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September 17, 2012
Oklahoma judge bars trans people from changing names

Citing the Bible, Judge Bill Graves says transgender men and women are changing their names for 'fraudulent purposes'

An Oklahoma judge has sparked fury after not allowing transgender people to change their names legally.

Local newspaper The Oklahoman reports Oklahoma County district judge Bill Graves, a former state legislator, cited the Bible in disallowing the name changes, claiming trans people are ‘making the changes for fraudulent purposes’.

April 10, 2012
Drunk trio beat man after anti-gay abuse

Two women and a man have admitted attacking a stranger outside a gay pub in the English city of Gloucester

Three drunks have admitted to punching and kicking a man who taunted them with homophobic abuse outside a gay bar in Gloucester, UK, a court heard.

Gloucester Magistrates' Court was told last week how two women and one man attacked the victim outside the Westgate pub in the city center during the early hours of  25 February.

Ria Marsh, 25, of Linden Road, 45-year-old Anthony Fairley, of Commercial Road, and 35-year-old Claire Armitage, of Linden Road, all pleaded guilty to assaulting Timothy Challen.