On April 30, 2009, TransAdvocacy’s good friend, Dru Levasseur testified before the Committee on Public Safety and the Committee on Civil Rights of the New York State Assembly about the NYPD’s stop and frisk procedures and their impact on trans folks.  Click here to read Dru’s testimony that had been forwarded to TransAdvocacy.  As we know from the great work of many trans folks and activists in NYC, many trans folks report being stopped and harrassed by police merely for being trans in public.  Much thanks to Dru and the amazing social justice work he does!  We truly miss him here in Ct.

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Transgender people and business leaders discuss why more businesses are instituting non-discrimination policies to include gender identity and expression. Good for employees, good for business! 

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Supporters of legal protections for transgender and gender non-conforming people told their personal stories in Hartford on Lobby Day, urging legislators to make CT the 14th state to add transgender protections to their state’s non-discrimination laws.

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Great piece from TransAdvocacy allies at Yale and a study that TransAdvocacy assisted in outreach for.

Lauren Dutton, CNM, MSN, Karel Koenig, PhD, FNP, NP-C, and Kristopher Fennie, MSC, MPH, PhD

Transgender men are a vulnerable population whose health care needs have been difficult to identify because of limited research and an inability to identify the population. Limited evidence suggests that transgender men are at increased risk of having polycystic ovarian syndrome, contracting HIV, experiencing violence, and committing suicide. This qualitative study, conducted through face-to-face interviews of a convenient sample, was a three-part interview containing a demographic and health questionnaire, the Norbeck Social Support Questionnaire, as well as the Health Care Relationship Trust Scale. Audio recordings and written notes were reviewed and common themes were identified via content analysis. Six self-identified transgender men between the ages of 19 and 45 years were enrolled in the study. Participants were at varying degrees of social and medical transition. Four major themes were identified: 1) receiving gynecologic care was perceived to be important; 2) breasts caused the most gender identity conflict; 3) transgender men struggle with revealing their gender identity to health care providers; and 4) the male/female boxes on health intake forms, as well as pronoun usage by medical staff, were barriers to receiving health care. This gynecologic health care needs assessment of transgender men begins to characterize the barriers transgender men face when seeking health care. [click to view entire paper]

J Midwifery Womens Health 2008;53:331–337 © 2008 by the American College of Nurse-Midwives.

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Great work Tony!!! [Link to original article]

(Fortune Small Business) — Tony Ferraiolo will never forget his first day back at work after surgery. The 46-year-old supervisor’s knees trembled as he entered the windowless headquarters of Madison Co., a switch and sensor manufacturer in Branford, Conn.

Under the curious gaze of his colleagues, Ferraiolo crossed the plant floor and settled into his office. A few minutes later, Madison owner and president Steve Schickler walked in and sat down. “So you’re a ‘he’ now, right?” Schickler asked. Ferraiolo nodded. “Good enough,” Schickler said briskly. “I’ll let the managers know.”

For Schickler, 50, there was no question about what would happen next. Ferraiolo would continue to supervise more than half of the plant’s 50 employees. Life would go on as before, with one small difference: Ferraiolo would no longer use the ladies’ room.

Schickler describes his decision to support the transgender employee formerly known as Ann Ferraiolo through the transition as a no-brainer.

“If you start limiting your choices in staff based on this kind of thing, you’re cutting yourself off from a lot of good people,” he says. “We could have lost a valuable manufacturing supervisor - it was as simple as that.”

Most employers will never have to deal with a transgender worker: Estimates of the transsexual population in the U.S. are vague but relatively low, ranging from less than 50,000 to 600,000 (not including those who choose not to undergo sex reassignment surgery). Nonetheless, gender identity has become the latest battleground in workplace discrimination law, which no business owner can afford to ignore. And given that few small businesses boast dedicated HR teams, it’s particularly important for management to set a tone of workplace tolerance and respect. [Read more →]

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The House is preparing to vote on the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act - H.R. 1913 as early as this week. As you know, the bill would give the Justice Department the power to investigate and prosecute bias-motivated violence by providing the department with jurisdiction over crimes of violence where the victim is chosen because of their actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.

