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News (USA)
Transgender police officer files discrimination, harassment complaint
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A transgender police officer in Connecticut has filed a complaint with a state agency alleging her supervisors created a hostile work environment because of her gender identity.
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Remembering lost brothers, sisters this 15th Transgender Day of Remembrance
Today is the 15th Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, a solemn tribute to those who have lost their lives to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice, and a day to raise awareness of the constant threat of brutality faced by the transgender community.
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News (USA)
Officials: Brawl between bullies, transgender student possible hate crime
HERCULES, Calif. — A transgender student at a California high school said she was assaulted by three other girls in a transphobic attack captured on cell phone video.
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Former S.C. GOP official: Transgender people are ‘disgusting freaks’
The former executive director of the South Carolina Republican Party, says transgender people are “disgusting freaks” and should be rounded up and “put in a camp.”
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Pat Robertson compares transgender people to his castrated horse
On the 700 Club on Wednesday, Pat Robertson reacted to a David Brody report on a new California law protecting transgender students by blasting the law as “insane.”
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News (World)
Critics slam Italy’s proposed anti-homophobia law as ‘useless’
ROME, Italy — An anti-homophobia bill approved by Italy’s lower Chamber of Deputies (Parliament) on Thursday has been criticized as having loopholes that will continue allow anti-gay hate speech to go unpunished.
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CNN guest jokes Chelsea Manning will get ‘good practice’ being a woman in prison
CNN host Fredricka Whitfield continued to incorrectly refer to Chelsea Manning as a male as one of her guests suggested that providing Manning with hormone therapy while in prison would be “beyond insanity” and suggested Manning could get “good practice” presenting as a female in prison:
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News (World)
Murdered transgender woman latest victim of anti-LGBT violence in Turkey
AYDIN, Turkey — Police in Aydin, Turkey are investigating the murder of a 24-year-old transgender woman who was stabbed to death at her home on Tuesday.
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News (World)
EU survey reveals many LGBT people throughout Europe still live in fear
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Across Europe, gay couples are scared of publicly engaging in even the most basic expression of their affection: Holding hands.
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News (World)
Int’l Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia observed around the globe
LGBT rights advocates observed the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (or IDAHO) in more than 100 countries around the world Friday, commemorating the May 17, 1990 decision by the World Health Organization that decategorized homosexuality as a mental disorder.