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Gay Politics Will Never Be
the Same: Life After SONDA (Note: This is an excellent analysis of the struggle between the haves and have-nots in queer politics, and how it led to the exclusion of the transgender community) |
Pennsylvania Passes Landmark
Hate Crimes Law |
San Jose Approves Anti-bias Protections for Transgender People San Jose, CA --- Nov. 27, 2002 --- Prompted by the recent slaying of a transgender teen in Newark, the San Jose City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to add transgender people to the list of groups protected under the city's antidiscrimination policy. Councilman Ken Yeager proposed changing San Jose's harassment policy after learning about the beating death of Eddie Araujo. Members of the Bay Area Municipal
Elections committee, a gay and lesbian political advocacy group
that Yeager co-founded in 1984, approached Yeager and Mayor Ron
Gonzales about the amendment, which will add |
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NY Gay Rights Bill In Trouble Over Excluding Transgenders Albany, New York -- Nov. 27, 2002 -- Legislation to give New York gays and lesbians civil rights protections may not be passed this session after all. The Senate is to be recalled December 17 to consider the bill, a concession made by Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno in order to get a coveted endorsement for Gov. Pataki in the November election. But, opposition from TG groups may force the bill to be rewritten. As it now stands, the Sexual Orientation Nondiscrimination Act, (SONDA) does not mention the transgendered. "Right now, SONDA protects one class of folks and leaves out another class that arguably needs more protection," said Michael Kink, legislative counsel of Housing Works Inc. Senate Minority Leader David Paterson, D-Manhattan says he might not support SONDA without an amendment. |
NGLTF Lauds Chicago City Council for passing TG anti-discrimination measure November 6, 2002, Chicago, Illinois - The Chicago City Council today voted to pass a measure amending the city's anti-discrimination laws to add explicit coverage for transgender Chicagoans. Mayor Richard Daley has expressed his support for the measure and is expected to sign it. "Chicago activists have been working for many years on this effort. Adding protections based on gender identity and expression is simply the right thing to do and NGLTF calls on fair-minded jurisdictions across the country to do the same." click NGLTF press release click for HRC press release |
Cook County Board OKs Gender Identity Amendment CHICAGO --- November 19, 2002 --- Today Cook County amended the County's Human Rights Ordinance to include the classification of Gender Identity. The vote came less than two weeks after the Chicago City Council passed a similar amendment by a 40 to 9 vote majority. With a population of 5.4 million people, Cook County is the largest county in Illinois and one of the largest counties in the United States. The new law affects the nearly 2.5 million people who live within Cook County outside of the City of Chicago. The law makes it illegal to discriminate against a person on the basis of gender identity. Read IGA Press
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Baltimore City Council Passes Transgender Protections Baltimore, MD --- November 25,
2002 ---- Baltimore City At an October 17th hearing convened
by the Judiciary and Legislative Investigations |
Northwest Territories first in Canada to pass law prohibiting gender identity discrimination YELLOWKNIFE, Northwest Territories --- November 5, 2002 --- The Northwest Territories has become the first region in Canada to prohibit discrimination on the grounds of gender identity. As part of the territory's new Human Rights Act, a person cannot be discriminated against because of their gender identity. Brendan Bell, the member of the
legislative assembly who headed the committee that drafted the
bill, said it seemed only logical to include gender identity
in the new law. |
Chicago anti-bias code to add transgender CHICAGO, November 1, 2002 ----
Lorraine Sade Baskerville says there was a time when her presence
as a transgender woman was enough to have her thrown out of public
places, arrested and beaten. click here for Windy City Times story on committee hearing |
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Chicago City Council Approves Gender Identity Amendment CHICAGO, IL --- November 6, 2002 --- Today the Chicago City Council passed an amendment to the city's anti-bias laws that would protect the city's transgender and gender variant population by making it illegal to discriminate against a person on the basis of gender identity. Aldermen Billy Ocasio and Bernie Hansen introduced the ordinance a little over two years ago. The ordinance passed City Council's Human Relations Committee last week with a unanimous vote. And today it passed City Council with a wide margin. Illinois Gender Advocates |
