Illinois Issues Accurate Birth Certificates To Transgender Persons

Filed Under Health, Legal, TG | November 18th, 2009

Reversing Two Restrictive Policies, Illinois Issues Accurate Birth Certificates To Three Transgender Persons Read more

Kalil & Karin are Madly In Love

Filed Under Gay Marriage, Relationships, TG | March 24th, 2009

“I want every transgender person out there to know that you too can be madly in love.” Read more

Police Accused of Violence, Sexual Abuse in Bangalore

Filed Under Human Rights, Police Beat, Sexual Bigotry, TG | November 6th, 2008

Human Rights Watch - LGBT(NEW YORK, NY) — Indian authorities should investigate the mass arrests and ill-treatment of activists working on sexual orientation and gender-identity issues in Bangalore and punish those responsible, says Human Rights Watch. Read more

New Book on the Thomas Beatie aka Pregnant Man Story

Filed Under Books, TG | October 16th, 2008

Labor of Love: The Story of One Man's Extraordinary PregnancyIf you’ve been wondering whatever happened to the Thomas Beatie aka Pregnant Man story, then you’ll be interested to know that he’s got a book called Labor of Love: The Story of One Man’s Extraordinary Pregnancy, coming out in November. Read more

Federal Lawsuit Defending Transgender Student Excluded from Prom Can Move Forward

Filed Under Court Cases, Gay Students, LGBT Youth, Legal, TG | October 1st, 2008

GARY, IN — Late last week the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana denied Gary high school’s motion to dismiss a case brought by transgender former student Kevin “K.K.” Logan, a feminine male who was barred from prom because he wore a dress. Read more

NDP Answers My Question on Same-sex Marriage and Transgender Rights

Filed Under GLBT Equality, Gay Marriage, Human Rights, Politics, TG | September 29th, 2008

The NDP has finally answered (11 days later) my emailed questions about Same-sex marriage and Transgender rights. They sent me an email on Thursday but, I was busy with my own same-sex wedding (more about that another time); so I wasn’t able to post their reply until today. Read more

Diane Schroer Wins Sex Discrimination Lawsuit Against Library of Congress

Filed Under Court Cases, Legal, Sexual Bigotry, TG, Workplace Equality | September 29th, 2008

I just found out about this latest in a case involving Diane Schroer, that I’ve been following here at Gay News Bits for the past year or so. Read more

Canadian Green Party Ready, Willing and Able

Filed Under GLBT Equality, Gay Marriage, Human Rights, Politics, TG | September 16th, 2008

Over the past few days I’ve been doing some research into what Canada’s political parties currently think about same-sex issues. One of the reasons why I’ve been doing this research is because I remembered that Harper and his Conservative party wanted to change the definition of marriage to: ‘as the union of one man and one woman’. Read more

Transgender Non-discrimination Law Protected from Repeal Effort in Maryland

Filed Under Court Cases, GLBT Equality, Legal, TG, Workplace Equality | September 9th, 2008

TG Court Case NewsWASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Action Fund is thrilled with today’s win before the highest court in Maryland which decided that an anti-transgender measure must be removed from the ballot in Montgomery County, Maryland. Read more

Survey: Employees Should Be Judged by Job Performance, Not Gender Identity

Filed Under Gay Business, Research, TG, Workplace Equality | September 3rd, 2008

LGBT Workplace Survey NewsSAN FRANCISCO, Calif. & ROCHESTER, N.Y. (BUSINESS WIRE) — According to a recent national survey, seven out of ten heterosexual adults (71%) agree that how an employee performs at their job should be the standard for judging an employee, not whether or not they are transgender. The new survey also showed that nearly eight out of ten (79%) heterosexual adults strongly or somewhat agree that how an employee does his or her job should be the standard for judging an employee, not their sexual orientation. Read more

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