5.08.05 transgender liberation

Civil Rights Groups Sue to Block Proposition 8: Petition Filed with California Supreme Court

Spokane, WA (300 cities staged protests against electoral bigotry on November 15, 2008, coordinated by www.JointheImpact.com) photo: Nicole Kelly Hensley,
Authors: Asian Pacific American Legal Center

Summary:

A majority can't be allowed to vote to deprive a minority of rights.

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Working Together to Reject Bigotry: An Open Letter Following Losses for Gay Rights at the Ballot Box

Protester at a Jackson, MS rally against Proposition 8 on November 15, 2008 holds up a picture of Bayard Rustin. Rustin (1912-1987) was gay, a pacifist, and a civil rights, peace, and labor leader who chaired the 1963 March on Washington. The quotation fr
Authors: National Center for Lesbian Rights

Summary:

This is a setback, but not the end, of our journey towards full equality.

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Human Rights & Dignity for All: Activists Around the World Fight the Repression of Sexual Minorities

Authors: International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission

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Rivera fought a landmark lawsuit, bringing issues of gender identity into the public view, finally winning the right for trans people in Chile to legally change their name and sex.

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Justice Is Indivisible: Non-Discrimination Must Include Gender Identity

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Authors: Donna Rose

Summary:

Why I resigned from the Board of an organization I love.

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Global Regimes by Type- Graph
Authors: Sam Diener

Summary:

Democracy is the outcry of dissent.

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Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe at the World Social Forum

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Authors: Taurai Maduna

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"We are saying we exist and that we are part of society. We want to be treated as people because we are people, we are human beings living in the same world."

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Mass. Marriages and Mass Movements

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Authors: Sue Hyde

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MassEquality's work to defeat the anti-marriage amendment steams ahead with a goal of winning in the Massachusetts legislature. A win will deny the anti-gay industry what it most wants: a referendum on gay marriage in the only state that has it.

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Impending "Realness": Transgender Communities Dealt a Blow By REAL ID

Authors: Cole Krawitz

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Ultimately, this system will result in outing thousands of transgender people to employers — or potential employers — an action which can have devastating consequences.

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