All Posts Tagged With: "transgendered individuals"

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

Women’s pharmacy ends ban on transgendered clients

Cheryl Rossi, Vancouver Courier A policy that added controversy to the opening of North America’s first women-only pharmacy has been changed. Lu’s: A Pharmacy for Women and the Vancouver Women’s Health Collective now welcome transgendered clients and others who self-identify themselves as women. Members of the relatively new local feminist collective the Femininjas are pleased. [...]

11Mar2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

KSU-Salina to Fund Transgender Speaker

SALINA, Kan. (AP) – The student governing group at Kansas State University’s Salina campus has reconsidered and will now help fund a transgendered speaker’s visit to campus. The Student Governing Association recently voted to provide $600 to pay a speaking fee for Ryan Sallans. He will give a public presentation on transgender issues Nov. 23 [...]

28Oct2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

New film festival to shine spotlight on gay community

By Donecia Pea – Shreveport Times He’s the man with the diminutive stature and syrupy sweet Southern drawl that has endeared him to fans and kept them laughing for decades in his string of guest roles and recurring characters on some of TV’s biggest shows. But Leslie Jordan is most recognizable to fans for his [...]

12Sep2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Transgendered woman testifies on ‘bathroom bill’

By JASON CLAFFEY CONCORD — An anti-discrimination bill for transgendered individuals on Thursday drew emotional testimony from supporters — including two Somersworth residents — as well as stern warnings from critics who argued it could open “Pandora’s box.” After a three-hour hearing on HB 415, which the House recently passed, but Gov. John Lynch did [...]

24Apr2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Parents irked that transgendered junior high students can use boys’ or girls’ restrooms

By Rob Rogers Marin Independent Journal Posted: 12/09/2008 05:00:30 PM PST

10Dec2008 | | 0 comments | Continued