All Posts Tagged With: "gay activists"

Criminalised sex workers, gays at high risk of HIV in Asia

(AFP) VIENNA — The criminalisation of sex workers, drug users, and men who have sex with men were highlighted as major sources of concern in the fight against HIV in Asia, at the world AIDS conference here Wednesday. Twenty-five countries in the Asia-Pacific region still impose the death penalty for offences related to the possession [...]

24Jul2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Orlando may include transgenders in anti-bias law

By Mark Schlueb, Orlando Sentinel Orlando may extend anti-discrimination protection to transgenders, adding a class of people that until now has been left out as too politically controversial. If ultimately adopted by the City Council, the measure would likely prohibit discrimination against transsexuals and cross-dressers in the workplace, housing and in public accommodations such as [...]

28Nov2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

More immigrants cite sexual orientation for asylum

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS – Associated Press For weeks, Nathaniel Cunningham and his boyfriend secretly lived together in rural Jamaica. They showed no affection in public and rarely spoke to neighbors. Then one morning, Cunningham picked up a local newspaper with a front-page story under the headline, “Homosexual Prostitutes Move into Residential Neighborhood.” His address was [...]

28Oct2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

30 years after gay march, activists head to DC

By LISA LEFF (AP) SAN FRANCISCO — A Democrat in the White House. Demands for sweeping civil rights protections. Religious opponents working to undo a string of state-based victories. That was the backdrop in 1979 when gay rights activists staged their first national march in Washington. Thirty years later, with the landscape looking much the [...]

6Oct2009 | | 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

2 transgender women murdered in Tenn., N.Y.

AMY CAVANAUGH Two recent murders are raising alarm among gay activists about hate crimes and violence targeting transgender people. Duanna Johnson, 43, was killed Nov. 9 in Memphis, Tenn. Johnson, who made headlines in February when police beat her while she was being arrested on a prostitution charge, was in the process of suing the [...]

21Nov2008 | | 0 comments | Continued