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NEWS & LETTERS, July-August 2010
Queer Notes
by Elise
The International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia was observed in various ways. In Beirut, Lebanon, a sit-in took place on Hamra Street, Al-Madina Theater. Chicago, Ill., gave a kickoff rally for the national Harvey Milk Week observances. In Ottawa, Canada's New Democrats are standing with Canadian Transgenders with the Siksay Private Members Bill to establish full human rights protections for Transgender Canadians.
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New Orleans LGBT Transgender sex worker activist Tracy Brassfield is fighting abuse at the hands of the police. Transgender women and Gay and Bisexual boys and young men in particular are affected. Transgender women report being followed, falsely arrested and charged under an 1805 "crimes against nature" law.
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The U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services has been ordered to put forth new rules allowing same-sex partners hospital visitation rights and making it easier to make medical decisions on behalf of their partners. Hospitals participating in Medicare or Medicaid will have to comply with the new rules.
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