MONDAY KICKSTARTER: NJ Senate Approves Transgender Birth Certificate Bill
All weekend I trolled the web for LGBT headlines so you wouldn’t have to. Here’s what I found:
PROGRESS REPORT
New Jersey Senate Panel approves a bill that requires the state Health Department to issue a new birth certificate to people who have completed gender reassignment surgery.
New Jersey Senate Panel approves transgender birth certificate bill
Education secretary urges equal treatment of gay couples in federal college loan applications
Lesbian couple first to marry in Mexican state
Israel’s first memorial to gay holocaust victims unveiled
MARRIAGE EQUALITY NEWS
University of Southern Indiana faculty votes to oppose state’s gay marriage ban
RUSSIA WATCH
French president to boycott Sochi Olympics
Olympic gold medalist Greg Louganis urges protest of Russian anti-gay laws
Publishers are clamoring for a book Linsday Lohan began writing in rehab about seeking sobriety, being famous and having Michael Lohan for a father. Sounds like a doozy!
Russian actor says gays should be burned alive in ovens
INDIA WATCH
Thousands ban together to protest India Supreme Court’s decision to criminalize gay sex
POLLS
Majority of Americans support trans-inclusive ENDA
CELEBRITY
Lindsay Lohan is writing a book about being in rehab
Jennifer Saunders will write a book to — about Absolutely Fabulous
Oscar-winning Hollywood actress Joan Fontaine is dead at 96
Mary Cheney hosts marriage equality fundraiser in Indiana
X Factor winner James Arthur apologizes for anti-gay remarks on live TV
