HRC: ‘Once confirmed as secretary of defense, Ashton Carter should address transgender service expeditiously’

WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) responded to the nomination of Ashton Carter as Secretary of Defense in light of the challenges that remain for full LGBT equality in the U.S. military. “We look forward to working closely with Ashton Carter on the important challenges to equality that remain for LGBT service members,”…

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Murder of Los Angeles transgender woman is twelfth anti-transgender homicide this year

LOS ANGELES —The Los Angeles Police Department has announced they are investigating the murder of Deshawnda Sanchez, who was shot and killed in South Los Angeles earlier this week. “The National LGBTQ Task Force is outraged by the murder of Deshawnda Sanchez and the ongoing homicides targeting transgender women of color taking place throughout the…

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World’s leading LGBT activists to speak in New York

NEW YORK — The Daily Beast, in collaboration with nine leading international human rights organizations, will host an unprecedented gathering of leading LGBT activists from around the world.  The event, entitled “Quorum: Global LGBT Voices,” will take place at the New York Public Library on Wednesday, December 10, designated Human Rights Day by the United Nations….

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SDGMC’s Mood Swings shine at Balboa Theatre this holiday season

They gather around the shiny black Steinway like boy scouts approaching a campfire, playfully bumping elbows and trying to make each other laugh with funny faces and inside jokes. But with the first strike of the piano key, a visual transformation takes place.  Shoulders go back, diaphragms rise up and eyes lock front and forward….

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