When introducing the bill, Representative Conyers stated that the legislation “provides a constructive and measured response to a problem that continues to plague our nation. These are crimes that shock and shame our national conscience. They should be subject to comprehensive federal law enforcement assistance and prosecution.” [Read more →]

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The last few weeks have been extremely busy with our excellent Lobby Day on April 7th and the highly successful Transgender Lives Conference on April 18th, which has consumed us here at Ct TransAdvocacy over the last month or so.  And now with both of these critical events behind us and some critical Legislative dates passing by, we thought it an appropriate time to provide an update on our Legislative work to secure Gender Identity and Expression protections within Connecticut’s anti-discrimination statutes.

Though we had a very strong showing and highly moving testimony at our Public Hearing for HB 6452 (An Act Concerning Discrimination), the bill did not have an opportunity to come up for a vote in the Judiciary Committee before the drop dead date of April 3rd.  What this means is that our original Bill raised this year, HB 6452 is no longer able to be voted upon by the Ct General Assembly this session.  HOWEVER, this in no way means that this legislation cannot be passed this year.  As many of us who work on legislation know, there are many ways in which legislation like ours can be passed and one is through the bill process and another is through adding it as an amendment to another bill.  In fact, you may recall that Domestic Partner legislation (2002) was actually passed and enacted into law as part of another highly relevant bill!  With your help as we will detail below, we feel that such a path is quite viable this year for the Anti-Discrimination legislation.  But this can only happen if you commit to putting this legislation as your number one priority over the next month or so!

I have been asked by reporters, community members and allies as to why our bill did not get a vote out of the Judiciary committee and sadly I do not have a concrete answer to that question; though many will offer speculations.  Though as I have relayed to folks, we knew that this year was in some respects going to be a very difficult year given the immense budget pressures and other issues facing the Connecticut legislators as well as the Judiciary Committee.  However, this bill is a CRITICAL bill for not only our Communities but also for Connecticut as a State securing full equal rights and assuring full employment of its citizens!  And so it is imperative that each and every one of you, visit, call and email your legislator to let them know that you support this legislation and that you want them to work to assure that this legislation is amended to an existing bill, in its original legislative context with no amendments,  and passed in both the House and Senate this session!  And if you are saying that you already contacted them, we are asking you to not just talk to them once, but to be respectfully persistent since this is such critical and important legislation.  The old saying “out of sight, out of mind” is as true with legislators as it is with other situations!

Our opponents, and you know who they are, have been working hard to spread genuinely false and truly hateful statements about transgender people like you and I.  And so every single legislator in the Ct General Assembly must hear from each of their constituents telling them that we expect them to work hard this year to assure that Connecticut does not tolerate such hate speech and that they work to assure that Connecticut does not
discriminate against any person or community, independent of their race, color, religious creed, age, marital status, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, mental retardation, or physical disability!

It is imperative that you personally connect with your legislators today, that you tell everyone of your friends, family and co-workers to contact their legislators today to assure that they pass legislation this session assuring inclusion of Gender Identity and Expression within Connecticut’s non-discrimination statutes. Over this remaining time for the 2009 legislative session we will continue to communicate with you in the many ways that you can assure passage of this legislation, though at this moment it is imperative that you personally visit or talk to your legislator and tell them you support this legislation and you need them to assure they support it and assure it receives a vote and is passed this session!

Oh yeah, did we mention to you also to TELL A FRIEND, FAMILY Member or Co-Worker to contact their legislators?

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Your Presence is Requested at the

Gender Identity and Expression Lobby Day

Show your support of Gender Identity/Expression Legislation
Tuesday, April 7, 2009

This is your chance to show your support for legislation that will assure full Equality for the Trans and Gender non-conforming individuals here in Connecticut.  It is vital that you attend the Gender Identity and Expression Lobby Day on Tuesday April 7th at the Legislative Office Building at 10 AM (details below).  We need YOU to personally tell your Senator and House Representative that as their voting constituent you want them to fully support the Gender Identity and Expression legislation without any amendments! Don’t let our opposition set a negative and derogatory dialogue for our communities. Be Proud, Be Visible, Be Community, Lobby for OUR Rights!

