Results for: be the change
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No Excuses: California Bans Gay and Trans Panic Defenses for Anti-LGBT Violence
Those who commit violence against members of the LGBT community will no longer be able to hide behind “gay panic” and “trans panic,” at least in California.
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Binary or Blank: Germany Allows Parents to Refrain From Gender Assignment at Birth
Germany becomes the first country in Europe to give parents the option of male, female or neither in birth certificates, sparking what could be “comprehensive reform” in how gender is legally categorised and understood.
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Lana Wachowski, Trans* Director of ‘The Matrix’, Gives Touching Speech That Will Probably Make You Cry
“Here in the absence of words to defend myself, without examples, without models, I began to believe voices in my head — that I was a freak, that I am broken, that there is something wrong with me, that I will never be lovable.”
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This Trans Man’s Discrimination Case Will Hopefully Change New Jersey, The Country
New Jersey has arguably the best legal protections for trans people in the workplace in the entire country, and that’s where possibly the most important trans lawsuit of our time is happening.
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New York Works for GENDA and Gender Identity Workplace Protection
Now that marriage equality has passed in New York state, one organization is turning its attention towards gender identity protection in the workplace.
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Nepal Will Count its Transpeople, Court Gay Travelers (Especially Buddhists)
Nepal is open for gay tourists and just announced it will add a transgender category to its Census. Nepal is deeply conservative. Other countries should feel embarrassed.