Tag: "Transgender"
GLAAD ticked off at Tribeca over film ‘Ticked-Off Trannies with Knives’ (Video)
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has launched a campaign to get New York's Tribeca Film Festival to remove the film 'Ticked-Off Trannies With Knives' from it's April lineup. The film is described [...]
Michigan lawmaker targets transgender’s drivers licenses as campaign platform
[caption id="attachment_5681" align="alignleft" width="194" caption="Paul Scott"][/caption] A state lawmaker, running for the GOP nomination to be the next Secretary of State in Michigan, is wasting no time addressing the real issues facing Michigan -- stopping [...]
Letterman under fire from HRC, GLAAD over transgender joke
The HRC and GLAAD issued statements today condemning a sketch on CBS' Late Show with David Letterman Tuesday night, which mocked the appointment of Amanda Simpson to a senior position at the U.S. Department of [...]
Obama appoints transgendered person to Commerce post
[caption id="attachment_4697" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="Amanda Simpson"][/caption] President Obama recently named Amanda Simpson, believed to be the first transgender woman appointed to a senior government role, to be a Senior Technical Advisor to the Commerce Department, [...]
Georgia city adds protections for gay, transgender workers
East Point has become the second city in Fulton County, Georgia, -- and one of several statewide -- to adopt protections for its gay and transgender employees. From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: The local law prohibiting [...]
NY governor signs order protecting transgender state employees
ALBANY -- New York Gov. David Paterson has signed an executive order protecting transgender state workers from discrimination in the workplace. Flanked by gay rights activists, Paterson signed the order at a press event at [...]
Veteran LA Times transsexual sportswriter found dead
Mike Penner, the veteran Los Angeles Times sportswriter who made international headlines in 2007 when he announced he was transsexual and began working under the byline "Christine Daniels," has died. Colleagues said Saturday that Penner [...]
Slain transgender people remembered around the world
Today marks the 11th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance around the world, a day when the LGBTQ and allied community honor those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. The day of memorial [...]
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