All Posts Tagged With: "glbt"

Is Nashville finally ready to ban workplace discrimination against gay and lesbian city workers? Surprisingly, the answer could be yes.

By Jeff Woods – Nashville Scene Two weeks from now, something that was unthinkable just a few years ago in Nashville may actually come to pass: The Metro Council may vote to ban workplace discrimination against gay and lesbian city employees. To a small faction, this will seem a sign of the End Times. Next, [...]

3Sep2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Transgender Chicagoans find refuge in their city

by Joseph Erbentraut EDGE Great Lakes Regional Editor When transgender activist and performer Alexandra Billings grand marshaled Chicago’s Pride parade last month, the broader LGBT community was offered an opportunity to ponder a few questions: “What does our city offer for our transgender community? Is Chicago a safe, welcoming place for the ’T’ of our [...]

10Jul2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Transforming Pride

by Ethan Jacobs – Bay Windows n the midst of the many changes Boston’s LGBT community has seen over the past few decades Boston Pride has remained an enduring community tradition. This year, however, the focus of Pride is on change itself. The theme of this year’s Boston Pride, which kicked off June 5 with [...]

11Jun2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

A proud 1,000 revel in ‘positive gay community’

BY KIMBERLY C. MOORE • FLORIDA TODAY MELBOURNE — More than 1,000 of the Space Coast’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender residents spent Sunday afternoon at the Wickham Park Pavilion, strolling past nearly 90 vendors, listening to live music and letting their children play. “It promotes diversity, and it gives members someplace to go and [...]

25May2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Court ruling allows transgender people to change CA birth certificate

Nicole C. Brambila • The Desert Sun A California Court of Appeals ruling this month means anyone may amend their California birth certificate regardless of state residency. The April 10 decision stemmed from a case brought by the Transgender Law Center on behalf of Gigi Marie Somers, a 67-year-old transgender woman born in California living [...]

21Apr2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Transgender kids: How young is too young for a sex change?

Erin Carlyle delves into the often blustery worlds of transgender youth By Erin Carlyle ON HER THIRD birthday, Sarah Barnett tore open a package from her grandmother that would delight most girls her age. Gently folded on a pillow of tissue paper lay a frilly, ruffled dress. Sarah looked up at her mother, Kathy, perplexed. [...]

4Mar2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

City lesbians come out in the open

CHENNAI: More than 40 lesbians in the city have come out in the open and attended the first support group meeting on Saturday, thanks to a newly-launched dedicated lesbian helpline (044-65515742). A J Hariharan of Indian Community Welfare Organisation (ICWO) told TOI that the first gathering indicated the urgent need for an outlet for lesbians, [...]

2Mar2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

‘My goal is just to be the girl next door’

Transgendered people in central Illinois trying to be true to self By JEWELS PHRANER of the Journal Star Living in a small central Illinois town, Audri Brooks, 28, considers herself a woman in a man’s body. And though Brooks has always known she’s different, all she really wants is to fit in. “My goal is [...]

8Feb2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Trans woman’s death shines light on plight of homeless

By John Wright News Editor Most shelters separate trans people by birth gender insteadof gender identity, advocates say In the wake of Jennifer Gale’s death in Austin last week, LGBT advocates in Texas are turning their attention to the issue of transgender homelessness. Gale, 47, a homeless transgender woman and perennial political candidate who ran [...]

26Dec2008 | | 0 comments | Continued

Gay-Straight Alliance hopes to educate teens

By STEVE STEIN of the Journal Star WASHINGTON — High school can be a tumultuous time for a student. Nobody knows that better than Patrick Coughlin, who has been a high school guidance counselor for more than 20 years, including 16 at Washington Community High School. “High school is when many of us form our [...]

15Dec2008 | | 0 comments | Continued

Transgender Awareness Week begins today

Transgender Awareness Week at Mizzou is a week full of events, programming, education and celebration of Trans-Identity and Trans-experience within the queer community. This is the first Trans-Week at Mizzou and with it we hope to raise visibility of trans people and provide education and awareness of the trans experience. COME OUT AND CELEBRATE T-WEEK! [...]

10Nov2008 | | 0 comments | Continued

Aetna First Health Plan to Link Gay and Lesbian Medical Association Provider Directory to Its Own Online Doctor Resource

Company committed to increasing openness, quality of health care — – Sponsors the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association’s 26th Annual Conference, world’s largest gathering of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender health professionals – SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 20, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) –  Aetna  and the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA) today announced that Aetna is [...]

21Oct2008 | | 0 comments | Continued

Lessons in diversity

UH is the first school in Texas to offer a minor concentration in GLBT studies By JEANNIE KEVER Melanie Pang has participated in educational events and political theater as a leader in a University of Houston campus group for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students. Next spring, she’ll move that interest into the academic arena. [...]

21Oct2008 | | 0 comments | Continued

Tech lecture series helps shed light on transgender issues

By Marlena Hartz | AVALANCHE-JOURNAL Saturday, October 18, 2008 Story last updated at 10/18/2008 – 3:00 am   Alone, the boy grabbed his mother’s lipstick from the bathroom counter. Clutched in his hand, it felt like a prize, one he knew his schoolmates in this tiny town in the Texas Panhandle, and his parents, who [...]

18Oct2008 | | 0 comments | Continued