Three men arraigned in the death of transgender teen NEWARK, CA, October 19, 2002 ---- The body of a transgendered Newark, California teen who failed to return home after an October 3 party was discovered nearly two weeks later, buried in a shallow grave 150 miles away. Seventeen-year old Lida (born Eddie) Araujo was found on Wednesday, October 15, after her mother reported her missing. Araujo was severely bludgeoned about the head, then strangled. Police are currently investigating the murder as a possible hate crime. The National Transgender Advocacy Coalition (NTAC) strongly urges authorities to diligently prosecute and, if found guilty, to punish those responsible for this brutal killing to the fullest extent of the law. Late Friday, prosecutors charged three men in the murder. |
Family, community bid farewell to killed transgender teen NEWARK, CA, October 25, 2002 ----To family members, Gwen Araujo was a struggling but beloved teenager whose killing, allegedly committed in a fit of homophobic rage, is a private sorrow. To transgender activists, Araujo represents the 25th victim since last November, by their count, of violence against people who don't fit traditional gender molds. Both groups mourned Araujo at funeral services Friday. "Angels don't have a gender and he's my angel now. I know that he's safe somewhere where no one can hurt him," said Araujo's mother, Sylvia Guerrero, speaking to hundreds of mourners at St. Edward's Church. ... click here for more about Gwen Araujo's funeral |
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Boston City Council passes transgender anti- discrimination bill BOSTON, October 23, 2002 ----
The Boston City Council today voted nine to one with one abstention
to pass a measure adding gender identity and expression to the
city's anti-discrimination law. In August, Mayor Thomas M. Menino
indicated that he would support the measure if According to National Gay and
Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) Executive Director Lorri L. Jean,
"Boston is the eleventh city this year to demonstrate that
when we educate legislators about the discrimination that transgender |
Gender issue puts custody fight on new level CHICAGO, Sept. 20, 2002 ----
Opening arguments were heard Thursday in a highly unusual child
custody case in Cook County Circuit Court involving a 10-year-old
boy, his mother who conceived him through artificial insemination
by a donor and a father who is a transgender male. |
HRC releases poll on transgender
issues "The data shows that most
people want to treat transgender Americans |
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Decatur (IL) Ordinance passes
6-1 click
here for more |
Great News for Safe Schools from New Jersey TRENTON, NJ, Sept. 6, 2002 ---- On Friday September 6th, Governor McGreevey signed A 1874 into law. This long awaited signing of a new anti-harassment bill was a great victory for safe school activists in New Jersey, as the legislation specifically includes sexual orientation and gender identity as distinctive protected categories. This makes New Jersey only the
third state in the country to explicitly protect transgender
students. |
Judge tosses Winn-Dixie trucker's
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Buffalo Extends Rights to TG and Intersexed BUFFALO, Sept. 17, 2002 ---- Buffalo NY, known as the 'City of Good Neighbors,' proved its heart. In a near unanimous vote, the Common Council of the City of Buffalo extended protection against discrimination in employment and housing to transgendered persons. Mayor Anthony Masiello has announced that he will sign the amendments into law. The amendments adding protection for "gender identity and expression" were initiated and sponsored by Councilman Antoine Thompson, who said, "It's another step to break from Buffalo's past and encourage tolerance and diversity." |
Baltimore council takes up trans rights BALTIMORE, August 16, 2002 ----
The 19-member Baltimore City Council introduced a proposed ordinance
Aug. 12 to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity or
expression in employment, housing, education, public accommodations,
and health and welfare agencies. |
Trans teens mourned at funeral service WASHINGTON D.C., August 23, 2002 ---- The godsister of one of two transgender teenagers shot to death on a Southeast D.C. street corner last week delivered an impassioned eulogy after hundreds of mourners filed past the open coffins of Ukea Davis and Stephanie Thomas. click here for more |
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New Hope PA passes trans inclusive law NEW HOPE, PA, Sept. 10, 2002 ---- Tonight the Borough Council in New Hope Pennyslvania became the newest municipality to take a stand against discrimination and pass anti-disrimination ordinance that protects people based on their gender identity. click here for more |
Principal Gives High Heels on Boy the Boot CHICAGO, July 31, 2002 ----A
15-year-old gay student at the Chicago High School for Agricultural
Sciences expressed disbelief last week after the school's assistant
principal allegedly told him he had to "dress as a boy"
if he wanted to remain at the school. |
Trans Activists Plan March on D.C. ATLANTA, July 31, 2002 ---- Transgender
activists plan to gather in Washington as early as the fall of
2003 for the first March for Gender Rights. |
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TG Murders Rock DC WASHINGTON, D.C., August 13,
2002 ---- Two transgendered teens were gunned down as they sat
in a car in SE Washington, Monday. Ukea Davis, 18, and Stephanie
Thomas, 19 were shot multiple times in their heads and bodies.
