All posts tagged "transgender"
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Graham Joins Trans Activists
In an e-mail message dated Monday, Aug. 4, to local transgender activist Jeri Hughes, Councilmember Jim Graham (D-Ward 1), expressed his support for the DC...
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Horrific murder of Angie Zapata detailed as one-night sex partner tells how he ‘killed it’ [video]
“You get the sense that maybe he wasn’t seeing Angie as a person. Then you get an idea of the violence behind this act.” Crystal...
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Judicial Jousting
Equal-rights advocates in Maryland say they are disappointed, but not discouraged, following a Montgomery County Circuit Court judge's July 24 ruling in favor of Citizens...
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Guarding Our Gains
The value of a coordinated effort by many people was never more evident than in the current battle against a proposed rulemaking by the D.C....
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Riled Over Rules
In the months-long debate between the District and the transgender community regarding the treatment of gender-variant detainees in District jails, the ongoing dialogue seems to...
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Prepared for the Worst
Equal-rights advocates in Maryland are hoping for the best while preparing for the worst, regarding Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Robert A. Greenberg's upcoming ruling...
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Transforming Corrections
D.C. Trans Coalition continues effort to amend DOC guidelines on transgender inmates Complaints regarding the handling of transgender inmates in D.C. jails, including stories from...
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Meet Jazz Jennings, a 6-year-old transgender child
”We’ll say things like, ‘You’re special. God made you special.’ Because there aren’t very many little girls out there that have a penis…. All of...
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Prison Guideline Grudge
Jeri Hughes, a member of D.C. Trans Coalition, on June 12 fired the latest shot in an ongoing melee between the D.C. Department of Corrections...
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Discrimination Wins One
Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Robert A. Greenberg ruled Wednesday, June 11, that Equality Maryland and Lambda Legal missed the Maryland Board of Election's deadline...
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SaVanna Wanzer
Born and raised in the District, SaVanna Wanzer began advocating for transgender equality due to the rejection she faced from her own family. ''When I...
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Battlefield Montgomery
Equality Maryland announced June 10 that it has raised $50,000 to support Basic Rights Montgomery, a coalition formed to preserve the county's transgender anti-discrimination law....
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Budding Prides
Unity might be key in celebrating Capital Pride. There is, however, also something special about celebrating what might set a group apart, says SaVanna Wanzer,...
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Pageant with a Cause
The second annual Mr. and Miss Transgender Health Empowerment (THE) Pageant, Sunday, May 18, will include contestants from all over the United States, says Brian...
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Montgomery County's Trans Ally
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and residents of Montgomery County have joined forces with Equality Maryland, the state's GLBT equal-rights advocacy group, in...
