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December 2011
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2011 marks advances in rights, visibility of...
By Paul Canning
One of the world’s most progressive transgender equality laws was passed in Argentina’s parliament and in the UK a plan for comprehensive changes to ensure equality for trans people was announced. Chile also passed an anti-discrimination based on gender identity law as did California and Massachusetts. But in Puerto Rico a roll-back of legal protection was...
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Hope for gays as PNP wins Jamaica election
People’s National Party wins landslide victory, leader has spoken in favour of gay rights, JLP homophobes beaten
30 December 2011 | By Alex Hopkins
Jamaica’s opposition People’s National Party (PNP) has won a landslide victory in the national election yesterday.
The victory brings hope for Jamaica’s LGBT population after PNP leader Portia Simpson-Miller spoke out in favour of gay...
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Watch(via US State Department Issues Amazing LGBT Video | Care2 Causes)
The US State Department has followed up on Hillary Clinton’s historic speech to the United Nations in Geneva with this video — one which could have been produced by an LGBT organization and actually has the same style as those produced by many working for international LGBT rights.
The video uses some of the most reported...
Russia considers criminalization of homosexuality →
gaywrites:
Following in the footsteps of countries like Nigeria and Uganda, Russia is considering a measure that would ban any reference to homosexuality.
Russia’s law would consider talking about homosexuality to be “propaganda” that isn’t allowed, the brainchild of Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak:
Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak called for banning any “propaganda” of...
Enrique Molina: VERY IMPORTANT: IF YOU SUPPORT... →
enrique-molina:
Amazon and Barnes & Noble are carrying this calendar, which mocks lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender people.
Via Pam’s House Blend:
Joe King is the genius behind this trash being hawked at Amazon and at Barnes & Noble. ChrisLove at Daily Kos has been working on this story,…
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Is Monsanto's corn losing its "magic?"
Hardly surprising. I can hardly wait for spring when the Farmer’s Market opens!
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Posted on December 10, 2011 - 11:05 by David Gomez
Monsanto’s genetically modified corn may be losing its ability to kill rootworms. To be sure, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) believes the poison spliced into Monsanto Bt corn is not as effective as it once was.
According to...
Psychological association takes down gay marriage... →
gaywrites:
The North Carolina Psychological Association has published a straightforward list of reasons why opposing marriage equality is simply incorrect. This comes at a time when North Carolina is considering an amendment to ban same-sex marriage in the state.
A summary of the reasons:
1. There is no empirical evidence that supports the denial of marriage rights to people in same-sex...
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Gay activist put forward for Nobel Peace Prize
French activists launch bid for Nobel Peace Prize for international gay rights campaigner Louis-George Tin
27 December 2011 | By Nick Rutherford
Activists in France have launched a bid to win the Nobel Peace Prize for gay rights campaigner and author Louis-Georges Tin.
Tin, 37, who was born in Martinique and also fights against racism, was instrumental in establishing the...
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Egypt Virginity Tests On Female Detainees Must...
I wonder how they perform virginity tests on men? Oh, right, it doesn’t matter.
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Reuters/The Huffington Post First Posted: 12/27/11 06:40 AM ET Updated: 12/27/11 11:06 AM ET
CAIRO, Dec 27 (Reuters) - An Egyptian court ordered on Tuesday that forced virginity tests be stopped on female detainees in military prisons.
The case was filed by Samira Ibrahim, a...
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Transgender people fight for rights, understanding
REX W. HUPPKE Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO — Dan Carmichael had barely taken his first breath when a doctor announced his gender: “It’s a girl.”
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Andre Perez is shown at the Gender and Sexuality Center at UIC in Chicago, Ill.
MCT photo
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Nathan ’Precious’ Davis at the Center on Halstead in Chicago, Ill.
That’s where gender identity begins for most. A...
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“Americans are encouraged to vote, but not to participate more meaningfully in...”
– Noam Chomsky - Interventions (via noam-chomsky
And how much $money$ is shifted around during this endless cycle of nominations, primaries, and elections…
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WatchYPC performs “True Colors” with Cyndi Lauper at her Home for the Holidays benefit for homeless LGBT youth. (via Watch “Cyndi Lauper with Youth Pride Chorus” at Gaycast)
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Update: Tesco “fully committed” to gay staff, and...
“We are totally committed to tolerance and inclusion inside and outside our business. We will go on supporting Out at Tesco beyond Pride 2012.
“But we usually support projects with practical benefits rather than sponsoring events”
Tesco needs to understand that Pride events ARE “projects with practical benefits.” To me, that is what Pride celebrations are about, visibility...
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Gay and Vilified in Uganda
“The way I see it, homophobia — not homosexuality — is the toxic import.”
Well said. Religious fundamentalism foments fear and hatred while destroying traditional cultural values and beliefs. Arguably, western cultures are slowly coming to terms with the atrocities of religious extremeism (residential schools, childhood sexual abuse, murderous anti-abortionists, et al) the...
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UK: Tesco drops future Pride funding days into...
by Stephen Gray 23 December 2011, 1:29pm
Tesco had pledged 0.05% of its charitable giving to Pride London
Supermarket giant Tesco does not plan to sponsor Pride London again after next year, PinkNews.co.uk can confirm, only days after the Christian Institute called for shoppers to boycott the retailer.
The company, which employs nearly half a million staff, told PinkNews.co.uk...
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John Geddes Lawrence, of Lawrence v. Texas, Has...
Posted by Chris Geidner | December 23, 2011 4:45 AM |
John Geddes Lawrence, the lead named plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that declared sodomy laws unconstitutional across the country, died on Nov. 20, according to an obituary posted by R.S. Farmer Funeral Home in Silsbee, Texas. He was 68.
