transgender
Transgender Day of Remembrance is important because violence against anyone is unacceptable, no matter their gender.
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I'm a transgendered sex worker, and I want to not get killed for who I am or what I do. As our death count rises, I beg that you consider your prejudices around gender, and let us live in peace. I'm literally begging for my life.
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Malawi has some of the harshest laws in all of Africa criminalizing homosexuality. Many religious groups actively support discrimination against gay, lesbian, and transgender persons and in turn are fanning the spread of HIV.
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By Todd Heywood, New Journalist Fellow October 12, 2009 - 12:42pm
Lt. Dan Choi at the National Equality March: "The era and the time for asking is over. I am not asking anymore I am telling... will you tell with me? In the face of injustice and in the face of the discrimination, patience is not a plan."
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By Todd Heywood, New Journalist Fellow October 11, 2009 - 8:49am
Hundreds of people--young and old, men and women, gay, lesbian, transgender and straight--all effected and affected by HIV and AIDS rallied on the Washington Mall Saturday night to call for an end to the epidemic.
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By Jim Pickett, AIDS Foundation of Chicago September 1, 2009 - 7:00am
I don’t really care much about gay marriage. The issue that makes my heart race, is gay men’s health–LGBTI health–and I am frustrated so little attention is paid to health advocacy.
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The High Court of Delhi found that Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalized consensual sexual acts of adults in private, violated the Indian Constitution. This ruling decriminalizes homosexuality in India and is being hailed by advocates in India and worldwide as the first step toward equality for gay, lesbian, and transgender persons in that country.
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Despite the annual show of presence in different parts of India during gay pride parades, lesbians continue to remain one of the more closeted groups amongst the LGBT community.
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Doris Kearns Goodwin offers ideas on Clinton's next steps, doulas assist mothers behind bars, Population Action International gives Michael Gerson a reality check, and the APA considers removing gender identity disorder from the DSM-V.
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Thomas Beattie's pregnancy is opening minds about gender, online dating empowering Muslim women.
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