Will Obama’s ‘war on weed’ really ride roughshod over American voters?
From The Guardian UK: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/11/obama-war-on-weed-american-voters The White House seems stuck in its failed ‘war on drugs’ policy, even as voters in states...
View ArticleInaction in the U.S. Government and the Dangers for Women
From Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/k-sujata/violence-against-women-act_b_2457091.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices&ir=Gay%20Voices K. Sujata 01/11/2013 A new year, a new presidential...
View ArticleGeneration LGBTQIA
From The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/10/fashion/generation-lgbtqia.html?hpw By MICHAEL SCHULMAN Published: January 9, 2013 STEPHEN IRA, a junior at Sarah Lawrence College, uploaded...
View ArticleVancouver Ca: Belgium’s first transsexual performs at Club PuSh ON STAGE /...
From Xtra: Ca: http://www.xtra.ca/public/Vancouver/Belgiums_first_transsexual_performs_at_Club_PuSh-13016.aspx Erin Flegg Friday, January 11, 2013 Vanessa Van Durme, Belgian writer and performer, has...
View ArticleDrunk D.C. Cop Gets Off Easy After Shooting 3 Transgender Women
From Alternet: http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/drunk-dc-cop-gets-easy-after-shooting-3-transgender-women A Washington, D.C. police officer who fired multiple shots into a car with three...
View ArticleThe real trans scandal is not the failings of one doctor but cruelty by many
From The Guardian UK: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/10/trans-scandal-doctor-richard-curtis-transdocfail Anger over attacks on Richard Curtis led to the #TransDocFail hashtag on...
View ArticleWhat America’s Most Vulnerable Need: A Bill of Rights for the Homeless
From Alternet: http://www.alternet.org/poverty/what-americas-most-vulnerable-need-bill-rights-homeless Paul Boden, a homeless rights advocate for 30 years, is helping groups around the country draft...
View ArticleWe Offer More Than Ankles, Gentlemen
From The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/opinion/sunday/dowd-we-offer-more-than-ankles-gentlemen.html?ref=opinion&_r=0 By MAUREEN DOWD Published: January 12, 2013 PRESIDENT OBAMA...
View ArticleThe President Should Nominate a Woman to be Chair of the Federal...
From Change.Org: http://www.change.org/womenFCC?utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=url_share&utm_campaign=url_share_before_sign Women’s Media Center President Obama has the chance to...
View ArticleWhere Are The Women, President Obama?
From The New Civil Rights Movement: http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/where-are-the-women-president-obama/news/2013/01/12/58069 by Tanya Domi on January 12, 2013 Things are shakin’ inside the...
View ArticleGreat Britain: Ranks of the Socialist Workers Party are split over handling...
From The Independent: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ranks-of-the-socialist-workers-party-are-split-over-handling-of-rape-allegation-8448429.html Trotskyist group exonerated official...
View ArticleThe Delhi rape, Savile, Ohio – this violence will no longer be tolerated
From The Guardian UK: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/11/delhi-rape-savile-ohio-violence-tolerated Extreme acts of sexual violence seem to be everywhere. In response, a worldwide day...
View ArticleMakers of Violent Video Games Marshal Support to Fend Off Regulation
From The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/12/us/politics/makers-of-violent-video-games-marshal-support-to-fend-off-regulation.html By ERIC LICHTBLAU Published: January 11, 2013...
View ArticleThe NRA Hates Gun Control Unless You Are A Black Panther
From Addicting Info: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/01/12/the-nra-hates-gun-control-unless-you-are-a-black-panther/ By Shannon Barber 2013/01/12 We all know that there is a need for gun control...
View ArticleTransition Deconstructed
From Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brynn-tannehill/transition-deconstructed_b_2460514.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices Brynn Tannehill 01/12/2013 Recently I read pieces on The Huffington...
View ArticleIt’s time for the media to change the record on trans healthcare
From Pink News: http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/01/11/comment-its-time-for-the-media-to-change-the-record-on-trans-healthcare/ In a comment piece for PinkNews, Sarah Brown says the media needs to make...
View ArticleUS scientists in fresh alert over effects of global warming
From The Guardian UK: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jan/12/us-scientists-effects-global-warming US National Climate Assessment reveals that severe weather disruption is going to be...
View ArticleZero Waste: Including Grassroots Recyclers in Buenos Aires, Argentina
From Truth Out: http://truth-out.org/news/item/13879-zero-waste-including-grassroots-recyclers-in-buenos-aires-argentina By Maeva Morin and Cecilia Allen Sunday, 13 January 2013 “Environmental...
View ArticleAnother Stumble in the Quest for Arctic Oil
From Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ted-danson/shell-drilling_b_2468347.html Ted Danson and Andrew Sharpless 01/13/2013 On New Year’s Eve, a 266-foot oil drilling rig owned by the...
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