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Hi Lysanne and all Re LGBT History month

Hi Lysanne i forgot to copy you in on the statement from Dennis Hambridge for the main boycott site the following statement was posted on www.lgbtlondon.ning.com and is copied below The same statement below is going to be made public on the main boycott on facebook and other sites also via emails soon i have already got a huge response from Children some as you know say they have also been excluded from events and some Children say they feel threaten… Continue

Added by Lydia101HackneyWhistle-blower on November 20, 2009 at 2:08pm — No Comments

Event's Complaint L.G.B.T History Month

Dear, LGBT History Month UK 05/11/09 We as a Family are extremely disappointed with the set of LGBT History Month UK events held earlier this year Feb 2009 with-in the London Borough of Hackney. Reason's for this are listed below. - We as parent's of a LGBT young person known as (K) was refused entry to a event held at the Marie Lloyd bar based in Mare street Hackney. The said event was advertised as a event for ALL and did not state that any age restriction's. However, to are dismay we wa… Continue

Added by Lysanne on November 19, 2009 at 6:29pm — 3 Comments

President Obama Signs first ever Hate Crimes Bill into Law

President Obama Signs Matthew Shepard/James Byrd Hate Crimes Bill into Law on Oct 28th 2009 President Obama has just signed the first ever piece of pro-LGBT federal legislation into law. The Matthew Shepard & James Byrd Hate Crimes Prevention Act was attached to the Defense Authorization Bill and added gender, sexual orientation, gender id… Continue

Added by Lydia101HackneyWhistle-blower on October 30, 2009 at 2:25am — No Comments

European institutions make commitments to fight discrimination against trans people

MEDIA RELEASE 28 October 2009 For immediate release European institutions make commitments to fight discrimination against trans people Today the “Trans Rights Conference: Putting Trans Rights on the European Agenda” was held by ILGA-Europe and Transgender Europe as a pre-conference to ILGA-Europe’s 13th Annual Conference starting tomorrow. This conference was intended to bring together European and national stake holders in a direct dialogue with trans and LGBT activists from across Europe… Continue

Added by Dennis Hambridge on October 29, 2009 at 8:19pm — No Comments

Hormone 'blockers' could be offered to under-16s seeking sex change

Hormone 'blockers' could be offered to under-16s seeking sex change By Victoria Richards Sunday, 20 September 2009 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/hormone-blockers-could-be-offered-to-under16s-seeking-sex-change-1790451.html Sex-change experts are considering reviews to current UK guideline… Continue

Added by Dennis Hambridge on October 29, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Met Police accused of "watering down" lesbian and gay liasion officers has hate crime rises

Updated 6:30pm: London Assembly and Metropolitan Police Association (MPA) member Jenny Jones has said she will raise the issue with the MPA's committee. The Metropolitan Police Service has been accused of watering down LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans) liaison officers in London at a time of increased reports of homophobic hate crime. Latest Met figures show the number of reported crimes has risen by 18 per cent since last October and there have been a number of murders of gay men in the… Continue

Added by Dennis Hambridge on October 23, 2009 at 7:34pm — No Comments

Equality and Human Rights Commission launchies report on Transgender issues and Transphobia

Browse: Home / UK / EHRC report calls for more research on transgender issues EHRC report calls for more research on transgender issues By Jessica Geen • October 21, 2009 - 16:12 see full report on:-- http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/uploaded_files/research/trans_research_review_rep27.pdf Website---www.equalityhumandrights.com email---res… Continue

Added by Dennis Hambridge on October 22, 2009 at 7:29pm — 1 Comment

Poison Abortion bid Doctor Guilty!

The BBC reports that a doctor has been found guilty of poisoning his lover in a failed attempt to induce an abortion. Dr Edward Erin, 44, of west London, spiked the drinks of Bella Prowse, 33, after she became pregnant but refused a termination, the Old Bailey heard. The married father-of-two, who worked at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, west London, had d… Continue

Added by Paul H Milsom on October 19, 2009 at 4:34pm — 5 Comments

A Girl on Friday, a Boy on Monday--TES magazine publication October 2009

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.tes.co.uk/ article.aspx? storycode= 6025192 A girl on Friday, a boy by Monday Published in TES Magazine on 16 October, 2009 | By: Hannah Frankel The average primary may have as many as three transgendered pupils. Avoiding the issue is the worst response, but as Hannah Frankel reports, there is much that schools can do to offer support at a deeply traumatic time Nickie* is a perfectly normal, happy 16-year-ol… Continue

Added by Dennis Hambridge on October 18, 2009 at 5:11pm — No Comments

My reply frm L.G.B.T HM on why we young people get excluded

Dear Lizzie, Thank you for your email. We are sorry to hear about the problems you have encountered when trying to attend LGBT History Month events in Hackney. As you may be aware, LGBT History Month is a grass-root movement with several hundred events organised around the UK, each year. While there is a national organisation (made up of a small team of volunteers) that co-ordinates the month and organises the pre-launch events in November each year, events during the Month itself are organis… Continue

Added by Lizzie on October 17, 2009 at 4:10pm — 5 Comments

Find us on Goodreads and Facebook!

Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=47620726946 Goodreads group: http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/21019.Wilde_about_Books Continue

Added by Wilde About Books! on October 15, 2009 at 11:52am — No Comments

HAHA HA---Got to laugh aint ya

Two drunken thugs have learnt a lesson after the pair of cross-dressing men they attacked turned out to be cage fighters in fancy dress. Cage rage: Dazed yobs are floored after man in drag unleashes lightning punches Haplesss Dean Gardner, 19, and Jason Fender, 22, were floored by their intended victims after picking on them in a random attack. The amazing scene was captured on CCTV in the centre of Swansea, Wales. The footage shows a bare-chested Gardner brazenly marching up to one of the 'vi… Continue

Added by Dennis Hambridge on October 7, 2009 at 6:21pm — No Comments

Looking for the facts

with more and more of the simple facts of " institutionalised" homophobia and Transphobia by public bodies, such as councils, police forces and national health/pct services etc--and people willing to come forward to give their experiences at the hands of those who we pay the wages of with our taxes, those under British Law who should be treating people equally and disgracefully disguise the fact they are,and try their upmost to curtail free speech for fear that we show the truth IN CONFIDENCE--… Continue

Added by Dennis Hambridge on October 6, 2009 at 11:55am — No Comments

Hackney L.G.B.T History Month UK dose it include young people ????

Hackney & L.G.B.T History Month U.K sure know to organise the pi#s up's, so much so that this means that we (young people) get excluded from most of the events, i have not been allowed to attend these events over the past three years i turned up at one venue & got refused entry was told Adults only = No young people, furture to this got told to attend the event's for Children&Young persons that are held during School hours ??????? Continue

Added by Lizzie on October 5, 2009 at 1:40pm — 10 Comments

Bi-sexuality Day 23rd Sept 2009

Celebrate Bisexuality Day is observed on September 23 by members of the bisexual community and their supporters. [1][2][3] This day is a call for bisexual, pansexual, friends and supporters to recognize and celebrate bisexuality, bisexual history, bisexual community and culture, and the bi/pansexual people in their lives.[4][5][6] Probably first observed in 1999[7][8] (though Bi Net USA claims 1990[9]), Celebrate Bisexuality Day is the brainchild of three United States bisexual rights activist… Continue

Added by Lydia101HackneyWhistle-blower on September 23, 2009 at 10:56pm — 2 Comments

News of the 12-Year old is now followed by a 9-Year-old-Boy, 9, returns to school as a girl

News of the 12-year-old is now followed by a 9-year-old Boy, 9, returns to school as a girl A nine-year-old boy is believed to have become the youngest person in Britain to swap gender and is now attending primary school as a girl. By Ian Johnston The unidentified Year Five child left school as a boy and… Continue

Added by Lydia101HackneyWhistle-blower on September 19, 2009 at 11:52am — 2 Comments

Boy 12 is having a Sex Change

Boy, 12, is having sex change, school announces A school called an emergency assembly to tell children that a 12-year-old male pupil was having a sex change. The youngster arrived for his first term at secondary school wearing a dress and with long hair in ribboned pigtails after his parents cha… Continue

Added by Lydia101HackneyWhistle-blower on September 18, 2009 at 1:18pm — No Comments

South Africa responded angrily to reports that tests on world champion runner Caster Semenya had found she was a hermaphrodite, with both male and female sexual characteristics.

Athletics' governing body declined to confirm the report in Australia's Daily Telegraph. The IAAF said medical experts were examining the results of gender tests on Semenya, who won the women's 800 metres at last month's World Championships in Berlin. No decision would be taken until late November. South Africa… Continue

Added by Lydia101HackneyWhistle-blower on September 11, 2009 at 6:45pm — No Comments

Transexual wins prison battle

A transsexual prisoner serving life for manslaughter and attempted rape committed while she was a man has won a High Court declaration that a refusal of the authorities to move her to a women's prison was a violation of her human rights. Skip related content The 27-year-old prisoner, who cannot be identified, was described by her lawyer as "a woman trapped inside a man's body". Deputy Judge David Elvin QC, sitting at London's High Court, quashed Justice Secretary Jack Straw's decision to contin… Continue

Added by Lydia101HackneyWhistle-blower on September 4, 2009 at 1:10pm — 2 Comments

Four weeks to get your team together for the RVT/GMFA GAY SPORTS DAY 2009

There are now less than five weeks left to get your team of five together for the 2009 Royal Vauxhall Tavern/GMFA Gay Sports Day, on Bank Holiday Monday, 31 August. Check out this video of last year's Sports Day. Events already announced for this year include the drag relay, the handbag throw and the fabulous 50m mince.… Continue

Added by GMFA on August 7, 2009 at 12:07pm — No Comments

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