Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility

Today, March 31, is International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDoV), a day  dedicated to celebrating transgender people and raising awareness of discrimination faced by transgender people worldwide. Rachel Crandall, the head of Transgender Michigan, created in TDoV in 2010 to celebrate the trans community in a positive light. According to transstudent.org, “TDoV is a day…

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The AFA receives educational grant from The Elton John AIDS Foundation

NEW YORK, — The Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) announced an educational grant to The American Fertility Association (AFA), for the purpose of increasing awareness of family-building options for HIV-positive men and women. This work was initiated in 2012 with the assistance of Growing Generations and International Fertility Law Group. In an effort to increase awareness…

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navy DADT LGBT Weekly

Two years after ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ repeal, threats of gay ‘chaos’ still unfounded

WASHINGTON – Tomorrow marks the second anniversary of the end of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT), a law that prohibited qualified gay and lesbian Americans from serving openly in the armed forces.  Contrary to the arguments made by many who sought to keep the discriminatory policy in place, the evidence suggests that the impact on…

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