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New York radio station fires hosts over transphobic broadcast
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Two upstate New York radio hosts have been fired over their on-air, transphobic comments about the city of Rochester’s decision to cover gender reassignment surgery for city employees.
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Radio hosts call transgender people ‘nut jobs’ in rant over city health coverage
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A Rochester radio station’s morning show hosts have come under fire for a transphobic broadcast in which they mocked a new policy to provide transition-related health coverage to transgender city workers, and insulted a caller who dialed in to tell them they were being offensive.
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Int’l Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia observed around the globe
LGBT rights advocates and allies will observe the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (or IDAHOT) in more than 100 countries around the world on Saturday.
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Twitter gaffes from Utah lawmakers stoke criticism of transphobia
SALT LAKE CITY — The leader of the Utah Senate and another state lawmaker are apologizing Monday after tweets sent from their accounts earlier in the day were criticized as transphobic and insensitive.
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Gabourey Sidibe apologizes for repeatedly saying ‘tranny’ on ‘Arsenio’
Actress Gabourey Sidibe is apologizing after coming under fire for repeatedly used a transphobic slur during a recent appearance on the “The Arsenio Hall Show,” saying she was unaware that it was a slur.
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The Tragedy of Dr. V
As a transgender person, my relationship with mass media hasn’t always been the best of relationships. Every single day, when I watch television, or a film, or read news articles, or books, or even twitter, I feel like I’m walking through a minefield. Inevitably, I will step on one and be onslaught with some horribly insensitive comment or dehumanizing portrayal of a trans person. The systemic view of trans individuals as non-people is too ubiquitous, and the lack of understanding of our struggles coming to terms with our identities has created a mythologization of our lives with little concern for our perspective…
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More than one thousand rally in Tel Aviv to protest recent anti-LGBT violence
TEL AVIV — More than a thousand people marched in the streets of Tel Aviv on Thursday to protest against transphobia and anti-LGBT violence in Israel.
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Fox News’ Dr. Keith Ablow: There’s no such thing as being transgender
Fox News “Medical A Team” member Dr. Keith Ablow continued his pattern of baseless smears against LGBT people with an ill-informed, transphobic rant against a new California law that allows transgender students to use facilities that match their gender identities.
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Transgender teen faces battery charge for defending herself from bullies
HERCULES, Calif. — A transgender teenager who says she has been repeatedly bullied by other students at a California high school is now facing a criminal charge for defending herself during a confrontation.
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Former St. Louis cop charged with felony harassment of LGBT couple
SAINT LOUIS — A one-time St. Louis police officer has been charged with a felony count of “harassment motivated by discrimination to frighten or disturb another person” stemming from an incident last month in which he allegedly harassed and intimidated an LGBT couple.