By Lauren Tetenbaum
Last week, New York Governor David Paterson directed all state agencies to revise their policies and regulations to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions. It’s about time New York made such a stride.
As a native Manhattanite, New York State laws frequently strike me as bizarre. From the race-biased Rockefeller drug […]
Posted on June 18th, 2008 by Lauren Tetenbaum
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‘Learned the degree of pain’ from community
Todd A. Heywood writes for Between The Lines News - Issue 1615
Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign in Washington D.C., told BTL last week that he and his organization stood by their decision to support a non-inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act bill on the House floor, but […]
Posted on April 10th, 2008 by Saswat Pattanayak
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PageOneQ quotes Whoopi Goldberg on pregnant transgender man
“I found them very sweet and naïve,” veteran anchor Barbara Walters says of the Beatie couple, currently expecting a child. “The greatest threat to them,” Walters adds, “is that their marriage could be taken away.”
Thomas Beatie, a transgender man, recently talked with Oprah Winfrey about his pregnancy. A […]
Posted on April 10th, 2008 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Not really strange that Morning Joe found the pregnant transgender man “disgusting”. What is more bothersome is that the anchors were visibly so upset at the news and so absolutely unbelievably shocked that one must cease to wonder why the country is truly headed in wrong direction (81% of Americans believe so, according to latest […]
Posted on April 9th, 2008 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Posted on April 9th, 2008 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Yasmin Nair asks some critical questions regarding transgender rights and apparent obligations in our bourgeois society. In Windy City Times.
Thomas Beatie, a transgender man who has retained his female reproductive organs and is six months pregnant, recently appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Let me be clear at the outset: I support Beatie’s decision. I also […]
Posted on April 9th, 2008 by Saswat Pattanayak
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365Gay.com reports that Detroit has become the latest city to ban discrimination on the basis of gender identity.
The City council has voted 8-1 to amend the city’s nondiscrimination ordinance which already bars discrimination against lesbians and gays.
“The passage of this human rights ordinance is a great positive step forward for the City and […]
Posted on April 9th, 2008 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Progressive States has an entry on how much of extended rights have we witnessed for the LGBT communities.
Even as the “culture wars” supposedly rage, the reality is that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights are making slow and steady progress across the country. Gays and lesbians now have protection against workplace discrimination in […]
Posted on April 7th, 2008 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Kevin Turner of The Daily Tar Heel reports a documentary about NYC drag queen life.
For drag queens featured in the documentary “Paris is Burning,” sequins, makeup and stilettos aren’t just part of a costume. They’re part of a lifestyle.
The 1990 documentary about the drag culture in New York City will be screened at 5 […]
Posted on January 24th, 2008 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Gay.com reports that a new poll shows overwhelming support for passing the ENDA than not, despite its non-inclusiveness. Is it a Hobson’s choice? Or is it as skeptical as we can get in a current democratic setup where the further marginalized hope for the marginalized to get the access because thats the sad story of […]
Posted on November 6th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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