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Blog post: Transgender Day of Remembrance 2011: Remember and Celebrate

Nov 18, 2011 / Posted by Christina — 0 comments

This upcoming Sunday, November 20th, will mark the 13th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance. Different cities celebrated throughout this week and will continue celebrating through Sunday. The Rochester area event was held on November 15th and I was fortunate enough to be able to attend. Although it was a small ...

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Blog post: Trans Day of Action

Jun 24, 2011 / Posted by Christina — 0 comments

Today is Trans Day of Action, an initiative organized by the Audre Lorde Project, a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two Spirit, Trans and Gender Non-Conforming People of Color center for organizing. While the event primarily focuses on a rallying today in NYC, if you're not located in NYC there are ...

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Blog post: State-wide GENDA Call-in Day

Mar 09, 2010 / Posted by Allegra — 2 comments

The NY State Assembly has passed GENDA and the only remaining obstacle to this crucial bill becoming law is - you guessed it - the NY State Senate.

GENDA is a bill that would, if it becomes law, ban discrimination in housing, employment, credit and public accomodations on the basis of gender ...

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Blog post: Vandals deface LGBTQA Student Group Office

Feb 02, 2010 / Posted by Allegra — 0 comments

The University of Oregon in Eugene is typically a pretty LGBT-friendly place. But this past weekend their LGBTQA office was vandalized with swastikas.

Needless to say, this event has certainly sparked important discussions among members of the campus community at the U of Oregon, and has provided an opportunity to ...

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Blog post: Poll of the Week: Are Lesbians, Bisexuals and Gays transphobic?

Nov 10, 2009 / Posted by Allegra — 2 comments

Transphobia refers to a fear or hatred of transgender and gender non-conforming people based on their gender expression (or the ways they express their gender identity) that don't conform to societal assumptions and expectations of how gender and gender roles should be expressed. Being transgender does not inherently imply ...