for Women's History MonthWomen, Transsexualism and Transgender in Traditional Siberian Shamanism ( Read more... )

A new coalition of a huge number of LGBT groups... all joining together in favor of the original ENDA (which has 171 co-sponsors in the House): www.unitedenda.orgAlthough HRC is not a member of United ENDA, they finally came around almost a week after transgender inclusion was removed, and today sent out an action alert calling to have the original ( Read more... )

Pam's House Blend has become my favorite queer politics blog - the firstest with the mostest of the latest updates to what's going on. The best way I know to keep informed on these issues.

Breaking: HRC signs letter to Capitol Hill supporting original ENDA"Although we believe that the bill's sponsor, Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA), and the House ( Read more... )

Press Release from Out@Work - thanks to kara_h for posting this in dcdykesHelp Us Raise The Voice Of Working Class LGBT Folks ( Read more... )

(This just in from Pakistani feminist activist Nighat Said Khan, the principal advocate for the persecuted couple ( Read more... )

From the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC ( Read more... )

(With al-Fatiha Foundation, I have been following the story about Shumail Raj, a transsexual man, and his wife Shahzina Tariq, unjustly jailed in Lahore under an accusation of homosexuality, because of the misguided claim that Shumail is still a woman. Pakistani feminist Nighat Said Khan of the Women's Action Forum Lahore gives her valuable ( Read more... )

Pakistan 'same-sex' couple jailed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6679733.stm

Look at their picture. Does this look like a "same sex" couple to you? Imbecile judge. As Margaret Cho would say, ignant. The whole problem is they have no idea what transsexual means, even though both ( Read more... )

Less than a week after Largo City Manager Steve Stanton announced he was transgendered, the small Florida community's city commission fired him*. This is workplace discrimination, plain and simple. I just signed the 'Stand with Stanton' petition, and I hope you will too: http://nsrc.sfsu. ( Read more... )

Judging by the ads the street girls put into phone ( Read more... )