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7 min ago | EDGE

amfAR Funds New Round of "GMT" Grants

The announcement was made in advance of National Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on June 8. "HIV/AIDS is still a leading cause of death in the Caribbean, and stigma and discrimination persist," said Kent Klindera, director of amfAR's GMT Initiative.

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Related Topix: amfAR, HIV/AIDS, Health, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Gay/Lesbian, World News, Dominican Republic, Central America

1 hr ago | CBC News

Homeless numbers drop in Calgary, Edmonton

Despite sporadic success in addressing homelessness in Canada, little progress has been made toward a permanent cross-country solution, says a national report into the extent of the problem.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News, Canadian Alliance (Canada), Gay/Lesbian,

5 hrs ago | TheBlaze.com

Caught on Dashcam: Transgender Woman Flashes Police Officer After Dancing Topless on Side of the Road

A transgender woman landed herself in a heap of trouble on Friday night after a police officer confronted her.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News

9 hrs ago | KMBC-TV

Etheridge: Jolie mastectomy not 'brave choice'

Rock legend and breast cancer survivor Melissa Etheridge is taking issue with Angelina Jolie's decision to have a double mastectomy.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, Gay/Lesbian

11 hrs ago | The Guardian

Opposition MP to break ranks over sex discrimination bill

Sue Boyce will defy her party and support legislation outlawing discrimination against homosexual and transgender people in Australian care homes Opposition senator Sue Boyce intends to defy her Coalition colleagues by voting for Labor's anti-discrimination bill.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Human Sexuality, Australia, Oceania, World News

Tue Jun 18, 2013

WSBT

Ind. BMV renews fight over gay youth group plates

BMV Commissioner Scott Waddell late Monday ordered Administrative Law Judge Melissa Reynolds to re-open the case and assess whether the Indiana Youth Group had been "selling" or "auctioning" low-number license plates.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Indiana, Indiana Government

NBC Los Angeles

$25K Reward Offered in Attack of Transgender Woman

Surveillance video along Hollywood Boulevard captured this image of three members of a group that attacked a transgender woman May 31, 2013.

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Star Tribune

Protect students from anti-gay bullying

There was a time not that long ago when it would have seemed far-fetched to suggest that the law should protect gay and lesbian students in public schools from bullying or discrimination.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, US Politics, Senator Al Franken, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Opinion

WMC-TV Memphis

Transgender MS woman charged with murder after Selma resident dies from buttocks injections

Authorities in Mississippi are confirming that the suspect in a Selma resident's death is now charged with murder after giving the patient injections to enhance her buttocks even though she had no medical training.

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The Wichita Eagle

Study finds housing bias against same-sex couples

It finds that gay and lesbian couples are less likely to receive a favorable response to email inquiries about rental properties than straight couples.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian

Newsday

Indian media: Election strategies

Media in India are discussing the poll strategies of the ruling Congress and the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party for the general elections due next year.

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Related Topix: World News, India, Non-Profit, Wedding,

Reuters

Support for gay marriage high in developed nations: poll

Most adults in developed countries favor gay marriage or some type of legal recognition for same-sex couples and think they should be able to adopt children, according to an international poll released on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, US Supreme Court, US News

The Island Packet

Transgender candidate could become a first in NYC

He's campaigning in New York as a community board appointee, ex-PTA chair and founder of local organizations.

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Northern Michigan News

Transgender candidate could become a first in NYC

Mel Wymore is a typical city council candidate in many ways, campaigning as a community board appointee, ex-PTA chair and founder of a roster of local organizations.

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Related Topix: Tucson, AZ

Mon Jun 17, 2013

The Guardian

Australia can lead the way for intersex people | Morgan Carpenter

Our lives are medicalised, and our voices rarely heard. If the sex discrimination amendment bill passes, this will be a huge win for all of us These are heady times for Australian intersex people.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian

Queerty

Neil Patrick Harris To Play Transgender Rocker In "Hedwig And The Angry Inch" On Broadway

It's time for Neil Patrick Harris to hang up his production credits in exchange for a pair of 8-inch heels, as Playbill reports he'll star in the Broadway premiere of Hedwig and the Angry Inch next year.

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Related Topix: Neil Patrick Harris, John Cameron Mitchell

This is Local London

Man awarded an MBE for work with gay and lesbian choirs

Martin Brophy was awarded MBE as part of Queen's birthday honours list for his working promoting singing in the LGBT community A man has sung his way into the Queen's birthday honours list for his work with lesbian and gay choirs.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Essex County, England, World News, United Kingdom, Greater London County, England

PhysOrg Weblog

Medical intervention in transgender adolescents appears to be safe and effective

Hormone treatment to halt puberty in adolescents with gender identity disorder does not cause lasting harm to their bones, a new study finds.

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Related Topix: Family, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, Netherlands, World News

Green Bay Press-Gazette

Gay pride parade doubts arise in Wausau

One member of Wausau's gay community is planning a "march for equality" this weekend as questions have arisen about the city's upcoming gay pride parade and its organizer.

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Related Topix: Wausau, WI, Gay/Lesbian

Sun Jun 16, 2013

The Daily Caller

Which bathroom should transgendered students use?

Last week the state supreme court heard oral arguments about whether a school district violated her civil rights when it forbid her from using the girl's restroom.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Gay/Lesbian, Conservative Political News, US News