All posts tagged "transgender"
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Maryland Gender Identity Bill Passes Out of Senate Committee 7-4
The Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee voted today, April 9, 7-4 in favor of the Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Act, House Bill 235. The legislation passed...
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Gender Identity Bill Put on Hold in Maryland, But Committee Vote Expected Saturday
The Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Act, House Bill 235, was put on hold today in the Maryland Senate’s Judicial Proceedings Committee by a request from Sen....
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LGBT Maryland House Members Ask Senate President to Pass Gender Identity Bill Out of Rules Committee
In an open letter sent to Maryland Senate President Thomas V. “Mike” Miller (D-Calvert, Prince George’s), the seven LGBT members of Maryland’s House of Delegates...
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ENDA To Be Introduced This Week; Rep. Frank Talks Trans Support, ENDA’s Future
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) plans to introduce the Employment Non-Discrimination Act in the House on Wednesday, according to two LGBT equality advocates with direct knowledge...
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Maryland GOP Delegate Holds Up Gender Identity Bill, Says She Needs Definition of “Transgender”
A bill that seeks to prohibit discrimination in the areas of housing, employment, licensing and commercial leasing against transgender Marylanders was scheduled to be voted on...
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DOJ's New Scrutiny
The Department of Justice Civil Rights Division's report on its ''Investigation of the New Orleans Police Department,'' which was released on March 16, detailed serious...
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Maryland Transgender Activist Exonerated of All Ethics Charges, Seeks Apology from Montgomery County
It was in the fall of 2007 that Maryland’s Montgomery County passed a bill that protects citizens from discrimination in areas such as housing, employment,...
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Discrimination Debate
''If you stick me in a dress and heels, you're not going to find me any more fit for my job,'' said Sama Bellomo in...
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Death in Baltimore Focuses Attention on Anti-Transgender Violence and Discrimination
Equality Maryland spent the first half of Wednesday, Feb. 23 celebrating the second reading Senate passage of a bill that would grant same-sex couples marriage...
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Why Is the Craig Ferguson Sketch Anti-Trans?
It turns out that claiming something is anti-trans humor stirs up people, and brings them out of the woodwork to tell you why you have...
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Activist: Ferguson’s Sketch Only Funny If “Transgender People [Are] a Human Punchline”
Following up on the Metro Weekly post about Craig Ferguson’s Feb. 4 sketch featuring his “half-sister” — played by a man and named “Peg” —...
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CBS’s Craig Ferguson Sketch Mocks Trans “Character”
Tonight, the night after the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and National Center for Transgender Equality released a report about the widespread prevalence of...
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Finale: So You Think You're a Drag Queen [video]
In the finale of Town Danceboutique's So You Think You're a Drag Queen, previous winners from the past year compete to win the $2,500 grand...
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Big (Drag) Finish
Ever see a drag queen walk the runway on a balance beam? How about while dodging hurdles? Or blindfolded? You have if you've ever stopped...
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Holiday Spirit
Drag queen Ella Fitzgerald is an angel who tumbled to earth. Literally. ''I went to pose as an angel and slipped,'' says Donnell Robinson, who...
