GLBTQ Athletes
Posted on November 28th, 2013
Are you interested in the status of GLBTQ athletes in sports? Read all about it in this issue of the Washington (DC) Blade.
Read MoreSupreme Court Issues Important Decisions, June 26, 2013
Posted on November 28th, 2013
In the first of these, Hollingsworth v. Perry overturned Proposition 8 in California. Read the official text of this decision. Or, read a simplified explanation. The second decision was announced later the same day. US v. Windsor overturned the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Read the official text of the decision. Or, read a simplified […]
Read MoreCamp unites transgender kids on outskirts
Posted on September 3rd, 2012
A summer camp for transgender and gender variant youth? Read about Camp Aranu’tiq in the Boston Globe, Sunday, September 2, 2012. Thanks to Bella English for a compassionate story. Here’s a link to the story online.
Read More“Still a long way to go for gay youth”
Posted on August 23rd, 2012
This column appeared in the Boston Globe on June 17, 2012: Still a Long Way to Go for Gay Youth
Read MoreProposition 8 Reversal
Posted on February 8th, 2012
On International Human Rights Day, December 6, 2011, Secretary of State Hilary Clinton urged the UN members to “be on the right side of history” and accord gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people the same human rights as heterosexuals. Today, February 7, 2012, California moved closer that ideal when the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals […]
Read MoreAmerica’s Next Great Civil Rights Struggle
Posted on July 26th, 2011
What will it take for America to accept transgender people for who they really are? The New Republic has a cover story article in a recent issue that focuses on transgender people. The article says in part: Transgender people are some of the least protected, most persecuted people in the United States. In a recent […]
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