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
10:00 AM
Legislative Office Building
Room 1D
300 Capitol Ave
Hartford, Ct

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On Tuesday, join many other Connecticut residents as we learn more about this critically important legislation ~ An Act Concerning Discrimination to prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression. Listen and learn how to talk to your legislators about why we must expand Connecticut’s non-discrimination law NOW!  Then we will talk to our legislators together!

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Below is listed both the video as well as written testimony that was heard on March 19, 2009 for HB 6452 An Act Concerning Discrimination. (link to all testimony regarding HB 6452)

Jennifer Levi, Esq, GLAD

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Charlie Ortiz

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Elaine Warren

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Jerimarie Liesegang, PhD, Director Ct TransAdvocacy

Link to written testimony

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Dr. Laura Sanders, licensed child psychologist

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Fathers Story

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For Immediate Release

Washington, D.C. & West Hartford, CT - The Trustees of the Winslow Street Fund, the endowment arm of the International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), announced the awarding of a $1,500 grant the Connecticut TransAdvocacy Coalition (CTAC) for their upcoming Transgender Lives Conference. “We are pleased to provide this grant to an organization that is clearly aligned with IFGE’s mission of promoting acceptance for transgender people everywhere through education,” noted Winslow Street Fund Chair Stephanie Battaglino.

The third annual Transgender Lives: The Intersection of Health and Law Conference (www.transgenderlives.org) will be held on Saturday, April 18th at the University of Connecticut Health Center from 8:00 AM to 5 PM. This day-long conference is geared towards service providers, medical and legal professionals, transgender and gender non-conforming individuals, allies and all those interested in the health and law issues facing the transgender and gender non-conforming communities. [Read more →]

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  Urgent request that HB 6452 be brought up to the Judiciary Committee for a vote now!

!Please Take Action Immediately! 

Last Thursday, the Anti-Discrimination Coalition members and community presented extremely moving and important testimony in support of HB 6452: An Act Concerning Discrimination.  The Judiciary Committee is deciding TODAY and tomorrow on the bills it will bring up to Committee for a vote.  Over the last three years we have successfully raised and passed our Legislation out of the Judiciary Committee.  However, we urgently need your emails and calls TODAY to let the Judiciary Committee co-chairs know it is vitally important that they raise HB 6452 for a vote so that we can move it forward to secure passage this year.

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Please email the Judiciary Co-chairs or call them today
State Senator Andrew J. McDonald, Judiciary Committee Chair
E-mail: McDonald@senatedems.ct.gov
Phone:
1-800-842-1420 (Capitol)
203-348-7439 (Home)

State Representative Mike Lawlor, Judiciary Committee Chair
E-mail: MLawlor99@juno.com
Phone:
  1-800-842-8267 (Capitol)
(203) 469-9725 (Home)

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Sample Content for your email:
Dear Senator McDonald and Representative Lawlor,

I’m a voter in Connecticut and I am contacting you to urge you to raise HB 6452: An Act Concerning Discrimination, without amendments, for a Judiciary Committee Vote this coming week.

This bill has successfully been passed out of the Judiciary Committee the last three years and it is vital you bring the unamended bill, HB 6452, up for a vote, so that we can move it towards passage this session.

This bill clarifies in statute what the Connecticut CHRO already recognizes: that it is discrimination to deny a person a job, housing, or education, simply because of their gender identity or expression.  

13 other states already have such protections for transgender individuals in place, as do many of Connecticut’s major employers including Aetna, Pitney Bowes, The Hartford and Yale University.

It is imperative that this bill passes without amendments because no one should be left out when it comes to basic fairness.

I strongly urge you to support this bill when it comes before you in Judiciary Committee.

Thank you.

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Also please contact your own legislator to ask them to tell the Judiciary Co-chairs to raise HB 6452 for a Judiciary vote.

Please do this IMMEDIATELY as you are reading this eMail, for they are deciding this weekend which bills to raise for a vote in Judiciary.

Sincerely,
Ct TransAdvocacy Coalition  

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Requesting their full support of HB 6452

Your calls and emails have made a major difference over the years and so please help us again this year.  Please call and email your legislator today asking them to fully support HB6452 An Act Concerning Discrimination.  You may wish to read the Bill Info Sheet or Bill Q&A prior to contacting your legislator.  If you are not sure who your legislator is go to congress.org and enter your zip code to get your legislators.

Tips when contacting your legislator
When you call, you will most likely speak to their aide, not them. You can ask to speak with your legislator, after which you will either (most likely) leave your message with the aide, get a voicemail, or connect to them directly.

If you get their voice mail or leave message with the aide: [Read more →]

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Do you have thoughts about the GID diagnosis or WPATH’s standards of care? Have you been involved in trans activism or advocacy around health care issues? Are you a medical or mental health care provider who has worked with the trans population or a trans individual who has been a client in these settings? If so, I would love to have you participate in my research project on transgender health services and activism.

My name is Mary Burke and I am a phD candidate in the Sociology Department at the University of Connecticut. I am conducting a study about the relationship between transgender health care and activism and advocacy in the trans community. This study explores how treatment has changed due to the influence of organized activism and advocacy in the trans community, with a special focus on current struggles over issues such as the GID diagnosis and WPATH’s standards of care. If you have experience as a client, activist/advocate, and/or health care provider, please consider participating.  My study involves interviewing participants at a time and location that is convenient for each [Read more →]

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We need your help in ending disrcimination based on gender identity and expression

We’re at a critical point in the legislative session and an hour or two on the phone next week will make a huge difference. Now is the time when we need to secure support for An Act Concerning Discrimination, which would finally make it illegal to discriminate against transgender people in Connecticut.

LMF will be holding phonebanks Monday - Thursday from 5:30 - 9 PM, and on Sundays 2 PM to 7 PM for the next few weeks. We’ll be calling supporters of equality, asking them to come to Lobby Day on April 7th or to contact their legislators. Phonebanks will also be held in New Haven at the Planned Parenthood Offices on certain nights.  Please contact Matt, LMF Field Organizer at 860-525-7777×304 or matt@lmfct.org  to schedule a time to come in and help out. Even an hour or two would make a huge difference. Please call or email Matt at as soon as you can and let him know what time works best for you.

Thanks so much for being a part of our campaign. Hope to see you soon!

Sincerely,
CT Anti-Discrimination Coalition
Field Team

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Triangle Community Center
16 River Street, Norwalk, CT
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009  7:30 PM
For more information:
www.ctgay.org

A program focusing on the issues of transgender rights and gender identity/expression as a protected category in the contemporary “gay rights” political landscape. Two pieces of legislation will be discussed - a trans/gender non-conforming rights bill in the Connecticut state legislature and the Federal LGBT rights bill, called ENDA.   Representatives from the Ct Anti-Discrimination Coalition will be on hand to present the issues and answer questions.

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Queen Esther’s Drag Ball

Saturday, March 7, 2009

7:00pm - 11:00pm

21+ Only

featuring Sherry Vine

& DJ Andujar

Diva’s

492 Pleasant St.

Northampton, MA

TICKETS

$25 at the door ($10 student)

$20 in advance ($8 student)

Order today!  Online: www.beitahavah.org/queenesther.html  or by Phone: 413-587-3770

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The third annual Transgender Lives: The Intersection of Health and Law Conference is being held on Saturday, April 18, 2009 at the UConn Health Center from 8:00 AM till 5 PM. This all day conference is geared towards Service Providers, Medical and Legal Professionals, Trans and Gender non-conforming individuals, allies and all those interested in the Health and Law issues facing the Trans and gender non-conforming communities  Workshop Overview and Timelines Workshops will cover topics such as
·    Transgender Legal Protections: Federal and State
·    Trans Communication Skills for Providers
·    Hormone Replacement Therapy
·    Standards of Care for Providers
·    Community discussion on the Standards of Care
·    Inclusive health care and counseling
·    Community discussion “Taboo’s of Our Bodies”
·    Disability and Employment Rights

Keynote Speaker and Q&A - Michael D. Silverman, Esq., Exec Dir of the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund, Inc.

