All Posts Tagged With: "transgender groups"

Lady Gaga coming to New Jersey to support gay marriage

Garden State Equality is one of several groups who will benefit from the Atlantic City event BY JEN CALANTONE NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The eccentric pop-star Lady Gaga will be bringing her “poker face” to the House of Blues at the Showboat Casino and Hotel in Atlantic City on Jan. 16 — but it won’t be to promote [...]

16Jan2010 | | 2 comments | Continued

Tampa weighs protections for transgender individuals

By CHRISTIAN M. WADE | The Tampa Tribune TAMPA – Should transgender individuals be protected under the city’s code? Tampa’s Human Rights Board believes so and on Thursday asked the city council to consider extending the protections offered to other minorities to transgender groups. The board wants to extend laws already prohibiting discrimination in housing, [...]

1Oct2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Activists pin hopes on Obama banning transgender bias

Deb Price Six months ago, a highly decorated retired Army colonel told Congress of instantly going from “hero to zero” in the eyes of a prospective employer when she disclosed that she was in the process of changing gender. Since that hearing, Congress has done nothing to protect transgender workers, despite evidence of outrageous job [...]

15Dec2008 | | 0 comments | Continued

Human Rights Commissioner talks about transgender death

By: Andy Mattison SYRACUSE, N.Y. — It’s been 10 days since Moses “Teish” Cannon was shot to death, apparently targeted for being transgender. On Monday, Cannon’s death brought the state’s human rights commissioner to Syracuse to meet with local transgender groups and speak out against what they consider a hate crime. “We agreed to work [...]

25Nov2008 | | 0 comments | Continued