BrisbaneTimes.com – Liau Y-Sing
When Khartini Slamah first came out as a transexual, he was a dutiful Muslim son by day and a prostitute by night, working on the streets of the Malaysian capital.
The option of sex change surgery was out of the qu…
TheVitalVoice.com – by Colin Murphy – Senior Staff Writer
A St. Louis area transgender woman says she and a friend were denied entry to an area restaurant and bar last month because the doorman said that their IDs did not look like them.
On the e…
Advocate.com
Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm has signed an executive order banning discrimination in state employment based on gender identity or expression, according to Michigan LGBT rights group Triangle Foundation. The legislation applies to…
Canada.com – Gilbert A. Bouchard , Freelance
Exposure Queer Arts and Culture Festival
When: Friday through Dec. 1
Where: Various locations
Info: www.exposurefestival.ca/
Edmonton – On top of being an eclectic, multimedia offering of artistic t…
Advocate.com
The Palm Beach County, Fla., board of commissioners voted Tuesday to prohibit discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations based on gender identity or expression, according to a press release from the Palm Beach Coun…
MetroSpirit.com – BY David Oliver Doswell II
Dear David:
Augusta, GA. – A buddy of mine went out a few weeks ago and picked up a tranny (transvestite) by “mistake.” It was the funniest thing. To be honest, none of us could tell. He was gorgeous. …
TheCrimson.com – By Sarah J. Howland – Contributing Writer
Harvard Yard was quiet last night, but a tight circle of people outside Matthews Hall observed a moment of more profound silence.
Five students and one University employee gathered to co…
Macon.com – By Greg Bluestein – Associated Press Writer
Riverdale, Ga. – Michelle Bruce says she didn’t run for office to be a pioneer, but there’s no denying that she cuts a unique figure in political circles: She’s perhaps Georgia’s first transgen…
WiganToday.net – By Annette Kelman
A woman dubbed a “neighbour from hell” subjected a Wigan drag queen to months of verbal abuse, a court heard.
June Jones repeatedly swore and shouted homophobic abuse at her next door neighbour Martin Prescott a…
MercuryNews.com – By Lisa Fernandez – Mercury News
Throughout the nation, supporters of the transgender community will unite Tuesday to speak out against intolerance and violence.
Included among the services, vigils and protests scheduled for Nat…