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Transgender students face discrimination at graduation
Monday, May 20, 2013
2:48pm

Across the United States, millions of seniors are getting ready to walk across the stage in graduation ceremonies. This time can bittersweet for transgender students. Two instances of transgender students, in different parts of the country, have reminded us that schools can often fail to support transgender students and treat them with respect.

08/05/10
Perry vs. Schwarzenegger News Roundup: The Day After | 08/05/10

08/05/10
GLAAD Joins Perry Decision Celebration in West Hollywood | 08/05/10
08/05/10
Remembering Angie Zapata and Reflecting on Media Coverage of Transgender People | 08/05/10

Your 21st birthday is supposed to be a happy moment; it's one of those "big" birthdays.

08/04/10
Media Highlighting Community Reaction to Prop 8 Ruling | 08/04/10

08/04/10
California's Proposition 8 Ruled Unconstitutional In Historic Decision | 08/04/10

08/04/10
Prop 8 Ruling Expected; Rallies and Gatherings Set Across the Nation | 08/04/10

08/04/10
Decision Expected Today in Prop 8 Case | 08/04/10

07/30/10
Media Covers Torched Gay Pride Float in Anchorage | 07/30/10

Just two days before a gay pride float was to appear in the annual Fourth of July parade in Anchorage, Alaska, it wa

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Northwest love stories: For 60 years, 'there wasn't anything else'
01/04/13

Eric Marcoux and Eugene Woodworth will celebrate 60 years together on June 13.

Rhode Island Marriage Equality Measure Introduced By State Lawmakers
01/04/13

Rhode Island lawmakers introduced a measure on Thursday that would make the state the 10th in the nation and the last in New England to legalize marriage equality.

Illinois trans woman reflects on working with transgender seniors
01/03/13

Born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, Christine McClinton has been aware of her gender identity since the age of 8.

NOM Threatens Illinois Republicans Who Support Marriage Equality
01/03/13

The National Organization for Marriage has committed to another campaign of vengeance against any Republican lawmakers in Illinois that votes to support marriage equality.

BREAKING: No marriage vote in Illinois this week
01/03/13

The fate of a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage has been called into question after Senate Democrats reported that the bill will not come to a vote this week.

Illinois marriage vote uncertain due to absent senators
01/03/13

Activists and lawmakers backing legislation that would legalize same-sex marriage in Illinois are regrouping and recounting potential “yes” votes in the Illinois Senate after key members of the chamber reportedly said they will be absent from Thursday’s proceedings in the General Assembly’s lame duck session.

Republican Massachusetts Lawmakers Propose Unfunded $4.6 Trillion Entitlement To Protest Transgender Rights
01/03/13

Massachusetts State Reps. Jim Lyons (R) and Marc Lombardo (R) do not like the fact that a federal judge has ordered the state to pay the legal fees of a transgender prison inmate who successfully sued the state Department of Corrections after she was illegally denied sex reassignment surgery.

Republican Party chair in Illinois throws "full support" behind marriage equality in Illinois
01/03/13

The momentum continues to build for same sex marriage in Illinois. On Wednesday, Pat Brady, chairman of the Illinois Republican Party, said he was putting his "full support" behind marriage equality legislation pending in Springfield.

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