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Same-sex weddings in Rhode Island will be permitted starting Aug. 1, 2013. (Google Images)

Gay Americans report more acceptance, room for progress: survey

The vast majority of U.S. lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender adults say society has become more accepting of them in the past decade, according to a poll.

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Tagged acceptance, bias, bisexual, gay, lesbian, lgbt, Pew Research Center, survey, tolerance, transgender
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Boston police issue new transgender guidelines

The new policy includes updates to area including the use of pronouns and having a male or female officer search a transgender individual.

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Tagged Boston, boston police, Boston Police Department, lgbt, transgender | Reply
State Sen. Brad Hoylman has proposed legislation he said would protect transgender New Yorkers.  (Facebook)

Transgender discrimination costs New York millions: Report

Bias against transgender people could be costing the state $7 million, a new report argues.

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Pa. legislature introduces statewide LGBT nondiscrimination bills

The nondiscrimination legislation would prohibit sexual orientation or gender identity-based bias in employment, housing, and credit in Pennsylvania.

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Tagged civil rights, credit, discrimination, gay rights, harrisburg, housing, lgbt, pennsylvania house of representatives, pennsylvania senate, politics, protest, rally, transgender | Reply
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Appeals court hears Michelle Kosilek sex change case

A lawyer for the Department of Correction said that a ruling forcing the DOC to allow an inmate’s sex change “expands the Eighth Amendment by new heights.”

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Michelle Kosilek: Appeals court to hear transgender inmate case

Lawyers for the Department of Correction and Michelle Kosilek will present arguments to the First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston Tuesday morning.

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Emerson College fraternity raises money for transgender brother’s surgery

Member of Emerson College’s Phi Alpha Tau fraternity started an Indiegogo page to raise funds to pay for a transgender brother’s sex reassignment surgery.

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