All Posts Tagged With: "marriage"

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 [...]

14Jul2009 | | 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 [...]

7Jul2009 | | 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 [...]

6Jul2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Obama extends gay health benefits

By Stephen Collinson WASHINGTON (AFP) — President Barack Obama Wednesday extended some federal health benefits to same-sex partners of US government workers, in what he said was a historic step towards equality for gays and lesbians. “Many of our government’s hardworking and dedicated patriotic public servants have long been denied basic rights … for one [...]

18Jun2009 | | 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

Gay rights activist calls for march on Washington

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An activist who worked alongside slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk is calling for an October march on Washington to demand that Congress establish equal rights for the lesbian, gay and transgender community. Cleve Jones said Sunday in Salt Lake City that the march will launch a nationwide grass roots [...]

7Jun2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

New Hampshire Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage

By ABBY GOODNOUGH – New York Times BOSTON — The New Hampshire legislature approved revisions to a same-sex marriage bill on Wednesday, and Gov. John Lynch promptly signed the legislation, making the state the sixth to let gay couples wed. The bill had been through several permutations to satisfy Mr. Lynch and certain legislators that [...]

4Jun2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Venezuela ‘silent’ on hate crimes rise

By Will Grant BBC News, Caracas In a city where about 40 murders take place every weekend, it may not come as a big surprise that four prostitutes have been killed on the same stretch of road in Caracas in recent months. But when you find out that all four were transsexuals or transgender, it [...]

3Jun2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Obama calls for equal rights for gays, but no promises on timetable

by Foon Rhee – Boston.com President Obama isn’t doing enough, quickly enough to suit many gay Americans, but today he did issue a proclamation for “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month.” In the proclamation, Obama mentions the legislative priorities, including overturning the Defense of Marriage Act that defines marriage as between one man and [...]

2Jun2009 | | 2 comments | Continued

Pride Fest seeking allies in fight for rights

By Rosemary Winters – The Salt Lake Tribune The Utah Pride Center wants attendees of this week’s pride festival to bring more than rainbow flags and sunblock. Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender revelers have an assignment: Bring a straight friend. “Our allies are very important to us,” says Michael Westley, spokesman for the pride center. [...]

1Jun2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Group Begins Ad Blitz Against Same-Sex Marriage

By JEREMY W. PETERS – New York Times The National Organization for Marriage, a conservative Christian group that has fought efforts to legalize same-sex marriage in California and in the Northeast, has set its sights on New York with its latest media campaign. Beginning Thursday in the New York City and Albany markets, the organization [...]

29May2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender marriages thrive

Glenn A. LeCarl – Tallahassee.com This spring my life-partner and I are celebrating our 10th anniversary together. While some might say that 10 years of marriage is no big deal — even in this age of high divorce rates — clearly it is a milestone year, and especially for a gay couple like us. I [...]

27May2009 | | 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

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

Tenn. unknowingly marries transgender couple; subject jailed as man, identifies as woman

By Associated Press CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jo T. Rittenberry and Jeffery Scott Phillips recently learned their 18-month marriage is invalid because the state considers both to be men. Rittenberry, who is 46, was born a man but identifies as a woman and claims to have had sex reassignment surgery in Canada. Rittenberry had officials [...]

13May2009 | | 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

Better Hair Days With Milk

Celebrity Hair Stylist Shares Secrets to Shiny, Beautiful Hair with Milk SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., May 4 /PRNewswire/ — Maintaining strong, healthy, shiny hair has long been a struggle for women, including Latinas. So when a new product comes on the market claiming to have the secret to that perfect hair, many ladies jump on the [...]

5May2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Transsexual Michelle helps fight crime

Laura Kemp, WalesOnline MOST police forces use handcuffs to enforce the law but Welsh cops have recruited a transsexual in heels and lipstick to fight crime. Brunette Michelle – who was born male and called Mark – is training Dyfed Powys police officers to combat and raise awareness of transgender-phobic violence. She contacted the force [...]

3May2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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