Police said that at least ten bullets hit the women. |
First TG case under 1964 Civil Rights Act is settled CLEVELAND, July 12, 2002 ----A transgender woman called "Mrs. Doubtfire" by co-workers has settled an employment discrimination case against United Consumer Financial Services of Westlake to her satisfaction and strengthened TG worker rights in the process. click here for more |
Discrimination against Normal (IL) transsexual not based on orientation NORMAL, July 13, 2002 ---- A discrimination case against a apartment complex could go to a hearing, but not on allegations based on sexual orientation. Victim not covered because she is a transsexual. click here for more |
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Lesbian Claims Bias from Markham Police MARKHAM, IL, July 31, 2002 ----
After having bottles thrown at her and her car hit by an 18-year-old
man from Orland Park, a 21-year-old lesbian in Markham, Ill.,
tried to file an accident report with the Markham police department
and said she was met by hostility from a lieutenant on duty. |
Florida teen sues over yearbook omission TAMPA, June 20, 2002 ---- A teen-age
lesbian in Tampa, Fla., sued the school district in federal court
Wednesday because her school omitted her from the yearbook after
she refused to be photographed in a feminine outfit. |
Civil Rights Panel Tackles Bias Against Transgender HONOLULU, July 1, 2002 --- Hawaii civil rights officials are considering whether they can to accept charges of sex discrimination based upon a complaint by a TG or TS person. click here for more |
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NJ Enacts Trans-Inclusive Anti-Bully Law TRENTON, July 3, 2002 ---- NJ
Governor signed into law a bill requiring every school district
to adopt and implement an anti-harassment and bullying policy,
including gender identity or expression. click
here for more |
Court Rejects Lawsuit To Keep TG from Bathrooms MINNEAPOLIS, June 20, 2002 -- A federal appeals court today said a Minneapolis public school met its legal obligation by giving alternate restroom options to a teacher who did not want to use the same facilities as a male-to-female transgendered employee. click here for more |
New Jersey Assembly Approves Transgender Inclusive Safe Schools Bill TRENTON, June 20, 2002 --- The
New Jersey Assembly voted 74-0 (with 2 abstentions) today to
approve a transgender inclusive safe schools bill. |
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Daley Backs Gender Law CHICAGO, June 3, 2002 - The proposed
inclusion of coverage for gender-variant people in the Chicago
Human Rights Ordinance was front and center at Mayor Daley's
annual Pride Reception. |
Philadelphia passes gender identity ordinance PHILADELPHIA, May 16, 2002 - The Philadelphia City Council today passed legislation adding the category of "gender identity" to it Fair Practices Act by a vote of 15 to 2. click here for more |
Alderman Schulter signs on to trans ordinance CHICAGO, May 15, 2002- Influential North Side Ald. Gene Schulter (47th Ward) signed on last week as the third lead co-sponsor of a proposed Chicago ordinance. click here for more |
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Trans Panelists Back New Law CHICAGO, May 23, 2002 --- It's
Time, Illinois! cosponsored a community forum to hear people
from the Chicago transgender community tell their experiences
with discrimination and violence |
Dallas makes history with anti-discrimination bill DALLAS, May 8, 2002 - Texas history was made on Wednesday, May 8, 2002, when Dallas officials enacted an amendment to the city's nondiscrimination ordinance. Click here for more |
Civil Rights for the Transgendered - New York Times Editorial NEW YORK, May 1, 2002 - Mayor
Michael Bloomberg yesterday signed into law a bill that extends
New York City's human rights protection to transgendered people. |
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Chicago urged to pass transgender bias law CHICAGO,
April 27, 2002 - Thirty
transgender people have been victims of discrimination and hate
crimes in Chicago in the last 2 years, underscoring the need
to pass an ordinance to protect their civil rights. Chicago
Sun-Times |
New York City Includes Transgender in its Human Rights Law NEW YORK, April 24, 2002—After years of education, advocacy, transgender activists were able to celebrate today when the New York City Council passed a bill amending the city's Human Rights Law to include transgender people. Click here for more |
Tacoma makes GLBT rights the law TACOMA, WA April 24, 2002 - The
Tacoma City Council voted 8-1 to ban discrimination against gays,
lesbians and other sexual minorities Tuesday night. Despite the strong vote for the measure,
some supporters expect an effort soon to repeal it. |
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Chicago Campaign for Trans Ordinance CHICAGO, April 24, 2002 - A renewed
effort to expand Chicago's human rights ordinance to protect
transgenders. Read the series
of Chicago Free Press Articles: |
Sylvia Rivera, Transgender Pioneer
of Gay Rights Movement, Dies of Liver Cancer NEW YORK Feb 19, 2002 (AP) - Sylvia Rivera, a transgender pioneer of the modern gay liberation movement, died Tuesday of liver cancer. Click here for more |
Kansas Supreme Court Says TS Marriage Invalid; Rejects Claim for $2.5MM TOPEKA, Kan. March 15, 2002 -
A marriage between a man and a transsexual woman is not valid
in Kansas, the state Supreme Court declared Friday. |
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Allentown PA Changes Law to Protects Gays and Gender Identity Allentown, PA, April 4, 2002 - City Council voted to amend the city's human relations ordinance Wednesday, adding sexual orientation and gender identity to the law's list of protected classes. Click here for more |
Erie County, PA protects gender
variant people Erie, PA, Feb. 27, 2002. Last night, Erie County Council passed a Human Relations Act which includes both sexual orientation and gender identity. Click here for more |
Rift Over Inclusion of Transgenders May Derail NY Nondiscrimination Bill Albany, Feb. 6, 2002 - |
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Trans Activists Remember Victims of Hate in Loop Candlelight Vigil Chicago, Nov
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