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All Posts Tagged With: "marriage"

Transgender man supported in custody case

NEW YORK (UPI) — A New York mother said she is fighting for custody of her son with her former partner, a woman who lives as a man, because of a judge’s questionable ruling.
The New York Daily News said Monday the woman and her former partner, identified only by the false names Melanie and Sam, [...]

2Nov2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

A transgender twist on Secrets

All-male cast lived the theme of a new play about black guys who keep it all inside
Ashante Infantry – The Star
Darren Anthony has always taken his big sister’s lead, following her into social work, sketch comedy, acting and now playwriting. As it’s said in their family: “Darren does what trey does.”
He could do worse.
trey anthony [...]

20Sep2009 | Al Bornski | 0 comments | Continued

I became a woman at 70, says Sheffield ex miner

By Richard Blackledge – Sheffield Telegraph
RACHEL Fleetwood is 75 years old, lives in a Sheffield nursing home – and is most likely Britain’s oldest transsexual.
Rachel was in fact born Roy Colton in Brightside, Sheffield, in 1934 – but made the life-changing decision to change from being a man to a woman aged 70, in 2004.
As [...]

14Sep2009 | Al Bornski | 0 comments | Continued

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, we’ll [...]

3Sep2009 | Alex Boyle | 0 comments | Continued

Congregation embraces transgender minister as his secret is revealed

Rev. David Weekley hopes his story will help change United Methodist Church doctrine
By Christine Mcfadden -The Portland Tribune
The Rev. David Weekley grows uncomfortable in his chair.
As soon as he raises the topic of gay rights to his conservative clergyman friend one day at lunch, he knows it’s a mistake.
He knows that the United Methodist Church [...]

31Aug2009 | Alex Boyle | 0 comments | Continued

Kennedy remembered as champion of gay rights

By DENISE LAVOIE (AP)
BOSTON — For decades, Edward Kennedy was considered the most powerful voice in the Senate for gay rights as a strong supporter of HIV/AIDS funding, hate crimes legislation and same-sex marriage.
His death struck a blow to gay rights advocates, who say they’ve lost a key ally.
“Having somebody in the Senate who was [...]

27Aug2009 | Anthony Galz | 0 comments | Continued

Discovering, and protecting, their true selves

Antibias law sought for transgender people
By Bella English – Boston Globe
In high school, music was Bill Zircher’s thing, mostly drums. He studied electrical engineering in college. In 1994 he married a woman he met in a band. The couple had a daughter, and Zircher was thrilled to be a father.
Five years ago, Bill became Dana.
Dana [...]

14Jul2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

FedEx delivers the goods for transgendered

Jim Brown – OneNewsNow
Without a vote from shareholders, one of America’s largest corporations has decided to grant its transgender employees special protected status.
Memphis-based FedEx has agreed to implement a shareholder resolution proposed by Huffington Post blogger Sara Whitman that would add “gender identity” to the company’s non-discrimination policy. Whitman is a self-proclaimed “married lesbian mother [...]

14Jul2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

Transgender marriages, a religious quagmire

Tricia Jaussaud – Examiner
A young women contacted me through my website www.weddingsbythebay.net, asking to get married. She and her soon to be husband, Dave, wanted a nice beach wedding in Monterey, California. As that is what I do, I congratulated her on her upcoming wedding while I checked my calendar for available dates. We settled [...]

7Jul2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

Couple speak out on transgender issues

By Shaun Hittle – LJ World
A lot has changed for Jay Pryor between the time he moved from Lawrence in 1999 until moving back in 2007.
For starters, in 1999 Jay Pryor was a woman named Janet Pryor finishing up her bachelor’s degree in communications studies at Kansas University.
In his eight years away from Lawrence, Jay [...]

6Jul2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued