Sara’s News Roundup 2/20/11
Recent LGBT news selected by Sara Boesser in Juneau, Alaska.
1) University of Alaska regents vote to ban gay discrimination
Anchorage, Alaska, Anchorage Daily News, February 19th, 2011
2) Corvino: Should we care if we were ‘Born This Way?’
365Gay.com, February 18, 2011
3) Transsexual differences caught on brain scan
New Scientist, January 2011
4) Hawaii eyes gay ceremonies after civil unions pass
Honolulu, Associated Press, February 17, 2011
5) Mexico Markets First Gay Beer?
Mexico, Advocate, February 17, 2011
6) Montenegro gets first gay rights NGO
Podgorica, Montenegro, AFP, February 18, 2011
7) Transgender symposium
Waterford, Ireland, Irish Examiner, February 19, 2011
8) Lea T., Transsexual Model, Sits Down With Oprah (VIDEO)
Huffington Post, February 17, 2011
9) UK to let gays have church civil ceremonies
London, 365Gay.com, February 17, 2011
10) Gay marriage has the votes to pass state [Maryland] Senate
Baltimore, Maryland, Baltimore Sun, February 17, 2011
11) Facebook adds ‘civil union, ‘domestic partnership’
San Francisco Chronicle, February 19, 2011
12) California high court to rule on key Prop. 8 issue
San Francisco, San Francisco Chronicle, February 16, 2011
13) Trans-Friendly Restrooms Sought in Chicago
Chicago, Advocate, February 18, 2011
14) Top Marine Says DADT Repeal Won’t Lead to Exodus in Force
Washington, AOL News, February 18, 2011