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American Labor Movement Calls for Full Inclusion of LGBT Workers
AFL-CIO Convention Passes Historic Resolution on Diversity
From Windy City Times
PITTSBURGH, PA — If there were any doubts that the American labor movement stands strongly in favor of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender ( LGBT ) rights, they were set to rest the minute former United Mine Workers president Richard L. Trumka took the podium last [...]
Nicole Kidman’s latest life-changing role: She’ll play first man to undergo sex change operation
BY Robert Dominguez – NY DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
She’s worn a fake nose to play a suicidal writer, battled spirits, Yankees, terrorists and space invaders – and spent a year on a movie set playing a sexually-frustrated wife opposite her real-life husband.
Now, Nicole Kidman is taking on what could be her most challenging role yet: [...]
Changing Genders: An Interview With the World’s Leading Sex Change Surgeon
By Karlie Pouliot – Fox News
Ever since Cher’s daughter Chastity Bono — now Chaz Bono — announced she was beginning the process of becoming a man – many have wondered what exactly a sex change involves.
In order to get that answer, FOXNews.com talked to Dr. Marci Bowers, an internationally renowned surgeon who performs more than [...]
Texas companies improve on policies affecting gays, index finds
By SHERYL JEAN / The Dallas Morning News
Top employers in Texas and across the nation are making progress in treating gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees fairly, according to a report released Monday by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.
This year, 305 businesses achieved the Corporate Equality Index’s top rating of 100 percent for their combined [...]
Teenager ‘attacked mother after discovering she had a sex change’, court told
A teenager was charged with assault after he lost his temper and hit his mother whom he discovered was undergoing a sex change, a court has heard.
By Andrew Hough – telegraph.co.uk
The 15 year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, attacked his mother last month after discovering she wanted to become a man, Prestatyn [...]
New sex change regulation in Thailand
The Nation/Asia News Network
By Pongphon Sarnsamak
From November 29, the Medical Council of Thailand will strictly enforce new regulations allowing only those transgendered people aged over 18 to undergo a sex-change operation, secretary general Dr Samphan Komrit said yesterday
Transgendered people aged 18 to 20 must have parental consent, while those over 20 can decide for themselves.
Transgendered [...]
Quebec transgender discrimination case dismissed by rights tribunal
By Marianne White, Canwest News Service
QUEBEC — The federal human rights tribunal ruled Tuesday that the Canadian Forces did not discriminate against Micheline Montreuil, one of Canada’s best-known transgendered people, when they refused to enrol her.
Montreuil, who was born as a man named Pierre, underwent hormone therapy to grow breasts and changed her name to [...]
New film tells story of Olympic gender trick in Nazi Germany
The Local – Germany’s News in English
A new film soon to hit screens in Germany tells the true story of a female Jewish high-jumper whom the Nazis excluded from the 1936 Berlin Olympics, picking instead a man in drag – who came fourth.
By a quirk of the calendar, the film – “Berlin 36″ – premiered [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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