According to the obituary, Lawrence was born in...
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Zambian Leaders Slam Clinton For Promoting The...
By Igor Volsky on Dec 22, 2011 at 5:10 pm
Christian and political leaders in the African nation of Zambia are speaking out against Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s global call to end discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. The Zambia Episcopal Conference, the Pentecostal Church’s Bishops’ Council of Zambia and the Zambia United Christian Action “said...
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Interagency Homelessness Council Commits To...
By Guest Blogger on Dec 22, 2011 at 3:35 pm
Our guest blogger is Jerome Hunt, a Research Associate for LGBT Progress at the Center for American Progress.
Youth homeless was one of the main focuses last week as the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) held their final meeting for the year. The USICH was briefed on the work being done by the Interagency Group on Youth, a...
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Watch(via GME - Gay Middle East - IRAQ’S UNWANTED PEOPLE - SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM)
Joint Project by Gay Middle East, Bradley Secker, Iraqi LGBT and Syrian LGBT Activists, 15.12.2011
A short film about the lives of gay Iraqi men seeking refuge in Damascus, Syria due to their sexuality. Homophobic violence against Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Iraqis have claimed...
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A queer Seoul occupation
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
BY NATASHA BARSOTTI - Fifty-four said yea, 28 said nay, and four decided not to commit.
After six days of protest and armed with 97,000-plus signatures, queers in Seoul, South Korea got the result they were hoping for. The Seoul Municipal Council’s passage of a Students Rights Ordinance with all clauses intact, including ones that affect the well-being of...
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Jamaican opposition leader backs LGBT rights in...
By Paul Canning
In moment described as “historic” by activists, the Jamaican opposition leader has come out for LGBT rights during an election debate.
Jamaicans will go to the polls on December 29 and People’s National Party leader Portia Simpson-Miller made the positive comments during an election debate yesterday with Prime Minister Andrew Holness.
Portia Simpson Miller
Simpson-Miller...
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Report: Kenyan gay men trafficked as sex slaves to...
By Paul Canning
A Kenyan gay magazine has exposed male sex trafficking between Kenya and the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
Identity magazine says that gay and bisexual Kenyans are being lured from universities with promises of jobs only to end up as sex slaves.
The prestigious Kenyatta University is being particularly targeted, the magazine found. The men are often desperate...
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WatchComing Out On Christmas - watch more funny videos
One teachers approach to preventing gender...
togetherforjacksoncountykids:
“It’s Okay to be Neither,” By Melissa Bollow Tempel
Alie arrived at our 1st-grade classroom wearing a sweatshirt with a hood. I asked her to take off her hood, and she refused. I thought she was just being difficult and ignored it. After breakfast we got in line for art, and I noticed that she still had not removed her hood. When we arrived at the art room, I said:...
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‘My name is Jeremy. It’s time for me to speak up.’
By Jeremy
“Real life is a funny thing, you know? I think most of us fear reaching the end of our lives and looking back regretting those moments when we didn’t speak up. When we didn’t say ‘I love you.’ or when we forgot to say ‘I’m sorry.’
So there’s a time for silence, and there’s a time for waiting your turn, but if you know how you feel, and you so clearly know what you want to say,...
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“Ex-gay” group promoted in Jamaica as US arm faces...
Fomenting fear overseas when you’ve lost all credibility at home.
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by Stephen Gray 20 December 2011, 2:46pm
The advert ran in the Jamaican Sunday Express last week
A full-page advert denouncing homosexuality and promoting Exodus International, a group which advocates “ex-gay” therapies, has appeared in a Jamaican newspaper amid reports the organisation is facing ...
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New Ontario curriculum on sexuality and gender
ONTARIO NEWS / Diversity training to hit teacher college classrooms by 2013
Andrea Houston / National / Monday, December 19, 2011
New teachers in Ontario will soon graduate from college with an improved understanding of gender and sexuality to bring to the classroom, says queer activist Davina Hader. Hader is part of a group, led by Toronto Centre Liberal MPP Glen Murray, that will...
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Finding their gender identities
Three ‘trans’ people tell their stories
From left, Andre Perez, Nathaniel Davis, and Candice Hart (Tribune photos)
By Rex W. Huppke, Chicago Tribune reporter
December 19, 2011
‘Positive impact on my life’ About four years ago, while in college in Vermont, Andre Perez began researching lesbian, gay, bisexual and...
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Canadian High Commissioner ‘Punishment for same...
By Jethro Ibilek
December 19, 2011 04:42PM
The 14 years imprisonment proposed by the senate under the recently passed same-sex marriage bill for those who engage in same sex marriage has been described as too harsh and unacceptable to the international community.
Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Chris Cooter gave this view on Sunday in Benin while speaking to journalists after...
40 Reasons Why 2011 Was The Best Year For Gays... →
Nice compilation of significant events from around the world.
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Gingrich: Discrimination Against Blacks May Be... →
projectqueer:
by David Badash
Newt Gingrich explains that discrimination against blacks may be wrong — “you have to decide whether you’re going to tolerate discrimination based on race,” — but against gays is perfectly acceptable, suggesting that there actually is no discrimination against gays because gay people can drink from the same water fountains as straight people. Note that ...
Another pregnant man steps forward →
fuckyeahfeminists:
Scott Moore and his husband, Thomas, have decided to follow in the footsteps of Thomas Beatie and Ruben Coronado by going public about Scott’s very much wanted pregnancy and impending delivery in order to raise awareness.
Article continued on:
http://drpate.wordpress.com/2010/01/27/another-pregnant-man-steps-forward/
