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All Posts Tagged With: "gay rights group"

Transgender bill opens door to party clash

Activists see ‘flip-flop’ by GOP nominee Baker By Michael Levenson – Boston Globe Charles D. Baker, who came to last Saturday’s state Republican convention hoping to focus squarely on the economy, taxes, and jobs, has sparked a heated debate over a divisive social issue by deriding a transgender-rights bill cosponsored by his running mate, state [...]

20Apr2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

Judge: Transgender Inmates Have Right To Therapy

RYAN J. FOLEY, Associated Press Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) ― A federal judge has struck down a unique Wisconsin law that prohibits transgender inmates from receiving taxpayer-funded hormone therapy, which alters their appearance to be more like that of the opposite sex. A group of male inmates who identify as female had challenged the 2006 [...]

2Apr2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

Gay rights group asks U of Alaska to update policy

Associated Press FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) – Members of the gay-straight alliance at the University of Alaska Fairbanks have again asked the Board of Regents to add sexual orientation to the UA nondiscrimination policy. Tristan Walsh told regents Thursday that the UA system is lagging behind other state universities in its protection of gay, lesbian, bisexual [...]

20Feb2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

Gay Group Slams Letterman Over Transgender Joke

By Dylan Stableford – Thewrap.com David Letterman is under fire over a joke. Again. On Tuesday’s “Late Show,” announcer Alan Kalter interrupted Letterman during his monologue when the host mentioned that Amanda Simpson, President Obama’s appointment to the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security, is a transgender woman. “What?!” Kalter shouted. “Amanda?! Amanda used [...]

8Jan2010 | Sara | 1 comment | Continued

Chamblee to protect gay workers

By April Hunt The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Chamblee has become the latest Georgia city – all of them at least partially in DeKalb County – to prohibit discrimination against gay and lesbian municipal workers. Atlanta, Clarkston, Decatur and Doraville are the other cities in the state to offer such protection to workers. “If you’re gay or [...]

16Dec2009 | Sara | 0 comments | 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 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

Nepal Jumps Ahead on Gay and Transgender Rights

by Bhumika Ghimire After California voters passed the proposition to ban gay marriage in the state, gay and transgender rights is back on the headlines in America. While the debate rages on there, Nepal – a faraway country, much smaller and often ignored on the world stage is now being looked upon as an example [...]

25Nov2008 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued