For LGBTQI Month: How QDEP Creates Options for Queer & Immigrant Detainees
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Our goal is to not just provide support, but to empower people to do what they want to do when they get out
transgender rights
France Mulls Process for Changing Gender Identification
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The legislation under review eases the process of changing gender identification, but critics say it falls short of recommendations by the Council of Europe, an advisory body to the European Union.
detention centers
GBT Housing ‘Pod’ Offers National Detention Model
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During a tour of the only housing unit that ICE sets aside for GBT detainees to live together, one detainee in Santa Ana praised conditions. Lawyers and other advocates are still watching to see if guards’ behavior improves after a sensitivity training this summer. The third of four stories.
Arts & Culture
High Court Strikes DOMA; Perry Fights for Abortion Ban
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The Supreme Court declared that same-sex couples who are legally married deserve equal rights to the benefits under federal law. In Texas, Gov. Rick Perry has called a special legislative session to pass an abortion law.