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10 11 2009
News
https://lesbi.ge/s/k4s/
Unprecedented Grants Competition
On November 2, for the first time in Georgia the local fund - The Women’s Fund in Georgia has announced grants competition for overcoming discrimination and homophobia against women based on sexual or gender identity. According to the competition announcement on the website of the fund, the competi
03 11 2009
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https://lesbi.ge/s/nuu/
“Gay Eradication Day”
As The Jamaica Star informs, on Friday, October 30, residents of the McGregor Gully community in East Kingston (the capital of the Jamaican island) proclaimed “Gay Eradication Day”. Residents say that they will be “taking action” now “as a two-week notice given to all gays and lesbians to flee the c
02 11 2009
News
https://lesbi.ge/s/d5e/
Barack Obama Signs Hate Crimes Bill
As www.cnn.com informs, on Wednesday, October 28, US President Barack Obama signed The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act into law. Ten years of debate over the inclusion of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression in federal hate crimes legislation ended with i
01 11 2009
News
https://lesbi.ge/s/mrn/
“Bea” Has Left $300,000 to LGBT Youths
The Star of The Golden Girls (popular American TV show of 80-90-es) and legendary actress, comedian and singer, Beatrice (“Bea”) Arthur, who was also the prominent advocate for women’s and LGBT rights, bequeathed a monetary gift to The Ali Forney Center, a New York City safe shelter for homeless LGB
21 10 2009
News
https://lesbi.ge/s/hp6/
Julie Goldman’s Big Lesbian Romantic Comedy
Comic actress Julie Goldman is blazing some new trails in her diverse career. As www.afterellen.com informs, the star of Logo’s (the American LGBT cable TV) famous comedy program, The Big Gay Sketch Show has recently relocated from New York to Los Angeles, started her own fashion blog, and has co-wr
17 10 2009
News
https://lesbi.ge/s/mn3/
National Equality March in USA
As www.cnn.com announces, hundreds of thousands of Americans gathered together in the US capital, Washington, D.C. on Sunday, October 11 for the National Equality March. The day before the event, the US President Barack Obama publicly promised the largest American LGBT rights group – the Human Righ
03 10 2009
News
https://lesbi.ge/s/fk6/
Same-Sex Marriage Bills in Washington and Illinois
According to www.newsmax.com, a Washington D.C. councilman David Catania says, he will introduce a bill to the city council on Tuesday, October 6 to allow same-sex couples to wed. Same-sex marriages performed in states that allow them (that are Vermont, Iowa, Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hamp
02 10 2009
News
https://lesbi.ge/s/8b4/
Court Throws out Case of Lesbian
As www.pinknews.co.uk informs, a lesbian Janice Langbehn, who was banned by a hospital from visiting her dying partner has had her case thrown out of court this week. Janice Langbehn sued Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami for not allowing her to see Lisa Pond, 39, her partner of 17 years. Pond suf
20 09 2009
News
https://lesbi.ge/s/qpv/
Anti-LGBT Legislation in Indonesia
The local Islamic Criminal Code was passed by the Aceh Indonesian Provincial House of Representatives on Monday, September 14. It forbids and therefore, cruelly punishes a number of acts including alcohol consumption, gambling, premarital sex and fornication, adultery and homosexuality. According t
18 09 2009
News
https://lesbi.ge/s/dsr/
LGBT Rights Bill Passes The state Legislature in Ohio
For the first time in the history, a bill prohibiting employment or housing discrimination of LGBT people based on sexual orientation and gender identity passed the House of Representatives of the Ohio General Assembly (the state legislature) on Tuesday, September 15, www.columbusdispatch.com inform
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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