Kerry, Nadler Propose Fair Housing Bill for LGBTs

The Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act, or HOME Act, would amend existing federal law to ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in housing and credit.

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Equality Guide

Use this map to find out if your state offers protections against
employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender
identity.

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Too Little, Too Late on Gender Identity Protections? 

As the political frenzy over job creation and unemployment heightens, comprehensive gender identity employment protections remain elusive.

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Calif. Senate Passes Increased Protections for Gender Identity and Expression

The California state Senate Tuesday passed the Gender Nondiscrimination Act, authored by Toni Atkins (pictured)
to strengthen existing protections against discrimination based on gender identity and expression.

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Gaga Wins for "Best Female" While Dressed as Man

Her tweak on gender identity opened the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday with a monologue in character as her male alter ego, Jo Calderone, who declared nothing real, and everything theater.

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A Message from Claude Cahun Revisited

Yet another Paris museum is set to highlight the work of Claude Cahun,
whose message on gender identity becomes only more relevant in the years
after the artist’s death.

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College to Ask Applicants: Are You LGBT?

Elmhurst College in Elmhurst, Ill., has become the first college or
university to ask about sexual orientation and gender identity on its
undergraduate application.

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Italian Parliament Rejects Gay Rights Bill

The Chamber of Deputies voted on Tuesday not to
approve a bill that would protect people people from discrimination on
the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.

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Nation’s Fourth-Largest School District Adds Gender Identity Protections

Florida’s Miami-Dade County school district, the fourth largest in
the nation, has added gender identity to its antiharassment and
antibullying policy.

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Complications for Transgender Recognition in Ireland

New legislation to recognize gender identity in Ireland has raised
concerns because of the strict conditions it imposes, for example, by forcing applicants to choose between their marriage and recognition.

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