Indian IT drafts policy for gays, transgender - Business news

Indian IT drafts policy for gays, transgender - Business news: "Multinationals, who have strong diversity policies globally, are taking the lead and many Indian firms may follow soon. IBM India, for instance, is looking to adopt best practices from its parent organisation and this may include policy impacting initiatives."

Goodwill thrives at San Francisco thrift store | Lake Wylie Pilot - Lake Wylie, SC

Key quote, referencing a recent study: "It found that despite being twice as likely to hold college degrees as state residents as a whole, the respondents also were twice as likely to be unemployed. Seventy percent of those surveyed reported having been discriminated against or harassed on the job."

Goodwill thrives at San Francisco thrift store | Lake Wylie Pilot - Lake Wylie, SC

Minority welfare dept to look after concerns of gays, transgenders - The Times of India

Minority welfare dept to look after concerns of gays, transgenders - The Times of India

Transgender Houston woman arrested for entering men’s bathroom - Dallas Voice

WATCH: Transgender Houston woman arrested for entering men’s bathroom - Dallas Voice: "KTRK reports that a preoperative transgender woman in Houston was arrested last week for using the women’s restroom at the city’s main library.

The woman’s arrest appears to conflict with the city’s nondiscrimination policy, enacted by Mayor Annise Parker earlier this year, which permits people to use restrooms according to their gender identity, regardless of their biological sex."

toledoblade.com -- The Blade ~ Toledo Ohio

toledoblade.com -- The Blade ~ Toledo Ohio: Two city ordinances that protect gay and transgender persons from discrimination passed in Bowling Green, Ohio, after a topsy-turvy history.

Transgender Day of Remembrance 2010

The annual Transgender Day of Remembrance is coming up, in which people murdered because of their gender identity are remembered. An article in the Missoulian features an interview with Erin Armstrong.

Misconceptions, answers about transgendered people: "Erin Armstrong, a transgender activist featured in Rolling Stone for her work, heads to Missoula this week to speak at the event. Armstrong has documented her transition with video blogs on YouTube, and she works in San Francisco’s Trans: Thrive office, a drop-in center for transgender folks.

Last week, she talked with the Missoulian about being trans, the Missoula Transgender Day of Recognition – the local answer to the national Day of Remembrance – as well as about political successes and roadblocks for the trans community."

Panel rules against Orono school in transgender bathroom access - Bangor Daily News

Panel rules against Orono school in transgender bathroom access - Bangor Daily News: "The Maine Human Rights Commission ruled Monday that Orono Middle School unlawfully discriminated against a sixth-grader during the 2008-2009 school year by not letting the male-to-female transgender student use the girls’ bathroom.

This is the same student whose parents filed a similar discrimination complaint against Asa Adams Elementary School in Orono when their child was a fifth grader there during the 2007-2008 school year. That case resulted in the same ruling against the school district in June 2009.

Also Monday, the commission members again began talks about developing anti-discrimination guidelines specifically for schools under the Maine Human Rights Act."

Anti-bias language given final OK by NC State Bar - WBTV 3 News, Weather, Sports, and Traffic for Charlotte, NC-

The regulatory body for North Carolina's lawyers has given final approval to language designed to discourage attorneys from having personal bias against representing gays and transgender people.

The North Carolina State Bar Council voted 35-20 Friday in favor of changes to the preamble of their rules of professional conduct.

Anti-bias language given final OK by NC State Bar - WBTV 3 News, Weather, Sports, and Traffic for Charlotte, NC-

Costello & Mains, P.C. Files Transgender Employment and Hous

New Jersey employment law firm Costello & Mains, P.C. has filed a lawsuit on behalf of April Murdoch, a male to female transsexual who was viciously tormented by her employer when her landlord, who entered her apartment without her permission and discovered paperwork pertaining to her transition, informed her employer of his find.

Costello & Mains, P.C. Files Transgender Employment and Hous