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 call to [...]

8Mar2010 | | 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 [...]

4Nov2009 | | 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 [...]

23Sep2009 | | 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 [...]

22Sep2009 | | 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 [...]

20Sep2009 | | 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 [...]

15Sep2009 | | 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 [...]

12Sep2009 | | 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 [...]

5Sep2009 | | 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 [...]

29Aug2009 | | 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 [...]

27Aug2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

U.K. officer educates police on transsexualism

By Valerie Berenyi, Calgary Herald CALGARY – Members of the Calgary Police Service attended a workshop on transsexualism Wednesday conducted by a transgendered officer from the U. K. to learn more about diversity issues. Const. Louise Worsfold, who transitioned from male to female in 2004 while working as an officer for the Metropolitan Police Service [...]

24Jul2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Transgender Issues 101: What is the difference between gender identity and sexual orientation?

Matt Kailey – Transgender Issues Examiner Many people confuse gender identity and sexual orientation, assuming that transgendered male-to-female (MTF) individuals are really gay men and that transgendered female-to-male (FTM) individuals are really lesbians. This is why trans women (who were born male but have a female gender identity) in particular are often subjected to anti-gay [...]

20Jul2009 | | 1 comment | Continued

Pride Parade puts emphasis on activism

By Jeff McDonald – Union-Tribune Staff Writer HILLCREST — So there was John Anderson, by himself for a moment among thousands of others on University Avenue yesterday, taking inventory of the extravagance rolling past and pondering all of the changes he’s seen over his 50 years. The San Diego Pride Parade was crawling by with [...]

19Jul2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

El Paso gay activists want new police training

Associated Press Gay rights advocates in El Paso want the city to revamp its police force’s training for dealing with the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities. The request made during Tuesday’s City Council meeting comes about a week after five gay men were asked to leave a popular taco shop after two of them [...]

15Jul2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Transgender Chicagoans find refuge in their city

by Joseph Erbentraut EDGE Great Lakes Regional Editor When transgender activist and performer Alexandra Billings grand marshaled Chicago’s Pride parade last month, the broader LGBT community was offered an opportunity to ponder a few questions: “What does our city offer for our transgender community? Is Chicago a safe, welcoming place for the ’T’ of our [...]

10Jul2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

LGBT unit to open at Brattleboro Retreat

The Associated Press (AP) — BRATTLEBORO, Vt. – The newest inpatient mental health and addiction program at Brattleboro Retreat is the first in New England designed exclusively for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals. The new unit, which opens Tuesday, will include 16 beds at the 175-year-old psychiatric hospital. Clients will receive the same psychiatric [...]

6Jul2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Saddam’s rule ‘better’ for gay Iraqis

BBC News Investigating reports of the murder and torture of gay men in Iraq, Ashley Byrne found that some gays found Saddam Hussein’s dictatorship preferable to the threat of violence they face today. Some readers will find parts of his report disturbing. There has been so much news of death and destruction from Iraq that [...]

6Jul2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

JASMYN holds alternative prom for gay, lesbian, transgender and questioning youths

Gay, lesbian, transgender and questioning youths get to be themselves at annual event. By Christy Whitehead – NewsJacksonville.com Corey Holloway missed out on his high school prom, but he’s making up for it now that he’s 20 and out of school. Decked in a short white dress with little polka dots on a recent night, [...]

4Jul2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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