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Trans Rights Go Global
BY DOUG IRELAND
May was an historic month for the transgendered around the world.
Thursday, June 11, 2009 11:00 PM EDT
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HIV Consent At Issue


With the New York State Legislature adjourning on June 23 — pending resolution of the most recent chaos — members of the State Senate and Assembly, ministers, and AIDS advocates gathered on the steps of City Hall to demand that the state end the requirement for written patient consent for HIV testing.

Updated: Thursday, June 11, 2009 11:41 PM EDT
New Hampshire's A Go


Just an hour after the New Hampshire Legislature approved an amended marriage equality measure, providing conscience protections for religious groups and individuals employed by them — revisions insisted on by Governor John Lynch — the Democrat signed the measure into law. New Hampshire becomes the sixth state with marriage equality on the books, with the law taking effect next January 1.

Updated: Thursday, June 11, 2009 11:49 PM EDT
Porn Busts Dismissed; New Suit Vs. NYC


The criminal cases against three men arrested for prostitution in an Eighth Avenue porn shop were dismissed on June 2, with the Manhattan district attorney saying the arrests were justified, but that the charges could not be proven at trial.

Updated: Thursday, June 11, 2009 11:13 PM EDT
DEVELOPING: Turmoil in the State Senate

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Updated: Friday, June 12, 2009 1:55 AM EDT
New Health Commish Would Shutter Bathhouses


Writing in a 2002 issue of Washington Monthly magazine, New York City's incoming health commissioner argued that bathhouses where gay men meet for sex should be closed to prevent the further spread of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases.

Updated: Friday, June 12, 2009 1:55 AM EDT
Slim on LGBT Cases, Sotomayor Wins Gay Praise


Though she has a slim record on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender issues, federal Judge Sonia Sotomayor is winning support from some gay groups to be the next associate justice on the US Supreme Court.

Updated: Friday, June 12, 2009 1:55 AM EDT