James Pritzker comes out as transgender

Col. James Pritzker, the  heir to the Pritzker fortune, has come out in the open about his personal life. Crain’s Chicago Business reported that the retired Army lieutenant colonel and wealth management CEO stated a memo to employees at the Pritzker Military Library and Tawani Enterprises, that he is now living as a woman named Jennifer Natalya Pritzker. The…

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HRC: Pvt. Chelsea E. Manning ‘deserves respectful treatment by media and officials’

WASHINGTON – Pvt. Chelsea E. Manning announced today that she is female and wishes to begin hormone treatment therapy. In a statement read on NBC’s Today show, Thursday, Manning said,  “As I transition into this next phase of my life, I want everyone to know the real me,” Manning said in the statement. “I am…

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Haiti rejects violence against members of the gay and lesbian community

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti — The government of Haiti has declared that it will not tolerate any acts of hatred or violence against individuals or groups and that it will vigorously prosecute all offenders. In a press statement released yesterday the government announced: In recent weeks several lamentable acts of intolerance and violence against members of…

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Boxer Orlando Cruz proposes to boyfriend, Facebook style

Puerto Rico-native and openly gay featherweight boxing sensation Orlando Cruz made news again  Wednesday when he publicly proposed to his long-time boyfriend Jose Manuel on Facebook. Speaking in Spanish, Cruz declared, “Through the ups and downs we’ve had, you’ve always been there for your number, as one says. I’m a little bit nervous, but that aside, I…

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