Federal judge rules California ban on conversion therapy can go forward
From LGBTQ Nation: http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/12/federal-judge-rules-california-ban-on-conversion-therapy-can-go-forward/ Staff Reports Tuesday, December 4, 2012 SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge...
View ArticleTWO Praises Second Reparative Therapy Ruling In California
From Truth Wins Out: http://www.truthwinsout.org/news/2012/12/32325/ Wayne Besen December 04, 2012 A second ruling came down today in California from a separate case dealing with SB1172, which bans...
View ArticleTransgender No Longer Classified As A Mental Disorder But Hoarding Now Is
Not to denigrate the seriousness of the non-changes to transgender as mental illness but more to stress how frivolous of some Psychiatric Industrial Complex mental illness labels From Addicting Info:...
View ArticleConservative Activists Condemn APA for Declassifying Transgender Identity as...
From Right Wing Watch: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/conservative-activists-condemn-apa-declassifying-transgender-identity-mental-disorder by Brian Tashman on Wednesday, 12/5/2012 Janet...
View ArticleAmerican Psychiatric Association to stop classifying transgender people as...
From Pink News UK: http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/12/04/american-psychiatric-association-to-longer-classify-transgender-people-as-having-a-mental-illness/ by James Park 4 December 2012, The American...
View ArticleTransgender People Want Shrinks to Stop Calling Them Crazy
From Mother Jones: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/12/transgender-psychiatry-dsm-dysphoria But will the new diagnosis from the American Psychiatric Association cause them other trouble? By...
View ArticleU.S. v. Bradley Manning: Being Transgender Doesn’t Mean You’re Unstable
From The New Civil Rights Movement: http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/u-s-v-bradley-manning-being-transgender-doesnt-mean-youre-unstable/news/2012/12/05/55477 by Zinnia Jones on December 5, 2012...
View ArticleClaire McCaskill’s Sweeping Overhaul Of Wartime Contracting Passes Senate
From Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/05/claire-mccaskill-wartime-contracting-senate_n_2245135.html?1354748496&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009 Amanda Terkel 12/05/2012 WASHINGTON...
View ArticleMexican Supreme Court rules for marriage equality
From Salon: http://www.salon.com/2012/12/06/mexican_supreme_court_rules_for_marriage_equality/ The country is on track to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide before its neighbor to the north By J....
View ArticleChristian Hate Group Leader Lauds Uganda Dictator as ‘Kill the Gays’ Bill Is...
From Alternet: http://www.alternet.org/tea-party-and-right/christian-right-leader-lauds-uganda-dictator-kill-gays-bill-revived Tony Perkins goes out of his way to ensure that the Family Research...
View ArticleChristian Hate Group calls for boycott over Ellen DeGeneres ad with elves
From Raw Story: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/12/06/christian-group-calls-for-boycott-over-ellen-degeneres-ad-with-elves/ By David Edwards Thursday, December 6, 2012 The anti-LGBT activist group One...
View ArticleHuman Rights Commissioner Muižnieks urges Ireland to adopt Legal Gender...
From TGEU: http://www.tgeu.org/Human_Rights_Commissioner_Muiznieks_urges_Ireland_to_adopt_Legal_Gender_Recognition Richard Thu, 12/06/2012 “It is my position that legal recognition of the preferred...
View ArticleCanada: MP’s transgender rights bill amendments include sports exemption,...
From iPolitics: http://www.ipolitics.ca/2012/12/05/mps-transgender-rights-bill-amendments-include-sports-exemption-medical-diagnosis/ By Laura Stone Dec 5, 2012 A Conservative MP wants to amend an...
View ArticleTransgender Dinosaurs and the Rise of the Genderqueers
From The Advocate: http://www.advocate.com/commentary/2012/12/06/transgender-dinosaurs-and-rise-genderqueers?page=0,0 BY Riki Wilchins December 06 2012 She was a lovely 13-year-old girl, with long...
View ArticleLiberation Day
From Daily Kos: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/12/04/1167167/-Liberation-Day By rserven Tue Dec 04, 2012 On Saturday, December 1, 2012 the board of trustees of the American Psychiatric Association...
View ArticleAn Update on Gender Diagnoses, as the DSM-5 Goes to Press.
From GID Reform Weblog: http://gidreform.wordpress.com/2012/12/05/an-update-on-gender-diagnoses-as-the-dsm-5-goes-to-press/ By Kelley Winters December 5, 2012 Reposted with permission. On December 1,...
View ArticleAbout that “GID is removed from the DSM” thing…
From Dented Blue Mercedes: http://dentedbluemercedes.wordpress.com/2012/12/05/about-that-gid-is-removed-from-the-dsm-thing/ By Mercedes Allen December 5, 2012 Reposted with permission. Oh god, please...
View ArticleBayou Frack-Out: The Massive Oil and Gas Disaster You’ve Never Heard Of
From Truth Out: http://truth-out.org/news/item/13136-bayou-frack-out-the-massive-oil-and-gas-disaster-youve-never-heard-of By Mike Ludwig Thursday, 06 December 2012 For residents in Assumption Parish,...
View ArticleCorporate Media Gives Up on Factchecking
From Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting: http://fair.org/slider/time-gives-up-on-factchecking/ Corporate media can’t find a way to tell the truth By Peter Hart December 1, 2012 In October, the...
View ArticleFor Pete’s Sake, What’s Happened to Our Democracy?
From Institute For Policy Studies: http://www.ips-dc.org/articles/for_petes_sake_whats_happened_to_our_democracy One billionaire has the wherewithal to totally redirect America’s political discourse....
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