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• KPCC Covers Brouhaha Over ENDA

  Published: October 3, 2007, 2:02 pm

  Tags: Gender Identity, Gender, Sexual Orientation, Legislation, Media, Discrimination

  not just about kicking transgenders to the curb but is also substantially weaker than the original ENDA.Another caller called in an said that since the transgender community is such a smaller community than the LGB community a bill should be passed to protect the larger community first. Davidson made the point that transgenders although a

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• Gender-Identity Expression, Discrimination, and the Law

  Published: October 6, 2007, 11:54 pm

  Tags: Feminism Gender, Politics News, Employment Discrimination, Enda, Gender Identity

  of sexual orientation or gender identity." The key here is that ENDA originally included protection for "gender identity." The House Democratic leadership, Rep. Barney Frank explained, decided to remove transgendered individuals from Federal protection to avoid controversy and expedite its passage. Needless to say, this is not going over

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• Neverending ENDA Debate (Bring In the Lawyers)

  Published: October 8, 2007, 2:06 pm

  Tags: Sex, Gender Identity, Gender, Sexual Orientation, Barney Frank, Gay Rights, Lgbt, Politics, Discrimination

  of the salience of gender and complicated parsing of gender-stereotype jurisprudence. They make the argument that transgender people don't need to be included in pending federal legislation because "a man who wants to cut off his penis and install a vagina in its place" has nothing in common with a gay man. This completely ignores the

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• ENDA Discussion Reaches New Heights

  Published: October 12, 2007, 3:48 am

  Tags: Gender Identity, Gender, Sexual Orientation, Legislation, Gay Rights, Blogging, Lgbt, Media, Politics, Discrimination

  a woman." The answer is "gender." The last time I checked my dictionary, homosexuality had something to do with people of one gender tending to fall in love with people of the same gender. The meaning of homosexuality thus depends on the definition of gender. However much Aravosis might wish to cut the trannies away from the rest of his herd,

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• Barney Frank Urges Colleagues To Support Badlwin Amendment

  Published: October 19, 2007, 12:39 pm

  Tags: Gender Identity, Gender, Sexual Orientation, Legislation, Gay Rights, Enda, Lgbt, Politics, Discrimination

  discrimination based on gender identity or gender expression.Bloggernista has the text of the statement:FRANK URGES COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT REP. BALDWIN'S GENDER IDENTITY AMENDMENTTO ENDACongressman Barney Frank is urging his colleagues to vote for theamendment to be offered by Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin to includetransgender individuals in

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• U.S. House Vote on ENDA This Week

  Published: October 23, 2007, 3:19 am

  Tags: Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, Legislation, Gay Rights, Enda, Lgbt, Discrimination

  Bloggernista and HRC Backstory are reporting that H.R. 3685, a.k.a. ENDA or the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (sometimes known as SPLENDA) will likely be brought to a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday October 24th.Mad Professah encourages everyone to contact their Congressperson and tell them to support The Baldwin

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• LA TIMES Editorializes In Favor Of Exclusionary Legislation

  Published: October 30, 2007, 2:32 am

  Tags: Sex, Gender Identity, Crime, Sexual Orientation, Legislation, Enda, Lgbt

  of sexual orientation and gender identity, but because it includes gender and disability!The U.S. Senate has joined the House in voting to expand the federal definition of hate crimes to include acts of violence inspired by a victim's sexual orientation. Yet by declining to curb some of the House bill's excesses, the Senate may have assured

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• Law lets boys and girls share locker rooms?

  Published: November 28, 2007, 4:01 am

  Tags: Bias, Discrimination, Gay, Gender, Gender Identity, Genderidentity, Law, Laws, Lawsuit, Lesbian, Lgbt, Sexual Orientation, Sexualorientation

  on sexual orientation and gender identity, you cannot prevent someone from using a facility, such as a locker room or bathroom, intended for someone of the opposite gender.According to the author of the law, Sen. Sheila Kuehl, it's really nothing new -- such discrimination has been outlawed since 1999. Current law already prohibits

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• Latest on Lawrence King Shooting Aftermath

  Published: February 15, 2008, 4:04 pm

  Tags: Hate Crime, Los Angeles, Gender Identity, News, Gender, Sexual Orientation, Lgbt, Southern California

  Joe.My.God is doing excellent work following up the latest developments in the Lawrence King shooting Mad Professah reported on yesterday. The Ventura County Rainbow Alliance has set up a memorial donation fund. The story was above the fold on page 1 of today's Los Angeles Times (more prominent than the announcement of a new Editor-in-Chief for

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• Celebrity Friday: Queer Lawyers!

  Published: February 22, 2008, 1:45 pm

  Tags: Law, Gender Identity, Gender, Public Policy, Sexual Orientation, Gay Rights, Sexuality, Lgbt

  on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law and Public Policy at UCLA Law School from 10:00am to 6:30pm.Here are the highlights of the agenda:10:00 - 10:50 amKeynote Address: The Constitutional Claim for Equality in LGBT Rights Litigation, A conversation withNan Hunter, Professor, Brooklyn Law SchoolKenji Yoshino, Guido Calabresi Professor,

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• L.A. Candlelight Vigil For Lawrence King Wednesday in WEHO

  Published: February 19, 2008, 4:45 pm

  Tags: Hate Crime, Los Angeles, Gender Identity, Gender, Gay Rights, Lgbt

  Just received an email from Lorri Jean, the CEO of the L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center, one of the largest gay and lesbian organizations in the world, informing me about another public response to the anti-gay killing of Lawrence King, 16, last weekend that Mad Professah and Joe.My.God and other bloggers have been following closely.The email

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• Violence Against LGBT Individuals

  Published: March 6, 2008, 3:57 pm

  Tags: Video, Hate Crime, Gender Identity, Gender, Lgbt

  (hat/tip Pam's House Blend)

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• The Pregnant Husband

  Published: March 26, 2008, 12:03 pm

  Tags: Gender Identity, News, Gender, Lgbt

  my own surrogate, though mygender identity as male is constant. To Nancy, I am her husband carrying ourchild I am so lucky to have such a loving, supportive wife. I will be mydaughter's father, and Nancy will be her mother. We will be a family.Outside the local medical community, people don't know I'm five months' pregnant. But our situation

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• Pregnant Husband On Oprah Today

  Published: April 3, 2008, 10:24 am

  Tags: Gender Identity, Gender, Blogging, Lgbt, Celebrity

  the female-to-male transgender husband who is currently pregnant will appear on Oprah Winfrey's talk show.Thomas is 34, happily married and pregnant.Our cameras capture it all the ultrasound, inside the nursery and more.How is this possible?According to Joe.My.God, Beatie will also be appearing in People magazine

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• Parents to delay child's puberty?

  Published: May 18, 2008, 11:00 am

  Tags: Blockers, Disorder, Gender, Gender Identity, Genderidentity, Hormone, Hormons, Puberty, Transgendered

  are questioning their gender and their identity. Armand's parents could tell something was up from the time he was two years old when he refused to take off a Minnie Mouse dress. The problems did not go away, even when Armand was five and an in-house only rule was instated by his parents to compromise with what they didn't fully

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