All posts tagged "transgender"
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Furr Guilty on Two of Eight Charges
A D.C. Superior Court jury on Friday, Oct. 26, found Metropolitan Police Department officer Kenneth Furr guilty of assault with a dangerous weapon and solicitation...
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Jurors Deliberate as Furr Acquitted on One of Nine Charges
Jurors in the trial of Kenneth Furr, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officer accused while off-duty of shooting at a car containing five people, including...
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Transgender Army Veteran Selected to Lead Military LGBT-Equality Group
In a historic move, the nation’s largest military LGBT-rights organization has announced Allyson Robinson, a transgender woman, will be the group’s new executive director. Servicemembers...
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Robinson Hearing Postponed
The case against a man accused of attacking a transgender woman in Chinatown in August has been continued to next month after the defendant's lawyer...
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Hateful Times
I dearly want to write a horrible and mean and nasty column about the race-baiting journalistic train wreck of Tucker Carlson, but it's been done...
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Casa Ruby Covergirls
A local makeup artist who recently launched his new brand of cosmetics is giving back to the local LGBT community, offering makeup and fashion instruction,...
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Barney Frank Backing Appeal of Ruling Requiring Sex-Reassignment Surgery for Transgender Inmate
Out gay Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said today that he agrees with a decision by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) last week to appeal a...
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Suspect in Chinatown Transgender Assault Arraigned
A man accused of assaulting a transgender woman in Chinatown in August was arraigned in D.C. Superior Court today, Sept. 28, on a charge of...
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Massachusetts Gov. Patrick Appealing Transgender Inmate’s Landmark Ruling
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) is facing criticism from the LGBT community after announcing his administration will appeal a federal court’s ruling earlier this month...
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No Military Welcome for Transgender Americans
The repeal of ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' ushered in a new era of acceptance in the armed forces for thousands of Americans. For almost two...
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D.C. Launches First-in-Nation Transgender Ad Campaign
The D.C. Office of Human Rights officially unveiled its first-in-the-nation government-sponsored transgender ad campaign Sept. 13 before a packed room at a local bar, Mova....
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Montgomery switches lawyers as court grants extension in transgender woman's murder case
The District man accused of stabbing a transgender woman in the face in February has been assigned a new defense lawyer while the government proceeds...
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Bunny Business
''I have no idea what hatefulness is in store,'' Lady Bunny says. ''But all I have to do is slap my thigh and laugh and...
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Obamacare Protects Transgender People from Discrimination
A section of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that protects against sexual discrimination will also apply to transgender people, according to a letter...
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Transgender Challenges and HIV
Speaking at a workshop this morning, five AIDS 2012 panelists examined problems transgender people face in various countries, particularly in the U.S. Focusing on the...
