Day: April 8, 2015
Anti-Transgender Petition Drive in Houston Fails
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) responded to news that a Houston petition drive aimed at removing protections for transgender people in the city had failed. Houston Mayor Annise Parker announced late yesterday that the group spearheading the petition, Houstonians For Family Values, had failed to collect the 20,000 signatures needed to amend Houston’s city charter. The group was seeking amend the city charter to remove existing nondiscrimination protections for transgender people in the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance and in a 2012 Executive Order banning workplace discrimination against city workers.
1-4-3 – Is there ever a right time, to love the wrong guy?
‘1-4-3’ is the debut novel from new Scottish author Adair Murray. It is a dark romantic tale of jealousy, lust, betrayal, passion and sex. It asks the two questions, do we always want what we can’t have? And, what do we say when we just can’t seem to find those three important little words?
lgbtSr, the Website Serving over 50 LGBTQ People, Celebrates Four Year Anniversary!
lgbtSr, the website devoted to highlighting issues of interest to LGBTQ people over-50, today marks its four-year anniversary. The online space offers its audience a unique space to view a host of current trends and topics through the lens of middle-age and beyond.
TLDEF Condemns Petition Effort in Houston Aimed at Dismantling Transgender Protections
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) denounces a petition drive in Houston aimed at removing current protections for transgender people and banning future protections. The petition, spearheaded byHoustonians For Family Values, seeks to amend Houston’s city charter to remove existing nondiscrimination protections for transgender people in the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance and in a 2012 Executive Order banning workplace discrimination against city workers.
Choral Con Fusion LGBTS Choir – We Love the Same (A Song for Equality)
“WeLoveTheSame” the debut single from Cork-based Choral Con Fusion LGBTS Choir is available now. The single aims to raise funds and awareness for marriage equality in Ireland and everywhere. On May 22nd, Ireland will vote on the Marriage Equality referendum, deciding whether or not same-sex couples can get legally married.
Anti-Transgender Petition Drive in Houston Fails
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) responded to news that a Houston petition drive aimed at removing protections for transgender people in the city had failed. Houston Mayor Annise Parker announced late yesterday that the group spearheading the petition, Houstonians For Family Values, had failed to collect the 20,000 signatures needed to amend Houston’s city charter. The group was seeking amend the city charter to remove existing nondiscrimination protections for transgender people in the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance and in a 2012 Executive Order banning workplace discrimination against city workers.