Registration Link
Please Register Today to assure your reservation

Detailed conference information, registration (online or print), workshops, directions, etc can be found at www.TransgenderLives.org

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On Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., the Anti-Discrimination Coalition will be holding its Lobby Day for the Trans Anti-Discrimination Bill at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford

This is your chance to learn about the Gender Identity and Expression Anti-discrimination bill [HB 6452] raised in the upcoming CT Legislative session and its impact on our state’s residents. And most importantly you will have the opportunity to talk to your representatives about the bill and why it is important, with materials provided by the Anti-Discrimination Coalition.

Watch for further details on the forum and how you can assure you will be able to connect with your Legislator on that day.

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The following is from our Ct TransAdvocacy Intern Haley.  She may be contacted at transhealthstudy@gmail.com, Note that due to the excellent response, the study has been extended as noted below.

My name is Haley McCarthy from the Public Health department at Southern Connecticut State University and I am writing to invite you to participate in my research study. This is a study about the health care experiences of transgender individuals. You may be eligible if you identify as transgender, are 20 to 60 years of age and live in Connecticut. (Note: The age limit has been changed from 50 to 60!)

If you decide to participate in this study, you will be asked to participate in a 2-hour focus group and may also be asked to participate in a one hour follow up in-depth interview. Participants will be partially compensated for their travel and child care expenses.

I plan to audio record the focus groups and interviews and then I will analyze the data in order to determine the broad themes that are present in the experiences of transgender individuals in relation to health care.

The Connecticut TransAdvocacy Coalition (CTAC) has graciously allowed me to recruit participants through their mass e-mail system. This study is completely voluntary and if you choose to participate you may discontinue your participation at any time. If you discontinue participation in this study or choose not to participate in this study your relationship with CTAC will not be affected. If you’d like to participate or have any questions about the study please contact me by e-mail at transhealthstudy@gmail.com

The focus groups will take place in Hartford, CT at the Love Makes a Family Offices, 576 Farmington Avenue, Hartford 06105. The tentative dates and times for focus group sessions are 2/20, 2/27 at 7pm. I am planning on holding focus groups on both of those night, and maybe a third depending on the interest. Please state the night you would be available for study participation in your email to transhealthstudy@gmail.com

Thank you very much.
Sincerely,
Haley McCarthy, B.S.
Southern Connecticut State University
MPH Candidate

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From a 3rd year graduate student at the California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco campus, pursuing a doctoral degree in clinical psychology.

The Impact of Body Image on Sexual Pleasure in a Transgender Population

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January 26, 2009

The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) has revised its policy on changing gender markers on Massachusetts drivers’ licenses to more accurately reflect the experience of transition for transgender people.

Now, instead of having to submit medical proof of sex reassignment surgery as well as an amended birth certificate, transgender people will be able to change their gender designation by submitting a Gender Designation Change Form signed by a medical provider, “attesting to the gender that individual considers him or herself to be.”

Inaccurate identity documents have increasingly put transgender people at risk, and this policy change alleviates one difficulty many transgender people have faced. GLAD has been working on this issue in Massachusetts for several years with our partners at MassEquality, the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition, and many members of the transgender community. We applaud this positive change by the RMV.

RMV letter announcing the policy change

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Radio host Michael Savage continued his attacks on the transgender community during the January 7 broadcast of The Savage Nation, declaring that a sensitivity training program for San Francisco police detectives on transgender issues is “sort of like toilet training for adults” and describing the program as a “class … to teach normal men how to have sensitivity to a psychopathic sex-change operative who should be in a mental hospital.”

