All posts tagged "transgender"
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D.C. Mayor Signs LGBT-Backed Bills
Mayor Vincent Gray (D) signed into law Tuesday afternoon two measures aimed at expanding opportunity and choices for District's LGBT community. With Gray's signature, the...
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Gay and transgender competitors fire up “America’s Next Top Model: Guys & Girls”
On Friday’s two-hour premiere of “America’s Next Top Model,” a mixture of male and female models flashed their flesh for the cameras. For the first...
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Federal officials side with transgender student in discrimination settlement
Education and Justice Department officials have sided with a transgender student who faced discrimination in middle school in determining school districts cannot discriminate against students...
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Evolving Identity
In the wake of the George Zimmerman verdict, his acquittal in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, 35 LGBT groups joined a ''call for justice.''...
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DCTC Releases Trans-Needs Assessment
The DC Trans Coalition (DCTC) on Saturday released the results of its 2011-2012 D.C. Trans Needs Assessment, showing that transgender D.C.-area residents are often at...
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Gender Rights Maryland Praises ACA Implementation
Gender Rights Maryland, the local transgender advocacy and civil rights organization for the Free State, issued a press release Thursday praising the progress made in...
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Breakthrough EEOC Settlement in Maryland
The national LGBT organizations Freedom to Work and Lambda Legal announced Monday they had reached a settlement with a government contractor based in Maryland on...
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McBride Preliminary Hearing Deferred
The man arrested in connection with the brutal stabbing of a transgender woman in Southeast D.C.'s Fort Stanton neighborhood had his preliminary hearing on an...
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BET claims “miscommunications” over B. Scott’s feminine attire. Kevin Clash abuse cases dismissed
GLAAD reports that BET released the following statement about an “unfortunate” incident regarding the feminine attire of celebrity blogger B. Scott that took place during...
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Good Times, Bad Times
Following last week's big win on marriage in the Supreme Court, gays and lesbians across the country can be excused for indulging in a victory...
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BET required gay blogger, B. Scott, to change outfits during the pre-Awards show?
B. Scott, a well-known YouTuber and blogger of celebrity culture, expressed a range of emotions after his difficult experience with the BET television network. Apparently,...
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D.C. Hit with Anti-LGBT Attacks
D.C.'s summer of 2013 is off to a tragic start, with these first days since the season began June 21 seeing attacks against six members of...
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D.C. Attacks Prompt Meeting on Crime
Local activists, community members, business owners and officers of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) gathered at The DC Center, Washington's LGBT community center, Friday to...
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Transgender Woman Shot in NE
The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is investigating a shooting involving a transgender woman that occurred Thursday morning in the 6000 block of Eads Street NE,...
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”Crossover Kids” examines lives of transgender children and teens
“I would much rather have a good relationship with the daughter that I have, than a poor relationship with a son that doesn’t really exist.”...
