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All Posts Tagged With: "bisexual"

A family made, not born

Pakistani outcasts live together after their families abandoned them because they are congenital eunuchs and hermaphrodites

By Mark Magnier, Los Angeles Times

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — Wearing a red knit bonnet, matching lipstick and a shawl over her large shoulders and muscular forearms, Ms. Nanni gently sought to clear up some confusion as the [...]

8Mar2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

Transgendered in Hay River

Elizabeth McMillan – Northern News Services
HAY RIVER – Dean Landrie isn’t your typical truck driver. For one thing, he likes to wear nail polish and nylons.
He also goes by Gabrielle Sky and wants to become a woman.
Landrie isn’t concerned with labels, and neither is his wife of almost 20 years.
“I’ve spent 40 years as a [...]

4Nov2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

American Labor Movement Calls for Full Inclusion of LGBT Workers

AFL-CIO Convention Passes Historic Resolution on Diversity
From Windy City Times
PITTSBURGH, PA — If there were any doubts that the American labor movement stands strongly in favor of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender ( LGBT ) rights, they were set to rest the minute former United Mine Workers president Richard L. Trumka took the podium last [...]

23Sep2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

WANTED: GAY, LESBIAN AND TRANSGENDER GUNGUARDS FOR THE QUEEN

By John Twomey – Daily Express
SCOTLAND Yard is advertising for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender police to guard the Queen.
The Metropolitan Police wants ­officers from “special groups” to ­volunteer for armed duty at the ­London palaces, Windsor Castle and Balmoral.
Yard chiefs ordered the recruitment drive amid concerns that the Queen’s bodyguard does not have enough [...]

22Sep2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

A transgender twist on Secrets

All-male cast lived the theme of a new play about black guys who keep it all inside
Ashante Infantry – The Star
Darren Anthony has always taken his big sister’s lead, following her into social work, sketch comedy, acting and now playwriting. As it’s said in their family: “Darren does what trey does.”
He could do worse.
trey anthony [...]

20Sep2009 | Al Bornski | 0 comments | Continued

Texas companies improve on policies affecting gays, index finds

By SHERYL JEAN / The Dallas Morning News
Top employers in Texas and across the nation are making progress in treating gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees fairly, according to a report released Monday by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.
This year, 305 businesses achieved the Corporate Equality Index’s top rating of 100 percent for their combined [...]

15Sep2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

New film festival to shine spotlight on gay community

By Donecia Pea – Shreveport Times
He’s the man with the diminutive stature and syrupy sweet Southern drawl that has endeared him to fans and kept them laughing for decades in his string of guest roles and recurring characters on some of TV’s biggest shows.
But Leslie Jordan is most recognizable to fans for his role as [...]

12Sep2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

Transgender activist runs for mayor of Idaho town

By JESSIE L. BONNER (AP)
NAMPA, Idaho — About a block from a street concert in downtown Nampa, Melissa Sue Robinson strolls with purpose into a trendy coffee shop — the unofficial liberal embassy of this sprawling Republican stronghold in southwest Idaho.
Dressed in a cream-colored pantsuit, a political flier clutched in one hand, a soft brown [...]

5Sep2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

State Senate Bill 572 is pushing the gay agenda in public schools

The Californian
Religion isn’t allowed in public schools, but homosexuality is?
State Senate Bill 572 is being crammed down our throats.
To allow this bill would mean that our children in public schools would be forced to celebrate the alternative lifestyle chosen by Harvey Milk.
It would teach the bisexual and transexual agenda to children as young as kindergartners.
Now [...]

29Aug2009 | Alex Boyle | 0 comments | Continued

Kennedy remembered as champion of gay rights

By DENISE LAVOIE (AP)
BOSTON — For decades, Edward Kennedy was considered the most powerful voice in the Senate for gay rights as a strong supporter of HIV/AIDS funding, hate crimes legislation and same-sex marriage.
His death struck a blow to gay rights advocates, who say they’ve lost a key ally.
“Having somebody in the Senate who was [...]

27Aug2009 | Anthony Galz | 0 comments | Continued