All posts tagged "transgender"
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Taking a Drag in Arlington
You won't see drag queens in swimsuits at the Miss Gay Arlington pageant. ''There are several queens who God blessed with an extremely good body,...
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Transgender Breakthrough
An employer who discriminates against an employee or applicant on the basis of the person's gender identity is violating the prohibition on sex discrimination contained...
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A Woman’s Fight, a Couple’s Resilience
Mia Macy is a veteran and police officer, married to the woman she met in her teens, who wanted to take a job as a...
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National LGBT News Briefs: Campus, Catholics and Cops
Pitt Bathroom Policy Contradicts City/County Nondiscrimination Codes A University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) facilities policy contradicts that of the city and county in which the university...
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Transgender issues explored on MSNBC’s Melissa Harris Perry show [video]
Melissa Harris Perry presented a panel on MSNBC today to discuss transgender issues. Perry said she had decided to be a “better cis ally for...
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New Plea Deal in Works for Furr
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia is expected to offer a plea deal within the next week to Kenneth Furr, the off-duty...
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Choosing a Candidate
A month out from May's special election to replace former Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr. (D), Ward 5 residents are doing some candidate-shopping. The special election,...
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Street Wise
Growing up in suburban Maryland, the most dangerous element in young Cyndee Clay's life may have been going to public school. Hers was a conservative...
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Counting the Crimes
The March 20 demonstration for victims of crimes that seemed to target members of the LGBT community may have been more warranted than organizers imagined....
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Say What We Mean
So Tony Perkins, the longtime bigoted mouthpiece for the rabidly anti-gay Family Research Council, was rather apoplectic this past week over the news that a...
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Our Little Girl
We are the parents of a transgender child, Jackie. And we decided to tell our family's story on television, in the April broadcast of the...
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LGBT News Briefs: Pageant and Parish
Beauty Pageant Hopeful Takes on Miss Universe Over Gender Identity Jenna Talackova, 23, spoke on Tuesday, alongside celebrity attorney Gloria Allred, about her ordeal of...
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Montgomery Found Competent to Stand Trial
The suspect charged with the Feb. 2 fatal stabbing of 23-year-old transgender woman Deoni Jones as she waited at a Northeast D.C. bus stop has...
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Illusionists
When reigning titleholder Kirby Kolby steps down at Saturday's Miss Gay D.C. America pageant, the experience may be bittersweet. But the emphasis really should be...
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Six-Month Field Test
Sixth months ago, the United States military, under the direction of President Barack Obama, began allowing out gay, lesbian and bisexual service for the first...
