All posts tagged "transgender"
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Federal Government Announces New Transgender Worker Guidance
This afternoon, the director of the Office of Personnel Management, John Berry, issued a brief memorandum to all executive department and agency heads, announcing new...
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Activists Launch Gender Rights Maryland
Activists in Maryland followed up on a statement issued by Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) on the hate crime indictiment of a suspect involved in...
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Maryland Governor Responds to Hate Crime Indictment
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) issued a statement today, reacting to Monday’s indictment of Teonna Brown, 18, who was charged with first degree assault and a...
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McDonald’s Suspect Indicted on Assault, Hate Crimes Charges
The grand jury for Baltimore County indicted Teonna Brown, 18, with five charges on Monday, May 16, including that of a hate crime, for the...
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Mame's Scrapbook: Five Decades of Fabulous
After a tour in the Navy, Carl Rizzi came to D.C. for a career in the Postal Service. But the life of a fabulous high-drag...
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Maryland Delegate Asks For Trans-Protective Bill After Attack; County Executive Says It’s a “Wake Up Call”
Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk (D-Anne Arundel, Prince George’s), the lead sponsor of a bill that would have provided some protections to transgender Marylanders had it not...
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Vigil Planned For Physically Attacked Trans Woman at Baltimore McDonald’s
A candlelight vigil is scheduled to take place at the McDonald’s at 6315 Kenwood Ave. in Rosedale, Baltimore, at 7 p.m. on Monday night where...
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Community Outraged by Disturbing Video of Apparent Anti-Trans Assault
A video that has garnered attention within the LGBT community appears to show a Baltimore County transgender woman being assaulted physically by two patrons of...
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Maryland Out Gay Sen. Madaleno “Extremely Disappointed” By Move Killing Gender Identity Bill
Sen. Richard Madaleno (D-Montgomery), the only out LGBT member of the Maryland Senate, provided a statement to Metro Weekly regarding today’s move by the Senate...
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Maryland Senate Kills Gender Identity Bill, Sending it Back to Committee in 2012
The Maryland Senate this afternoon sent the Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Act, House Bill 235, back to the Judicial Proceedings Committee during the bill’s second reading,...
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Maryland Senate to Consider Gender Identity Bill Today, the Last Day of State’s Legislative Session
The Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Act, House Bill 235, is on the schedule to be discussed and expectedly voted upon today, April 11, in the Maryland Senate...
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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...
