All posts tagged "transgender"
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Activists Applaud DOC
The D.C. Department of Corrections (DOC) has amended its policy to permit transgender female inmates to shave, even when other inmates may not be permitted...
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Guilty Plea in Stanton Road Stabbing
Michael McBride, defendant in the case of a non-fatal attack on transgender woman who suffered 35 to 40 stab wounds, pleaded guilty earlier this month...
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Mental Health Delay for Suspect in Deoni Jones Homicide
Gary Niles Montgomery, the Northeast D.C. man accused of killing transgender woman Deoni Jones in February 2012, is now undergoing a 30-day mental observation following...
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CDC urged to stop denying cancer screenings to transgender women
Two national LGBT-rights organizations are calling on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to re-evaluate a discriminatory policy that denies cancer screenings to...
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Phallocentric Fallacy
Earlier this month, The Washington Times printed some commentary by Matt Philbin of the Reston, Va.-based Media Research Center. Essentially, he's disturbed by transgender self-identification,...
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Pat Robertson compares transgender people to his castrated horse
“We talk about transgender, I have a former stallion which is now a gelding, because stallions get very aggressive. He wasn’t trying to be a...
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Generating Support for Gender Identity
A study released earlier this month by a nationally recognized think specializing in research related to the LGBT community found that amending Maryland's civil-rights law...
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British couple make history in first double trans wedding
“This is the first day of the life I always wanted to lead – as the right sex with the right person by my side.”...
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Montgomery Co. Police Searching for Trans Teen
Montgomery County Police are asking the public to be on alert for a missing transgender teen, asking for any information related to the teen's disappearance....
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D.C. Transgender Assault Gets Trial Date
Michael McBride, the man accused of stabbing a transgender woman anywhere from 35 to 40 times in June in the District's Fort Stanton neighborhood, appeared...
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DCTC Urges Gray to Sign ''Living Wage'' Bill
As Mayor Vincent Gray (D) considers vetoing a bill that would force employers to pay a higher minimum wage to workers amid threats from Walmart...
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Transgender teen murdered by mob in Jamaica
“Judging by comments made on social media, most Jamaicans think Dwayne Jones brought his death on himself for wearing a dress and dancing in a...
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Laverne Cox Rocks
They say a lady never reveals her age. It's a rule Laverne Cox lives by. ''I don't discuss my age,'' she says playfully, ''except to...
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Probable Cause Found in Stanton Road Stabbing
The Southeast Washington man accused of stabbing a transgender woman anywhere from 35 to 40 times in the 3000 block of Stanton Road SE was...
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ABC editor Don Ennis reveals that he was not a transgender woman after all
Don Ennis made headlines in May when he came out publicly as Dawn, a transgender woman. The New York Post reported that he had been fed...
