All Posts Tagged With: "sexual orientation"

Transsexual allowed to teach

Source: Austrian Independent Austria’s first transsexual teacher has been given the all clear to work by the education ministry after a sex change operation. The man turned woman named only as Walter S. caused outcry among some parents by informing her students via e-mail at a polytechnic in Vienna-Margareten that she will be a woman [...]

30Aug2010 | | 4 comments | Continued

8 arrested in Las Vegas Strip gay rights protest

Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) – Police say eight people were arrested on misdemeanor charges in a Las Vegas Strip demonstration by advocates for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights. Officer Bill Cassell said Wednesday the eight men and women were taken into custody on obstructing a police officer and jaywalking charges. Each was booked [...]

24Jul2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Gay people ‘cut off in rural areas’

(UKPA) Gay people in rural areas suffer isolation and discrimination and feel unable to fully integrate into their communities, it has been claimed. A new national programme designed to support the needs of homosexual people claimed a significant number find it difficult to reveal their sexual orientation and remain in the place they were born [...]

20Jul2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Police: Transgender woman arrested in ID bomb plot

(AP) PAYETTE, Idaho — A transgender woman who was at odds with police over how they acknowledged her gender identity in a 2007 traffic citation was arrested for investigation of rigging what appeared to be four pipe bombs to a propane tank at her home, torching her car then running naked along a rural highway. [...]

13Jul2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Gays, lesbians show pride in European capitals

(AFP) LONDON — An estimated one million people thronged the streets of London on Saturday for the annual Pride celebrations celebrating lesbian and gay culture, with events also held in other European capitals. In London, the parade snaked through the city to the throbbing beat of techno music and in balmy mid-summer temperatures, with many [...]

4Jul2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Obama hosts White House LGBT reception

WASHINGTON, (UPI) — U.S. President Barack Obama hosted a reception at the White House Tuesday to honor Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month. Obama, who has been criticized by many gays and lesbians because the U.S. military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on open service by homosexuals remains in place, said the United States [...]

24Jun2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Gay and transgender struggle for acceptance in Indonesia

By Karishma Vaswani – BBC News, Jakarta In a cramped and dirty cell, four women sit side by side on a stone bench, waiting patiently for their turn to testify in court. The women’s cell is littered with cigarette butts and pieces of tissue with lipstick marks. In the corner, instead of a urinal, there [...]

19Jun2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Budget Cuts Put Those In LGBT Shelters On Streets

Experts Fear For Safety Of Gay, Lesbian, Transgender Youths Because, In Many Cases, Society Has Turned Its Back Demonstrators Pack Union Square, Cry Out For Help From City Hall NEW YORK (CBS) ― The problem is already bad and is about to get worse. Experts told CBS 2 HD on Monday that hundreds of gay, [...]

15Jun2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

US welcomes Malawi pardon of jailed gay couple

(AFP) WASHINGTON — The United States on Saturday welcomed a pardon granted by Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika to a gay couple sentenced to prison, and said it could start “a new dialogue” on tolerance. The White House issued the statement following news that Malawi’s leader had issued the pardon after holding talks with UN [...]

30May2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Commission Shelves Work on Transgender Guidelines

The Maine Human Rights Commission has canceled a public hearing on the issue of how schools should accommodate transgender students. The Maine Human Rights Commission has postponed work on new guidelines for how schools should accommodate transgender students. Commission members decided earlier this week to cancel a public hearing on the issue and to stop [...]

15Apr2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Zions Bancorp asked to do more for gays, lesbians

(AP) SALT LAKE CITY — An assortment of investor groups represented by the New York City comptroller says Salt Lake City-based Zions Bancorp isn’t doing enough to protect gay, lesbian and transgender employees from discrimination. But the banking company’s board is urging shareholders to vote against a proposal sponsored by the comptroller’s office on behalf [...]

8Apr2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Parker extends city rights policy to transgendered

By BRADLEY OLSON HOUSTON CHRONICLE Mayor Annise Parker has updated a 12-year-old Houston non-discrimination policy to include transgendered individuals, a step that has won praise from supporters in the gay community but has prompted criticism as well. The two executive orders she signed last week prohibit city employees from harassment or discrimination in hiring, promotion [...]

3Apr2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Survey targeting gay Coloradans stresses need for safe schools

By Heather McWilliams The Denver Post Schools need to be safe for gay students. That’s the top priority for most gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Coloradans, according to a recent statewide survey. The survey — conducted by a new gay-rights nonprofit called the One Colorado Education Fund — showed “expanding recognition of GLBT families” as [...]

13Mar2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Gay rights group asks U of Alaska to update policy

Associated Press FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) – Members of the gay-straight alliance at the University of Alaska Fairbanks have again asked the Board of Regents to add sexual orientation to the UA nondiscrimination policy. Tristan Walsh told regents Thursday that the UA system is lagging behind other state universities in its protection of gay, lesbian, bisexual [...]

20Feb2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Sex discrimination bill killed in SD

Associated Press PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – A move to prevent discrimination against gay and transgender people has been rejected by South Dakota lawmakers. The House Health Committee voted 8-4 Tuesday to kill a measure that would have added sexual orientation, gender identity, age, and military status to the list of characteristics protected against discrimination. The [...]

17Feb2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Gay, Lesbian Workers Increasingly At Home In the City

By JAVIER ESPINOZA – Wall Street Journal LONDON—Two years ago, Ashley Steel would have told you the City needs to do more to make gay people feel more able to be themselves. But the openly lesbian board member from accountancy company KPMG Europe LLP thinks a lot has improved in recent years. “If there is [...]

16Feb2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Ogden urged to pass gay anti-bias ordinances

By Steven Oberbeck -The Salt Lake Tribune Ogden » Love and politics — they can seem at times like such strange bedfellows. Yet they meshed perfectly at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Ogden on Sunday. There, a worship service that stressed love and acceptance was followed by a town hall meeting addressing the need for [...]

15Feb2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

SF schools strengthens program for gay students

The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO—The San Francisco Unified School District is strengthening its program to combat discrimination against gay and lesbian students. The school board on Tuesday night approved a resolution to guarantee $62,000 in funding for its anti-discrimination program, even though the district faces a $113 million budget shortfall over the next two years. [...]

11Feb2010 | | 0 comments | Continued
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