Monday, August 17, 2009

GLBT News Headlines (T4T-6)

Less than two weeks after its successful release, blog series and national online discussion, HRC staff brought “At the Intersection: Race, Sexuality and Gender” to one of the largest gathering of LGBT Asian Pacific Islanders in the country. The “Transgress, Transform, Transcend” conference was organized by the National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance and held in [...]
Rev. Manish Mishra asks us to see how firing people from the workplace for factors other than merit “cuts to the very core of who we are as Americans.” His impassioned speech for ENDA is part of our ongoing series of speeches from HRC’s Clergy Call for Justice and Equality. Transcript and bio follow.   Rev. [...]
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 [...]
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.
The largest Lutheran denomination in the nation begins discussions today in Minneapolis on whether to lift a ban on gay and lesbian clergy who are not celibate. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, known as the ELCA, will debate whether clergy can be involved in committed, same-sex relationships.
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...

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