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MCC Hartford Celebrates Black History Month

Film and Conversation at MCC Hartford “Brother Outsider ~ The Bayard Rustin Story”

Sunday, February 15th at 5 PM, 155 Wyllys Street, Hartford, CT^*

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The following is from our Ct TransAdvocacy Intern Haley. She may be contacted at transhealthstudy@gmail.com

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My name is Haley McCarthy from the Public Health department at Southern Connecticut State University and I am writing to invite you to participate in my research study. This is a study about the health care experiences of transgender individuals. You may be eligible if you identify as transgender, are 20 to 50 years of age and live in Connecticut.

If you decide to participate in this study, you will be asked to participate in a 2-hour focus group and may also be asked to participate in a one hour follow up in-depth interview. Participants will be partially compensated for their travel and child care expenses. [Read more →]

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In 2009 we will be looking to raise and pass the Gender Identity and Expression Anti-Discrimination Bill.  But we can’t do it without you…

Ct TransAdvocacy and the Anti-Discrimination Coalition members are working now to raise and PASS in 2009, the Connecticut Gender Identity and Gender Expression Anti-Discrimination legislation! We are optimistic in our efforts in 2009, however we will only be able to do this with strong support and sweat equity from each and every one of you. As we all know from prior years, our stories, our talking to legislators, our Lobby Day and our calls and letters go a long way in moving each of our individual legislators to support this bill and to assure it passes as raised and not amended in any way. Since there are 151 members in the Connecticut House of Representatives your help is critically needed since we need to assure that many of them hear our stories and willing to support raising and passing of this legislation in ‘09!

So please complete the following survey and let us know how you can help assure that Connecticut passes a Gender Identity and Gender [Read more →]

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The Hartford Courant recently did a poll of its readers regarding Ct’s Anti-discrimination legislation and the results revealed overwhelming support for this bill.   TransAdvocacy thanks all those who took this poll! See below for the poll graphic.

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By DANIELA ALTIMARI
The Hartford Courant, January 6, 2009

Transgender activists believe this is the year they will gain equal protection under the state’s anti-discrimination laws.

“We feel good,” said Jerimarie Liesegang, who leads the Connecticut TransAdvocacy Coalition. “We’ve done the groundwork, we’ve done the education and we know we have the votes.”

A proposal, to be introduced in the legislative session that begins Wednesday, would prevent people who in any way blur gender lines from being discriminated against in the workplace or while seeking housing or obtaining credit. More than a dozen states, including California, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Oregon and Rhode Island, have enacted similar laws.

Bills that bar discrimination based on gender identity or expression have come up several times over the past few years, but failed to win passage. In 2007, both the judiciary committee and the Senate approved such a bill, but it died in the House of Representatives.

Connecticut has long prohibited discrimination based on gender and sexual orientation. In fact, the state was one of the first to outlaw bias against gays and lesbians. [Read more →]

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The 23rd Annual Conference of the International Foundation for Gender Education will be held in Alexandria, Virginia from February 4-8, 2009.  Click for event details.

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NY Times, December 7, 2008

A Lifestyle Distinct: The Muxe of Mexico

By MARC LACEY Mexico City - Mexico can be intolerant of homosexuality; it can also be quite liberal. Gay-bashing incidents are not uncommon in the countryside, where many Mexicans consider homosexuality a sin. In Mexico City, meanwhile, same-sex domestic partnerships are legally recognized - and often celebrated lavishly in government offices as if they were marriages.

But nowhere are attitudes toward sex and gender quite as elastic as in the far reaches of the southern state of Oaxaca. There, in the indigenous communities around the town of Juchitán, the world is not divided simply into gay and straight. The local Zapotec people have made room for a third category, which they call “muxes” (pronounced MOO-shays) - men who consider themselves women and live in a socially sanctioned netherworld between the two genders.

“Muxe” is a Zapotec word derived from the Spanish “mujer,” or woman; it is reserved for males who, from boyhood, have felt themselves drawn to living as a woman, anticipating roles set out for them by the community. [Read more →]

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The following video was developed for World AIDS Day 2007 by TransAdvocacy.  Collage from Flames in the Looking Glass and some other HIV/AIDS trans related clips.

 

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