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15 07 2011
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LGBT history in textbooks
Public schools in California will be required to teach students about the contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans starting Jan. 1 Textbooks now must include information on the role of LGBT Americans, as well as Americans with disabilities. They said the law will help make
04 07 2011
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Maryam Majd Held In Evin Prison
Maryam Majd, an Iranian photojournalist, who disappeared on her way from Tehran, Iran, to Dusseldorf in Germany is being held in Tehran's notorious Evin prison. She is in ward 2A, controlled by the Revolutionary Guards, according to a reliable source. It is now over ten days since she last spoke to
02 07 2011
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Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act
WASHINGTON —The Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, applauds the re-introduction of the Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act in the 112th Congress. The bill sponsored by Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL), would expand the
25 06 2011
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Russian police arrest 14 gay rights campaigners
Russian police have arrested and charged up to 14 LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans) activists who were attempting to hold a demonstration in St Petersburg. Eye witnesses report that a number of individuals attacked the LGBT protestors while attempting to seize their banners. Nikolai Alexeyev
24 06 2011
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https://lesbi.ge/s/s6x/
MARRIAGE EQUALITY PASSES IN NEW YORK
In a historic vote this evening, the New York Senate passed marriage equality by a vote of 33 to 29! The Empire State now becomes the 6th and largest state in America to allow the freedom to marry for gay couples. The following is a statement from Give a Damn Campaign founder Cyndi Lauper, a longti
21 06 2011
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ელექტრონული საინფორმაციო ბიულეტენი - “საფოს დღიურები“
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17 06 2011
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UN Historic Resolution
Today the United Nations' Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. This is the first of its kind. With 23 countries voting in favour, 19 countries against and 3 countries abstained, the UN resolution has been adopted in Geneva. This histori
16 06 2011
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IGLYO on hate speech in Armenia
IGLYO states with deep concern that homophobic posters promoting hate speech have appeared in the streets of Armenia’s capital Yerevan and other major cities in the country. An ultra-nationalist right-wing youth NGO calling themselves “Mek Azg” (“One Nation”) is preparing and distributing posters c
16 06 2011
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https://lesbi.ge/s/v8p/
Trans woman to run for president
A trans woman who has set up a new political party hopes to run in the 2012 French presidential elections. On May 8th, in an interview with ’20 minutes’, Brigitte Goldberg, president of Avenir 2012 (literally, The Future 2012) revealed plans for her party – which was formally launched two days late
15 06 2011
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https://lesbi.ge/s/m3k/
To blog under a fake identity
When the identity of "imprisoned gay Syrian blogger" Amina Arraf turned out to Tom MacMaster - a married American man studying in Scotland - the blogosphere was set alight. "While the narrative voice may have been fictional, the facts on this blog are true and not mısleading as to the situation on
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GRADATION - installation for The Trans Day of Remembrance
GRADATION is a collaborative installation of Women's Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG) and artist Uta Bekaia, supported by Propaganda.network. The voices and video images used in the installation belong to Transfeminist activists and our sisters - Amanda, Gabi, Nata, Tako. All of us are united by the grief that will forever remind us about our Trans sisters killed in the recent years, but we are also united by the same goal - to achieve living in a country and in the society free from Transphobia! #TDOR
GRADATION - installation for The Trans Day of Remembrance
Queer Sisters Run - Social and Environmental Justice