Sunday, August 16, 2009

GLBT News Headlines (T4T-6)

Tomorrow, the Transportation Security Administration will implement Secure Flight, a program designed, according to TSA, to “streamline the [terrorist] watch list matching process” by requiring all passengers to provide their gender and date of birth when they book a ticket. Unfortunately, the potential impact on transgender travelers – whose identity documents often don’t match [...]
As part of the No Excuses campaign Steve Pollack took the initiative and scheduled a meeting with Congressman Kendrick Meek’s staff. He brought his friend Sandra along and had a productive meeting with Rep. Meek’s staffer in the Miami-Dade office. Steve aeve also attended the National Conference call which trained HRC members for their meetings. Here is [...]
As we wrap up our series of Equality Forward essays, I wanted to take a look back at the powerful voices we’ve featured over the past two weeks.  The report and this conversation is not an end but a beginning of the larger discussions that we need to continue having about race, sexuality and gender. Read [...]
Gay and lesbian couples protesting the passage of Proposition 8 publicly showed their affection Saturday as they smooched in front of the Manchester Grand Hyatt.
GRAND RAPIDS -- Saturday's 2 p.m. Kiss-In rally in support of public affection for gay and lesbian couples is moving their event from Rosa Parks Circle to Calder Plaza. The gay-rights-activists group was unaware the all-day Mixing Pot multicultural celebration...
Gay and lesbian couples protesting the passage of Proposition 8 publicly showed their affection yesterday as they smooched in front of the Manchester Grand Hyatt.

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