UN lauds India’s efforts to provide homosexuals, transgender people with HIV services
The United Nations agency spearheading the global response to HIV/AIDS today lauded India’s efforts to provide prevention and treatment services for men who have sex with men and transgender people, while stressing the need to scale up services and eliminate homophobia.
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Transgender Law Center adds positions
Transgender Law Center Executive Director Masen Davis, center, was joined by Maceo Persson, left, and Justin Tanis in the eighth annual Trans March last Friday.
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US Embassy hosts ‘gay, lesbian and transgender ceremony’ in Islamabad for first time
Islamabad, July 3(ANI): The US Embassy in Islamabad has hosted the first ever gay, lesbians and transgender (GLBT) pride celebration ceremony there, and assured the Pakistani participants that Washington would continue to support their cause.
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Transgender Day of Remembrance

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Why a Transgender Day of Remembrance?
To raise awareness of hate crimes against transgender people
To mourn the loss of those killed due to anti-trans violence
To support the lives of transgender people
To give allies of transgender people an opportunity to stand up and be seen and memorialize those killed by anti-transgender violence

Judge nixes hate crime in transgender assault
The Associated Press The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco prosecutors say they plan to challenge a judge’s decision to dismiss hate crime allegations against two men charged with beating a transgender woman in the city’s Mission District. District Attorney George Gascon said Superior Court Judge Bruce Chan ruled at the end of the suspects’ preliminary hearing late Wednesday that the …
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Transgender held for begging set free by court
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) After months of detention at a beggars’ home, a transgender caught seeking alms in south Delhi was allowed to walk free after the intervention of a Delhi court.
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Judge nixes hate crime in transgender assault
San Francisco prosecutors say they plan to challenge a judge’s decision to dismiss hate crime allegations against two men charged with beating a transgender woman in the city’s Mission District.
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