USA Refuses to Sign UN Gay and Transgender Rights Declaration

USA Refuses to Sign UN Gay Rights Declaration



The United States refused to sign the United Nations Gay Rights Declaration presented in December 2008.

Here's what you can do to change this:

ENGAGE
Have conversations with your neighbors, friends and family about LGBT rights.

QUESTION
Ask President-elect Barack Obama to support HRC's Blueprint for Positive Change.

UNITE
Powerful change results when more than 10,000,000 LGBT people come together.

ACT
Go to the National DOMA Protests on January 10 and stand among over a million people who want change.

LABOR
We will not rest until all LGBT people are given full and equal civil rights.

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Leeneshia Edwards Memphis Transgender Woman Shot in The Face

Found on CW30 ABC, Dana Rebik reported Transgender Woman Shot in Face
"Police say the shooting happened sometime around 5:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 23, 2008 in the 3100 block of Boxtown Road in south Memphis near T.O. Fuller State Park. Leeneshia Edwards was last seen about an hour earlier at the “C.K.’s Coffee Shop” on Union Avenue in midtown Memphis.

Edwards, is now in critical condition at “The Med”. Her cousin tells us Edwards was shot in the jaw, side and back and is undergoing multiple surgeries.

Investigators have not yet been able to interview the shooting victim. Police say there were no eyewitnesses to the shooting when they arrived, and they don't have a description of the shooter or the shooter's car. As far as Duana Johnson’s case, detectives say they have no solid leads. If you have any information about either of these cases, call Memphis Crime Stoppers at (901) 528-CASH."