All Posts Tagged With: "sexual orientations"

Transsexual queen calls for tolerance

AFP JAPANESE TV personality Ai Haruna said she wants her country to be more tolerant toward people of diverse sexual orientations, a month after she was crowned the world’s most beautiful transsexual. Haruna, 37, already a household name in Japan, was chosen Miss International Queen 2009 at a pageant in Thailand last month after judges [...]

3Dec2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Play explores transgender issues

The East Oregonian A play by Jeannie LaFrance, which portrays the lives of four transgender people as they explore their relationships to family, gender, Christianity and spirituality, will be staged Saturday at 7:30 p.m., at Pendleton Center for the Arts, 214 N. Main St. The free performance of “You Have Always Been Welcome Here” is [...]

29Oct2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

U.N. Terrorism Report Cites Transgender Prejudice

by Kilian Melloy – Boston EDGE A report to the U.N. expressing concern that transgendered persons might be caught up in security measures designed to catch terrorists have been lambasted by conservatives. The report, authored by Martin Scheinin, who is a U.N. Special Rapporteur, warns that time and resources could be wasted by document verification [...]

20Oct2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Pride Parade puts emphasis on activism

By Jeff McDonald – Union-Tribune Staff Writer HILLCREST — So there was John Anderson, by himself for a moment among thousands of others on University Avenue yesterday, taking inventory of the extravagance rolling past and pondering all of the changes he’s seen over his 50 years. The San Diego Pride Parade was crawling by with [...]

19Jul2009 | | 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