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Stoking Fire: Far Right Opposition to Hate Crimes Laws

By Eleanor Bader, RH Reality Check

August 11, 2009 - 7:00am

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Assurances that federal workplace anti-discrimination protections for LGBT people will exempt religious bodies from oversight should mollify conservatives, but they don't.

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Sexual Rights and Wrongs: Policing the Gendered Order

By Carolina Austria, RH Reality Check, Asia

August 10, 2009 - 6:00am

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The absence of penal laws and widespread violence against homosexuals and transgender persons does not make the Philippines totally “gay friendly” or even “pro-trans.”

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VIDEO: Are You a Man Or a Woman?

By Elisabeth Garber-Paul, RH Reality Check

August 6, 2009 - 2:24pm

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Whenever someone inadvertently finds out that my brother is transgendered, the slew of questions inevitably begins. “Why did he transition? What was he like as a girl? Did you think there was something wrong with him?”

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Vancouver Pharmacy Says No to Trans People

By Elisabeth Garber-Paul, RH Reality Check

July 8, 2009 - 11:09am

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An all-women pharmacy in Vancouver sounds like a great resource if you’re a bio-woman, but what about the population of transgender sex workers that are in need of safer sex education and, potentially, rape counseling?


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Inclusive ENDA Introduced; "We Are Beyond" Removing Gender Identity Protections, Says Frank

By Emily Douglas

June 24, 2009 - 1:33pm

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An inclusive ENDA banning discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and expression in workplaces has been re-introduced in Congress.

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From Chastity to Chaz

By Elisabeth Garber-Paul, RH Reality Check

June 17, 2009 - 2:24pm

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Having someone who is already in the public’s eye openly transition
from female to male will help new generations be able to grow up
knowing about this choice, thinking about this choice, and hopefully
accepting this choice.


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Sexuality Conference in Hanoi Challenges Norms, Expectations

By Ramona Vijeyarasa, RH Reality Check, Southeast Asia

April 28, 2009 - 8:00am

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What does it mean to be straight, gay, queer, L or G or B or T or none of the above? What is it like to live with the stigma of HIV? How does it feel to be denied the right to marry your partner?

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Andrade Sentenced to Life Without Parole in Zapata Killing

By Ernest Luning, New Journalist Fellow

April 23, 2009 - 7:00am

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A man convicted Wednesday of using a fire extinguisher to crush the skull of a transgender Colorado woman was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

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Accused Zapata Killer Didn't "Snap," Prosecutor Argues

By Ernest Luning, New Journalist Fellow

April 20, 2009 - 12:00pm

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The trial of Allen Andrade, accused of killing transgender woman Angie Zapata of Colorado, got underway last week.

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"End Hate" Campaign Ramps Up For Zapata Murder Trial

By Ernest Luning, New Journalist Fellow

April 14, 2009 - 7:00am

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A group of 50 progressive groups has launched a massive public information campaign across Colorado to inform readers about transgender murder victim Angie Zapata, whose accused killer goes on trial in Greeley next week.

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