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Transgender rights talks from the fifth annual Trans Pride March rally in Dolore

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Transgender rights talks from the fifth annual Trans Pride March rally in Dolores Park
by DJ Rubble
Wednesday Jul 9th, 2008 9:30 PM

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/07/09/18514940.php

    The theme of this year's March was "Marching for a Gender Inclusive ENDA"; hear over 30 minutes of audio on human rights issues: Maxine Dugan organizing for the legalization of prostitution in San Francisco; Vivien and Beck take the Human rights Campaign to task for supporting an ENDA (employment non-discrimination act) that excluded gender identity rights, speaking for a coalition working to secure transgender employment rights; Stephanie Shur and Ariana Davis of the World Gender Coalition speak out against systemic mental and physical health discrimination, a DSM IV manual is burned in protest; Ashley Love of MAGNET speaks on issues of discrimination and reads a poem. (31 minutes)
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde


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