All Posts Tagged With: "bisexuals"

Thousands march for gay right to marry

Source: Irish Independent THOUSANDS of people took to the streets yesterday to demand civil marriage rights for same-sex couples. Up to 3,000 gay men, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people — from teenagers to seniors — marched from Dublin City Hall past the Dail to the Department of Justice on St Stephen’s Green. Waving rainbow-coloured banners [...]

23Aug2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

LGBT community looks back at year without 377

Source: The Time of India MUMBAI: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community of India came together at Azad Maidan on Friday to celebrate one year of life after Delhi high court’s historic decision to revoke Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code. The event, `365 without 377′ also marked a protest against intervention [...]

5Jul2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Transexuals Take Leading Role in Madrid’s Gay Pride Parade

Source: Latin American Herald Tribune MADRID – Thousands of people paraded Saturday through downtown Madrid in a festive, colorful march giving visibility of transexuals, a group that took the leading role in this year’s Gay Pride demonstration in Spain. The parade attracted, according to the organizers – the State Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Transexuals and [...]

4Jul2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

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

Scottsdale transgender advocate remembered

by Lynh Bui – The Arizona Republic The Scottsdale Human Relations commissioner who began the job as Ken Culver and reappointed later as Michele de LaFreniere died recently. Although de LaFreniere is most known for her activism in the transgender community, those who remembered her said she advocated equality for all groups. While serving on [...]

16Dec2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Latin America’s first gay marriage thwarted

By VANESSA HAND ORELLANA, Associated Press Writer BUENOS AIRES — An Argentine couple’s attempt to unite in Latin America’s first gay marriage was thwarted Tuesday when city officials decided to block the wedding because of conflicting judicial rulings. Jose Maria Di Bello and Alex Freyre showed up at the Buenos Aires civil registry office despite [...]

2Dec2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Kinky bible calendar bust up

Austrian Times Furious priests have called for a ban on a kinky bible calendar showing the Virgin Mary as a suspender-belt clad temptress baring her boobs. Another month shows Jesus being held by his transsexual mother while others depict bible scenes exposing bare boobs and men without even Adam’s fig leaf to cover their modesty. [...]

28Oct2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

India Unbound

Insiya Amir – The Times of India LGBT — that’s the omnibus term society uses for people with alternative sexuality. But lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders or LGBT is not a homogenous group. There are sections with distinct identities and some fluid ones. As the debate moves forward on creating more awareness of alternative sexuality, [...]

24Oct2009 | | 1 comment | Continued

Housing regs to add protections for gays

By KEVIN FREKING (AP) WASHINGTON — Federal housing officials said Wednesday they’re developing regulations to ensure that gays and lesbians aren’t denied access to federally subsidized housing based on their sexual orientation. The Housing and Urban Development Department will also commission a first-ever nationwide study to determine the extent of discrimination based on sexual orientation [...]

22Oct2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

ARGENTINA: New Voice for Sexual Minorities

By Marcela Valente BUENOS AIRES, (IPS) – A monthly magazine published by an Argentine umbrella group of some thirty organisations of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and trans (LGBTs) seeks to become a major communications channel for the community and an instrument for disseminating the actions that sexual minorities undertake to defend their rights. “The Pride March [...]

27Sep2009 | | 0 comments | Continued