LGBT Issues

Indiana Issues LGBT License Plates

Details: Category: LGBT Issues; Published on Wednesday, 18 January 2012 18:23; Written by Lara Landis; Hits: 402

(Publisher's Note: Maryland was actually the first state to offer and LGBT license plate.)

Indiana has done something no other state has done. Drivers in the Hoosier state can now purchase LGBT license plates. The LGBT plate will be offered through the Indiana Youth Group according to WFLI 18.

The Indiana Youth Group went through one lawsuit and three applications before its request to offer the license plate received approval. The new plate features a rainbow-colored hands reaching up to the sky on the left-hand side. The rest of the plate contains the license plate information and a space for the car's registration sticker.

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Washington DC LGBT Gang "Check It"! Holds Fashion Show

Details: Category: LGBT Issues; Published on Tuesday, 17 January 2012 19:11; Written by Lara Landis; Hits: 809

Members of Check It, an LGBT gang based in Washington, DC, recently gave a fashion show. The fashion was given at the D.C. Police Department Boys and Girls club on Shepard Street. The crew formed as a response to bullying that members of the gang received. Members of the gang had committed crimes ranging from shoplifting to carjacking. A member of Check It told a Washington Post reporter the gang formed for protection and seldom initiated violence.

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Iranian Secretary General of Human Rights Calls Homosexuality a Disease

Details: Category: LGBT Issues; Published on Saturday, 14 January 2012 17:38; Written by Lara Landis; Hits: 490

Iran's Secretary-General of Human rights called Homosexuality a Western disease that does not exist in his country in a meeting with his German counterpart. The Secretary General acknowledged that Homosexuality existed in Iran, even if the current president of the country has not.

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Work It Canceled After Just Two Episodes

Details: Category: LGBT Issues; Published on Sunday, 15 January 2012 14:28; Written by Lara Landis; Hits: 522

Paul Lee may have not understood what was wrong with Work It. Transgender advocates expressed concern over the transgender stereotypes expressed in the show. LGBT advocates circulated petitions trying to get the show off the air. The petitions did not affect the over all decision of the network. ABC made its decision based on the show's ratings. The network cancelled the show after the second episode.

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Author of Tennessee Bathroom Bill Threatens Violence Against Transgender People

Details: Category: LGBT Issues; Published on Friday, 13 January 2012 20:46; Written by Lara Landis; Hits: 538

Senator Richard Floyd introduced the Bathroom Harassment Act into the Tennessee State Legislature. Senator Bo Watson, who also introduced a version of he bill, withdrew his version of the same bill.

Under the proposed legislation, a transgender person would face a $50 fine for using a restroom or a dressing room that does not match their birth gender. Transgender advocates have criticized the bill for being transphobic. Maine’s legislature considered a similar bill earlier this year.