as reported in Bay Windows by Ethan Jacobs staff reporter
Wednesday July 2nd 2008 and UPDATED July 3 2008


When Nick Teich created a free account on the online personals site BisexualDatingNow.com last week, he decided to disclose that he is transgender. Perhaps he shouldn’t have.

"They say, tell us about yourself in your own words. And I stated, ’I’m a 25-year old trans guy living in Boston.’ . . . I didn’t want to mislead anyone looking at my profile, so that’s why I put that," said Teich. Within a day he had received three "smiles," which members send to express their interest in getting to know each other.

Teich thought little of his decision until he wrote to the site’s customer service staff about a problem he was having using the site. He exchanged e-mails with a customer service representative named Kiar Dupuis, and after reading his profile Dupuis informed him that the site does not allow transgender users.

"I am sorry, as a transgender, our site would not meet your needs. I am afraid we have to remove your profile," wrote Dupuis, according to an e-mail provided to Bay Windows by Teich. His profile was deleted shortly after he received the e-mail.

( Click here to read more and to find out how to protest this - and PS TangoWire is a Gay owned and operated company!!!!! )

we are x-posting this, we originally found this info on ftmichael's post on ourqueerfamily and neverbeuseless's post on gsa_lj but it's quickly spreading across the internet, it's now on "Pams House Blend" too. That'll get some action for sure!

Researcher says methodology ‘doesn’t make sense’

by staff reporter Joshua Lynsen originally published in the Washington Blade on Friday, November 30, 2007

www.washblade.com/2007/11-30/news/national/11645.cfm

Two polling experts are questioning a recent Human Rights Campaign (HRC) survey that asked gays for their opinions about the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA).

( read the full text of the Washington Blade article on the HRC ENDA Poll Controversy as well as links to 'Pro' & 'Anti' Commentary )

( click here for details of events for Transgender Day of Remembrance happening this evening Tuesday November 20th in Hartford Connecticut )

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this letter & accompanying article sent to us from the New England LGBT Veterans

Friends,

Today is Veteran's Day. After what happened in the House Wednesday (ENDA Passes House Without Trans Protections), I don't feel much like wanting to be an American any longer. I'm not even going to march in the Atlanta Veteran's Day Parade with the other GLBT veterans as I planned.

( read more about America's Forgotten Veterans in an article by Ms. Monica Helms, president Transgender American Veterans Association )


Since the mainstream media has seen fit to overlook this important topic we have chosen to X-post this this letter & accompanying article to honour both Veteran's Day/Remembrance Day (November 11th) as well as Transgender Day of Remembrance (November 20th). Perhaps you might also wish to do the same and pass it on down the line.

Yesterday, BiNet USA signed a coalition note calling for the continued inclusion of gender identity in the Employee Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), due to be reintroduced into The House later this year.
( Read more... )

X-Posted from curriedspam

FYI - there is a transphobic film making the rounds at LGBT Film Fests nationwide, slipping in under the radar of "sci-fi." The film depicts a "scary future" of transsexuals and the hero is a lesbian saved from the trans people by the "butch rescue squad." SF's Frameline Festival was unaware of this film's hateful message when it programmed it for the sci-fi venue and SF is now seriously evaluating how to solve this issue and WILL DECIDE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. Please give your input to Frameline: michael@frameline.org, info@frameline.org (and to your own local festivals) and please also sign the petition.

( read flyer of info about the transphobic film )
sign the petition here:
you should put your name in the comments section in addition to the name the blog asks you for. Your name in the comments will count as a signature.
http://leftinsf.com/blog/index.php/archives/1928
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the above was copied and X-Posted "as is" from an entry made by zanyassmask in the LJ Community postqueer