frank, Living News
Sara Whitman

The acronym is LGBT rights. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender rights. If we start picking and choosing amongst ourselves, we are no better than the people who would fire us for being different.

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