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The Obama administration has appointed transwoman Amanda Simpson to a position in the Department of Commerce, the first such hiring by a U.S. president. Amanda Simpson, who has served on NCTE’s Board of Directors for the past 3 years, has been appointed by the Obama Administration as a Senior Technical Advisor to the Department of Commerce. She’ll be working in …

“As a straight man I really have nothing to gain by standing up for equal rights for Gays, Lesbians, Bisexual, and/or my Transgender friends. Except for the fact that I have many friends who are still subjected to hurtful comments by a society that hasn’t yet embraced fully the nature of… nature. Supporting a limiting system of rules for specific …

To promote last night’s New Year’s Eve show on CNN with Anderson Cooper, Kathy Griffin made the rounds of talk shows, where she reported that a stipulation in this year’s contract required her to return her paycheck if she swore on the air, as she did last year. You be the judge of what was said at 0:57.