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Summertime is tote time. Totes for the fresh corn from the farmer's market. Totes for the towel and suntan lotion at the beach.

Kenya: Myths About Transgender People
AllAfrica.com
On 30 July 2010, a transgender woman (who I shall refer to as Storm) was arrested in Thika District in Kenya's Central Province. She was arraigned in court ...

Memphis city council member Janis Fullilove has received multiple death threats related to her efforts to ban discrimination against gays in city government.

New York Times (blog)
Tote Sweet
New York Times (blog)
Proceeds benefit the institute, the nation's oldest social service organization supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth. ...

The latest Brazilian supermodel is making headlines for more than just her striking looks.

Blackout: LGBTQ Black Pride in Oakland July 30 to Aug. 1
Oakland Local
There she developed a background in social media, to ensure the positive visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. ...

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HRC TO NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MARRIAGE: HOW MUCH WILL YOU SPEND LYING TO ...
Out In America
Today, the Human Rights Campaign – the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization – called on NOM, which has a long ...

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Reuters
CBS to introduce new gay characters
Digital Spy
... to reporters at the recent Television Critics Association press tour that CBS was working on improving its portrayal of gay and transgender people. ...
More gays, lesbians on TVDaily Dispatch Online
CBS to Add Gay, Lesbian Characters to Three SeriesThe Beverly Hills Courier
CBS to Introduce More Gay Characters on TV ShowsTheCelebrityCafe.com
Deadline.com
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Top executives from NASCAR, DirecTV, Chiquita Brands International, Inc., and Great Wolf Resorts will be among the companies featured on the second season of the hit CBS reality series "Undercover Boss," it was announced Wednesday.

Protesters demand more support for AIDS victims at a protest in Vienna, Austria, on Tuesday, July 20, 2010.

Beauty and the beat
Vancouver Sun
As she recently told The Advocate magazine, "I'm not trying to be a spokeswoman for the transgender community; I just want to be looked at as a living, ...

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Opposing Views
More gays, lesbians on TV
Daily Dispatch Online
Glaad said on both animated series last season, characters vomited at the thought of having sex with a transgender woman. “It is with great pride that Glaad ...
HELEN DENNIS: LGBT elders face special retirement concernsDaily Breeze
GLAAD's Top LGBT-Friendly TV Networks: MTVOpposing Views
Gay Artist Nhojj Planning "Love Is Love" College TourHip Hop Press (press release)
Bay Area Reporter -Ha'aretz
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"Marching to a different drummer" is a bit of a tired clichA©, unless you happen to be a transgendered parade marshall, in which case it's simply the honest truth.

Come hear the journey of Rev. Megan Rohrer, the first openly transgender ...
San Francisco Chronicle
The first openly transgender Lutheran pastor ordained in the United States, Pastor Megan is currently working with HRC to create resources for congregations ...

Travel Daily UK
HELEN DENNIS: LGBT elders face special retirement concerns
Daily Breeze
Gay men often are grouped with a larger community consisting of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals, often referred to as LGBT. ...
WTM launches LGBT surveyTravel Daily UK
WTM to unveil results of gay travel researchTravelMole
GLAAD's Top LGBT-Friendly TV Networks: MTVOpposing Views
Hip Hop Press (press release) -Bay Area Reporter -Ha'aretz
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Deborah Gray had a dream of going into business. She wanted to have monthly live auctions of fine arts and antiques, allowing people worldwide to bid online and by telephone.

Reuters
CBS to Add Gay, Lesbian Characters to Three Series
The Beverly Hills Courier
The index for June 1, 2008, to May 31, 2009, found that 5 percent of CBS' programming was lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender inclusive. In her Aug. ...
CBS Responds to Failing Grade from GLAADOpposing Views
TCA: Notes From The CBS Exec SessionDeadline.com

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Transgendered parade marshall Candis Cayne marches to her own drummer
Vancouver Sun
As she recently told The Advocate magazine, “I'm not trying to be a spokeswoman for the transgender community; I just want to be looked at as a living, ...

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Lutheran Church Reinstates Gay Pastors
Ms. Magazine
Seven openly gay and transgender pastors were welcomed back to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) on Sunday after having been excluded from ...
Lutherans Welcome (Non-Celibate) Gay ClergyEDGE Boston

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Nikki Araguz, the transgender widow of a Wharton fire captain killed in the line of duty July 4, apologized Tuesday for her appearance on a tabloid TV talk show 15 years ago, during which she told a man she had kissed that she had been born a boy.