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3 hrs ago | New America Media

Murder of Gay Puerto Rican Teen Generates Talk of Equality

Editor's Note: Last weekend Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado, a 19-year-old gay teen was found decapitated, partially burned, and mutilated and left by the side of a road in Puerto Rico.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian

12 hrs ago | Iowa City Press-Citizen

Uphold equality for all employees

In 29 states, it's legal to fire otherwise-qualified employees because they are lesbian, gay or bisexual.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Los Angeles Times

L.A. County hate crimes drop 4%

Los Angeles County saw an overall 4% drop in hate crimes last year, while crimes against gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered people increased, prompted in part by last November's highly charged Proposition 8 initiative, the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage in California, according to a report released Thursday.

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Related Topix: Los Angeles County, CA, Gay/Lesbian, Los Angeles Metro

WINS-AM New York

2 Indicted on Charges in Queens Transgender Attack

Two men have been indicted on hate crime charges in an assault on a transgender woman in one of New York City's most diverse neighborhoods.

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Related Topix: Queens, NY, New York, NY, Criminal Defense Law, Law

KRDO

1st Transgender Day Of Remembrance Since Nat'l Hate Crime Bill Passed

Friday is the 11th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance around the world. Two services will be held in Colorado as part of the remembrance.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Denver, CO, Denver Metro, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

The Cyprus Weekly

Transsexual in Italian political scandal found...

A Brazilian transsexual caught up in a scandal which prompted the resignation of a senior Italian politician -- the centre-left governor of Lazio region, which includes Rome -- was found burnt to death in his home on Friday.

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Related Topix: Sex Scandal

Worthing Today

Gay helpline relaunched to tackle hidden problem

IT IS impossible to know the true extent of homophobic crime in Hastings and St Leonards because it is often not reported, campaigners claim.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian

Indybay.org

Gay Puerto Rican Teen Murdered, Suspect to Use 'Homosexual Panic' Defense

On Sunday November 22 , a Vigil in Honor of Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado will be held in the Intersection of MacArthur blvd, Lakeshore, and Grand ave, Oakland.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, San Francisco Metro, World News, Puerto Rico, UC Santa Cruz

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Advocate

Violence Assault Hate Crime Gun X390 (Getty) | Advocate.Com

While hate crimes dropped overall in Los Angeles County last year, bias crimes against LGBT residents has increased, according to a new report.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Los Angeles County, CA, Gay/Lesbian

WFTS

Tampa transgender vote stirs controversy

There was little standing in Tampa City Council's way when an expanded human right's law came before them two weeks ago.

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E! Online

Chaz Bono: Gender Is Between Your Ears, Not Legs

When little Chastity Bono wished television audiences a good night and God bless more than 30 years ago, who knew she'd look so dapper in a suit? Now Chaz Bono , the daughter son of Cher and Sonny Bono gave his first live interview since beginning the process of becoming a man eight months ago.

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Related Topix: Cher, Pop/Rock, Entertainment

Salt Lake Tribune

Buttars: An unlikely ally for gays?

Utah cities and counties, pondering whether they should follow Salt Lake City's lead on protecting gay and transgender residents from discrimination, could get a green light from an unexpected source: Sen.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Sundance Film Festival, Salt Lake City Metro, Salt Lake City, UT, Utah

Wed Nov 18, 2009

South Asian Media Net

Nepal readies to recognise third gender

NEW DELHI: Close on the heels of the Indian election authorities recognising third gender voters, Nepal's Election Commission has also begun a massive project to grant recognition to voters who are neither male or female but transsexuals and transgenders.

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Related Topix: India, World News, Gay/Lesbian

Edge San Francisco

Right Goes to the John Trying to Stop Tampa Trans Protections

The issue of trans access to gender identity-appropriate restrooms has been muddied in Tampa, Florida, by religious and anti-gay groups seeking to play up fears of sexual predation taking place in women's lavatories under the guise of trans protections.

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Related Topix: Tampa Metro, Tampa, FL, Gay/Lesbian

EDGEboston.com News Feed

Activists, politicians, urge Puerto Rican authorities to prosecute LApez murder as hate crime

As activists on Puerto Rico and around the country continue to organize vigils and other memorials in honor of Jorge Steven Lopez, LGBT rights organizations and even politicians have urged local officials to treat the teenager's gruesome murder as a hate crime.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Jose Serrano, Democrat, New York, Gay/Lesbian, World News, Puerto Rico,

Star-telegram.com

Battle over gay rights shifting into next phase in Fort Worth

By MIKE LEE  FORT WORTH - From midafternoon Tuesday until early Wednesday, gay-rights supporters and conservative opponents went toe-to-toe at City Hall, trying to sway a council vote on Fort Worth's nondiscrimination ordinance.The City Council voted just before midnight to include transgender people in the nondiscrimination ordinance, but ...

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Tarrant County, TX, Barack Obama

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Newindpress

Transgenders and Shankaracharya on canvas

Chennai based artist George Kuruvilla uses images of Kathakali dancers and religious texts from Adi Shakaracharya's book in his work.

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Brattleboro Reformer

Lessons from the closet

Rumor has it that the anti-gay marriage proposition on the ballot in Maine succeeded in large part due to an ad campaign that linked gay marriage to teaching gayness in the schools.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Opinion

EDGEptown.com Entertainment Feed

Adult Swim In A Box

Cheyenne Jackson is on a roll. He recently released a CD with Michael Feinstein, he opened in the hit revival of Finian's Rainbow and has a stint of the hit series 30 Rock.

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CLTV - Chicago Land's TV

Ill. makes it easier for people who have changed their sex to get new birth certificates

Illinois has made it easier for people who have had sex reassignment surgery to change their birth certificates to reflect their new gender.

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Related Topix: Illinois, Illinois Government, Activism, ACLU

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