All Posts Tagged With: "gay rights"

Castro’s daughter: Cuba to reinstate sex changes

Associated Press Cuba will reinstate sex-change operations previously banned on the island, President Raul Castro’s daughter Mariela said Wednesday. The Health Ministry authorized the operations last year, but none has been performed since. It was unclear when the surgeries would begin. Mariela Castro, a sexologist and gay-rights advocate, announced the return of sex-change procedures in [...]

27May2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Colorado sidles up to civil unions

Small, quiet steps have made the state one of the region’s friendliest to same-sex pairs. By Jessica Fender The Denver Post In five years’ time, Colorado has quietly become one of the most welcoming states in the region for gays, lesbians and transgender individuals seeking the same legal rights as in liberal states. As gay-rights [...]

17May2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Pain, progress on global day against homophobia

MONTREAL (AFP) — The International Day Against Homophobia, initiated by a Quebec organization, will be celebrated in more than 50 countries this weekend, decrying discrimination against gays and lesbians. “There are 192 countries at the UN, and half of them still ban homosexuality, notably most countries in Africa, in Asia and Arab countries,” said Laurent [...]

16May2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Bill fights for gay rights

By Enrique Rangel – Amarillo.com AUSTIN – Equality Texas may not be as well known as other civic groups in the Panhandle, but for the past 15 years or so the Austin-based organization has established a strong presence in Amarillo. “We (have) built a lot of support in the Amarillo area, not only within the [...]

10May2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Blurring gender for sense of self

By: Jessica Fryman – The Nevada Sagebrush The term transsexual woman fits 33-year-old student Corinna Cohn, but her identity goes deeper than what her body shows. “I want to be considered as somebody who is an economist, somebody who is libertarian and conservative in principle. Somebody who is smart. Somebody who’s friendly,” Cohn, who plans [...]

5May2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Thousands rally for equal rights at the Capitol

by: Walt McClure Thousands of gay, lesbian and transgender New Yorkers were in Albany Tuesday to lobby their lawmakers for equal rights. Gay rights advocates say they believe they have the momentum, but it’s still not clear if their bills will make it to the floor of the Legislature this year. Governor Paterson and Assembly [...]

28Apr2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Dictionary Redefines ‘Marriage’ to Include Same-Sex Couples

By Elena Garcia Christian Post Reporter One major dictionary company has defined marriage in broader terms than the U.S. government. Similar to the definition of marriage under federal law, Merriam-Webster states marriage as “the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship [...]

20Mar2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Gays in Latin America: Is the Closet Half Empty?

By Javier Corrales After years of lagging behind, gay rights movements in Latin America are coming out into the mainstream. ost analysts haven’t noticed, but a major social revolution is taking place in Latin America. The region is becoming gayer. It’s not that there are more gays and lesbians living in Latin America (we would [...]

19Feb2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

First transgender choir strikes gay rights chord in Nepal

Kathmandu, Feb 3 (IANS) Bhakti Shah faces an uphill struggle to get her job back a year after Nepal’s army sacked the physical training instructor for being involved in a lesbian relationship with a trainee.”I have filed a case in the Supreme Court,” says the 24-year-old, who looks like a teenaged boy with her close-cropped [...]

3Feb2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Petitions target rescinding new ordinance banning discrimination against gays, lesbians and transgender individuals

by Kathy Jessup | Kalamazoo Gazette KALAMAZOO — Petitions aimed at rescinding a new city ordinance banning discrimination against gays, lesbians and transgender individuals in housing, public accommodations and employment began circulating in Kalamazoo churches last weekend. Gary Glenn, president of the American Family Association of Michigan, said Thursday that his organization is supporting the [...]

13Dec2008 | | 0 comments | Continued

Gay rights groups protest Vatican decision

Sam Hodges A coalition of gay rights groups has put out the statement below, protesting the Vatican’s opposition to an international effort to decriminalize homosexuality. There’s to be a demonstration by gay rights advocates, on this same issue, tonight at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe in downtown Dallas. Faith Leaders from LGBT [...]

11Dec2008 | | 0 comments | Continued

‘Call in gay’ in Utah? You could be fired

Protest today » Activists hope to change that as anti-Prop 8 backlash continues. By Rosemary Winters The Salt Lake Tribune Utah lesbians and gays who join a national movement and skip work today by “calling in gay” are risking their jobs. Besides missing a shift in a slumping economy during the holiday season, employees can [...]

10Dec2008 | | 0 comments | Continued

Same-sex marriage is too limiting

There are many other types of legitimate partnerships that could use legal validation. By Robert Epstein December 4, 2008 Ever since California voters passed Proposition 8, defining marriage in the state as between one woman and one man, my wife and I have been arguing about it. She was appalled by the vote, and even [...]

4Dec2008 | | 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 | | 0 comments | Continued

Australian Legislators Back Gay Rights

By MERAIAH FOLEY SYDNEY, Australia — Australian lawmakers have approved legislation giving homosexual couples the same rights as heterosexuals but have ruled out legalizing same-sex marriages. The Senate passed amendments late Monday to around 100 family, health and taxation laws that give homosexual couples access to the same services as opposite-sex couples living together in [...]

25Nov2008 | | 0 comments | Continued

LGBT holds vigil for fallen friends

International day of remembrance held to focus on transgender lives Nick DiMarco On Thursday, members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community huddled together in the cold to read off the names of people who died as a result of anti-transgender hate crimes. The event for International Transgender Day of Remembrance was held at [...]

24Nov2008 | | 0 comments | Continued

A federal bailout for Prop. 8

By Brian E. Gray In 1992, by a 53%-47% split, Coloradans passed an amendment to their state Constitution that repealed laws in Aspen, Boulder and Denver that prohibited discrimination against gays. The amendment barred the state and its political subdivisions from adopting or enforcing any law “whereby homosexual, lesbian or bisexual orientation, conduct, practices or [...]

17Nov2008 | | 0 comments | Continued

Gay leaders wary of boycotting Prop. 8′s supporters

By Carlos Alcalá Stung by passage of a ban against gay marriage, some California gays and lesbians marshaled online resources to promote boycotts aimed at businesses where key executives financially backed Proposition 8. Leaders in Sacramento’s gay community, however, are urging their supporters not to go in that direction – exhortations that may get drowned [...]

17Nov2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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