All Posts Tagged With: "bisexual"

Queercents: Steps to Avoid Homelessness

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., May 8 /PRNewswire/ — Foreclosure rates continue to rise, and more Americans are on the brink of homelessness every day. Unfortunately, members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community are at a higher risk for becoming homeless. Youth are particularly vulnerable. Some estimate that between 40%-60% of homeless youth are lesbian, [...]

9May2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Gregoire OKs transgender hate-crime protection

By Michelle Dupler, Herald staff writer OLYMPIA — The same day a Colorado man became the first in the nation to be convicted of the hate-crime murder of a transgender person, Gov. Chris Gregoire signed a law paving the way for similar kinds of prosecutions in Washington. Senate Bill 5952 added “transgender” to the definition [...]

24Apr2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Transgender murder, hate crime conviction a first

By Jim Spellman CNN DENVER, Colorado (CNN) — A Colorado man was convicted of first-degree murder and a bias-motivated crime and sentenced to life in prison for killing a transgender teen he met on an online social networking site. It was the first time in the nation that a state hate crime statute resulted in [...]

22Apr2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Birmingham Pride welcomes return of the gay parade

Birmingham’s annual Pride event will see the return of the hugely popular and colourful parade through the city. The historic parade will include amazing floats and processions from the city’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, as well as from a host of other organisations. It starts a weekend of celebrations in and around Birmingham’s [...]

21Apr2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Transgender murder trial could spark national conversation

reported and written by: Cheryl Preheim and: Dan Boniface WELD COUNTY – The prosecution says it is a hate crime against a transgender woman. The defense is expected to argue it was justified because the accused was misled about the victim’s sexuality. Angie Zapata was 18 years old when she was brutally killed in Greeley [...]

14Apr2009 | | 1 comment | Continued

Zapata: Gender issues to define trial

By Monte Whaley The Denver Post GREELEY — Defense lawyers this week are likely to argue that Angie Zapata was killed because she finally unveiled her true self to the man she was dating. Allen Andrade went out with the 18-year-old Zapata and received oral sex from her last summer. But when Andrade discovered Angie [...]

12Apr2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Wash. OKs transgender hate-crime protection

By CURT WOODWARD Associated Press Writer OLYMPIA, Wash. — Attacks against transgender people could be prosecuted as hate crimes under a bill approved Wednesday by Washington’s Legislature. The state’s hate-crime law says it’s a felony to threaten, damage the property of, or physically injure someone because of ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, disability or sexual orientation. [...]

9Apr2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Dressing in Drag to Aid Transgender Community

by Alexandra Gonclaves de Oliveira Derek Jones ’11 was dressed in drag from head-to-toe. He raided a friend’s closet earlier in the evening, and he emerged with a purple wig, black leggings paired with a multi-colored striped skirt, and high heels. “Walking in heels is hard, and bras feel weird,” Jones said. Thursday was not [...]

31Mar2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Transgender women are not gay men

By Danton Remoto My transgender friends in Society of Transsexual Women of the Philippines (STRAP) met with me for coffee one night in Makati and told me they want to write a rejoinder to my column about our common friend, BB Gandanghari. I was glad to listen to them and learn more about the transgender [...]

23Mar2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

California Activists Explore Transgender Civil Rights at San Diego Conference

SAN DIEGO – March 19 – More than 200 transgender community members and allies will meet in San Diego on March 27, 2009 for the 4th annual Transgender Leadership Summit. The Summit comes at a critical time for the transgender rights movement, as the current economic crisis has made transgender people even more vulnerable to [...]

20Mar2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

GLSEN study: ‘Harsh Realities’ finds transgender youth face extreme harassment in school

NEW YORK – Transgender youth face extremely high levels of victimization in school, even more so than their non-transgender lesbian, gay and bisexual peers. But they are also more likely to speak out about LGBT issues in the classroom, according to Harsh Realities: The Experiences of Transgender Youth in Our Nation’s Schools, the first comprehensive [...]

18Mar2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Transgender man killed in Turkey

ISTANBUL, Turkey, Mar 13, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) — A transgender woman in Istanbul, Turkey, was stabbed to death in her home, the victim’s friends said. Bianet reported Friday that Dilan Pirinc, 28, was allegedly killed by a man who later was turned in to police by his father. “Pirinc had recently filed a complaint [...]

14Mar2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Law would extend protections to the transgendered

Posted by Chantal Anderson The state Senate has passed a bill that would extend the state’s hate-crime law to protect transgender individuals. The bill, which passed Tuesday night with a 36-12 vote, is sponsored by Sen. Joe McDermott. The hate-crime law currently covers crimes against people based on gender, race, religion, sexual orientation or disability, [...]

12Mar2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Anti-bias bill could see a vote this time

By J.L. MILLER • The News Journal DOVER — The decade-old battle to ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation began anew Tuesday with the introduction of legislation in the state House. And this year, with the Senate’s famous desk-drawer veto now apparently out of play, the bill’s chances of reaching the governor’s desk [...]

11Mar2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Halt abuse of transgenders — Human Rights group

Guyana should halt arrests and police abuse of transgender people and repeal a repressive law that criminalises wearing clothes considered appropriate only for the opposite sex, six human rights organisations said today in a letter to President Bharrat Jagdeo. The letter was signed by the Caribbean Forum for Liberation of Genders and Sexualities (CARIFLAGS), Global [...]

7Mar2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Transgender kids: How young is too young for a sex change?

Erin Carlyle delves into the often blustery worlds of transgender youth By Erin Carlyle ON HER THIRD birthday, Sarah Barnett tore open a package from her grandmother that would delight most girls her age. Gently folded on a pillow of tissue paper lay a frilly, ruffled dress. Sarah looked up at her mother, Kathy, perplexed. [...]

4Mar2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

VA reviewing policy against transsexual surgery

By Carol Ann Alaimo Arizona Daily Star “You people don’t exist.” Air Force veteran Diane Steen, who was born male and had surgery to become a woman, still gets steamed when she recalls the comment from a staffer at Tucson’s veterans hospital, where Steen is a patient and a longtime volunteer. The remark came, she [...]

23Feb2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

New York State Senate Gets Bill Banning Bullying Acts in the Schools

By JENNIFER MEDINA Legislation aimed at banning bullying in public schools, including harassment based on sexual orientation, has been quietly introduced in the State Senate. The legislation, which includes language protecting transgender students and teachers, has been a priority of advocates for gay and lesbian rights but was ignored for nearly a decade in the [...]

22Feb2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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