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Tote Sweet

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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.

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Councilwoman Getting Death Threats For Supporting Non-Discrimination Against Gays

4 hours 34 min ago

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

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Leo, Now Lea: Brazilian Supermodel's Secret

8 hours 34 min ago

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

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NASCAR, DirecTV to go 'Undercover' in season 2

10 hours 43 min ago

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.

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The brutal lessons of Vienna, then and now

14 hours 53 min ago

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

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Westcoast Life: Transgendered parade marshall Candis Cayne marches to her own drummer

Thu, 07/29/2010 - 04:37

"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.

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Plexus, chamber of commerce for LGBT community, growing in Cleveland after five years

Thu, 07/29/2010 - 00:16

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.

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Firefighter's widow regrets '95 Jerry Springer ambush

Wed, 07/28/2010 - 20:07

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.

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Transgender journey: how to 'pass'

Wed, 07/28/2010 - 16:02

'Confidence is the key to passing - or at least to silencing the hecklers' When Juliet Jacques began trying to 'pass' as a woman, she faced transphobic comments on a bad day - and misogynistic ones on a good Bethany Black: Life as a transsexual comedian Makeup and fashion: a whole new language to learn when 'passing'. Photograph: Solede Toins/Alamy ...

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Bethany Black: Life as a transsexual comedian

Wed, 07/28/2010 - 11:48

Bethany Black is a stand-up comedian. She also happens to be a post-operative transsexual lesbian - but don't dare try to pigeonhole her A transgender journey: 'Passing' as a woman Bethany Black guardian.co.uk , Bethany Black: 'After I transitioned, my life just got better and better.' It's difficult to know how to sum myself up.

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Lawsuit Claims College Ordered Student to Alter Religious Views on Homosexuality, Or Be Dismissed

Wed, 07/28/2010 - 07:48

Jennifer Keeton, 24, has been pursuing a master's degree in school counseling at Augusta State University since last year, but school officials have informed her that she'll be dismissed from the program unless she alters her "central religious beliefs on human nature and conduct," according to a civil complaint filed last week.

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Crackdown on hate crime launched Police have launched a three-year plan to cut hate crime.

Wed, 07/28/2010 - 03:38

Police have launched a three-year plan to cut hate crime. It is designed to help people who are victims of intimidation, harassment or physical assault because of their race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or transgender identity.

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Children of same-sex couples experience their families in different ways

Wed, 07/28/2010 - 03:38

Anne Heche's father, a church organist, revealed that he was homosexual to his family before he died of AIDS in 1983.

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Under fire, Target CEO defends election spending

Tue, 07/27/2010 - 23:25

In a photo released by Target Corp., President Gregg Steinhafel is shown. Addressing criticism of how the company is exercising its newfound political spending rights, Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel today sent a letter to employees defending the company's record on gay rights.

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Transgenders hail reservation in Bangalore varsity courses

Tue, 07/27/2010 - 19:06

Transgenders in Karnataka Tuesday celebrated recognition of their identity by the Bangalore University that has reserved one seat for them in all post-graduate courses run by it.

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Transgendered Spouse Denied Death Benefits

Tue, 07/27/2010 - 15:01

A judge Friday agreed to temporarily bar the allegedly transgendered widow of a Wharton firefighter from spending or collecting his death benefits.

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Where depression, suicide and street sex work are laughing matters

Tue, 07/27/2010 - 10:46

"Every so often," says the 49-year-old counselor and comic, "I would see people go through these incredible transformations and I realized this was powerful therapy." Mr.

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Gay and transgender Lutheran pastors reinstated

Tue, 07/27/2010 - 06:32

Megan Rohrer and Craig Minich are reinstated at the service. Seven Bay Area gay and transgender pastors were reinstated into the national Lutheran church on Sunday after being barred for two decades from serving in the denomination.

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Meet Josie, 9: No secret shea s transgender

Tue, 07/27/2010 - 02:22

Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star. Josie is unique not only because she transitioned from being biologically male to identifying as female at such a young age, but because she and her family are so public about it.

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RU12? celebrates Winooski location

Mon, 07/26/2010 - 22:03

Kara DeLeonardis , executive director of RU12? Community Center, talks to guests Sunday during an open house celebrating RU12?'s new space at the Champlain Mill in Winooski.

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