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WASHINGTON — The White House on Tuesday marked the 14th annual observance of Transgender Day of Remembrance, an international day of remembrance of the people lost to anti-transgender fear, discrimination, and violence.

Today is the 14th 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.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Common Council on Monday approved a bill to amend the existing Syracuse Fair Practices Law — which was passed in 1990 to outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation — to include gender identity and expression as protected categories.

KEY WEST, Fla. — Police in this island resort city are labeling the beating of two men on November 10 an anti-gay hate crime and designated the investigation the department’s top priority.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Members of the University of Virginia’s Queer Student Union are outraged over what police investigators are calling a recent attack on a student a suspected “gay bashing.”

The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) saw a steep decline in the amount of money it raised in 2011 – dropping to $6.2 million from the $9.1 million it raised the previous year, according to the Human Rights Campaign.

BARNESVILLE, Minn. — A Catholic priest in Minnesota has denied Confirmation to a 17-year-old student after seeing a picture on his Facebook page last month which the teen in which he expressed opposition to the state’s failed anti-gay marriage amendment.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel ranked gay marriage No. 3 on his list of priorities for the State Legislature Tuesday, placing it behind pension reform and approving a Chicago casino, reported the Chicago Sun-Times.

The Human Rights Campaign is set to take part in a White House meeting as part of a group of 13 civic leaders, the Washington Blade has learned.

The Roman Catholic Church hierarchy funneled $2 million into entirely unsuccessful efforts to advance discrimination against LGBT people in the four marriage ballot states of Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, and Washington this election cycle, according to a report by the Human Rights Campaign.