HRC President Joe Solmonese speaks about the federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), September 14, 2007 to a transgender defined (transgender people, their significant others, freinds, and family   more...members) audience at the Southern Comfort Conference (Atlanta, Georgia).

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Two transgender men say they're the victims of discrimination after they were kicked out of a mall for allegedly using the wrong restroom. Simon Adriane and Sean Brochin were both born female but consider   more...themselves male.

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An Ozarks mother says her son is being discriminated against at school and she's working hard to keep him in class. The mother says the problem lies in the guidelines inside the Springfield Public School's   more...student handbook.

Fashionable jeans, purses and the latest trend in make-up may not be unusual for many high school girls, but for an Ozarks student, it is causing some controversy.

Vladimir Moran Miller says he's been fighting to be normal all his life.

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On News 12 Westchester, Joann Prinzivalli ,of the New York Transgender Rights Organization (NYTRO) , comments on a recent drag show by Westchester County Legislators. (<a href="http://www.news12.com/WC/topstories/article?id=212990#">http://www.news12.com/WC/topstories/article?id=212990#</a>)

Today Joe Solmonese released a video celebrating today's Senate passage of the hate crimes legislation. The passage of the hate crimes bill which marks the first time a trans-inclusive piece of federal   more...legislation has ever passed both chambers of Congress...

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A long debate ended early Tuesday morning when Gainesville City Commissioners voted to pass an Anti- Discrimination Ordinance for transgendered people...


Commissioners voted four to three.

The ordinance   more...is mostly addressing housing and employment discrimination, but the part of the ordinance that created much controversy; allowing transgender people to use whichever restroom they wanted in public settings.

Now business owners are left with a lot of questions that really are not being answered.

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Gainesville Controversial Transgender Bathroom Ordinance

A controversial ordinance dealing with transgendered people and their right to use the bathroom of their choosing will come before Gainesville's   more...City Commission on Monday, January 28, 2008.

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I didn't always feel like I was a boy but I always felt "different". It wasn't until my late 20's that I realized FTM's even existed. Ever since then, I've wanted to alter my body in some way   more...to feel more at peace with myself. No, I have not taken the standard approach to transition. I wish to exhaust all my other options before resorting to medical transition. That is my own personal choice, based upon many different factors. I support all of my trans and genderbending friends. I appreciate all of your support as well.  less

Activists from across the U.S. descended on the HRC fundraising dinner in Washington DC on Saturday, October 6 2007. They were protesting the HRC decision NOT to oppose a newly introduced version of the   more..."Employment Non-Discrimination Act" (ENDA) that was stripped of the language which would have protected transgender people.

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