All Posts Tagged With: "discrimination"

Ohio hopes to stop smoking by gay youth, others

The Associated Press CLEVELAND — Ohio is beginning a pilot project in northeast Ohio aimed at preventing tobacco use by the state’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth. Ohio health officials say the Centers for Disease Control estimates the rate of tobacco use among that youth demographic is 60 percent higher than in the general [...]

12Jan2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

17 years on the job in Dallas, Officer Joe became Officer Debbie

By SHERRY JACOBSON / The Dallas Morning News After 17 years with the Dallas Police Department, Officer Joseph Grabowski showed up at work one day sporting makeup, a feminine hairstyle and a new first name: Deborah. The 44-year-old officer was scared and relieved that the secret was finally out. “I have always felt like a [...]

15Nov2009 | | 1 comment | Continued

Utah Gov. Herbert meets with gay rights group

By BROCK VERGAKIS (AP) SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has met with a gay rights advocacy group for the first time since saying he opposes providing legal protections for gay and transgender people. Herbert took office in mid-August after Jon Huntsman resigned to become U.S. ambassador to China. Within weeks of his [...]

6Oct2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

GLBT members, advocates celebrate

It was a celebration of lifestyles. About one hundred gay lesbian bisexual transgender people and their advocates gathered in South Bend to share, learn and educate one another. In it’s second year, The GLBT resource center of michiana teamed up with other area organizations to host “Pride in the Park.” Organizers say people in Michiana [...]

4Oct2009 | | 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

Transsexual Michelle helps fight crime

Laura Kemp, WalesOnline MOST police forces use handcuffs to enforce the law but Welsh cops have recruited a transsexual in heels and lipstick to fight crime. Brunette Michelle – who was born male and called Mark – is training Dyfed Powys police officers to combat and raise awareness of transgender-phobic violence. She contacted the force [...]

3May2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Catholics Oppose Maryland Transgender Legislation

by Amanda Hess The Maryland Catholic Conference has come out against the Maryland Senate Bill 566, legislation that would protect against discrimination of transgender persons in the state. According to the group’s executive director, Mary Ellen Russell, the church generally would totally support something like this: Consistent with our long-standing advocacy on behalf of society’s [...]

7Apr2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Remembrance day honors transgender lives lost

CAREY O’NEIL Twenty-three body outlines cover Tate Plaza today, but it’s no crime scene. Each outline represents a person killed this year as a result of a hate crime. Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance, which honors transgender people who died because of their lifestyle. “Each body will have a number which corresponds to numbers [...]

20Nov2008 | | 0 comments | Continued