Straight.com – By Stephen Hui
Jessica Cooper says transgender people constantly face negative stereotypes, the risk of violence, and the threat of losing their jobs, homes, and families.
So, the 46-year-old transsexual woman and transgender-right…
Feministe.us – Posted by: piny
Thursday I met with the psychiatrist who oversaw my transition and a few months of my re-transition. It was interesting–very brief, and anticlimactic; at this point, I’m not really in transition in either direction. Sh…
NYTimes.com – By Karen Rosenberg
A drag queen named Taiwan is working the phone. His male lover has just proposed marriage, and Taiwan doesn’t know what to tell him. He calls his mother, then his grandmother, then a psychic hotline. He weighs church…
GayLesbianTimes.com – Rick Braatz, Staff Reporter
The transgender community, including friends and family, turned out to honor its past and present at the sixth annual Transgender Day of Empowerment at the San Diego LGBT Community Center, last Frida…
IrishTimes.com – Eoin Burke-Kennedy
Ireland remains one of only two countries in Europe that fails to afford any legal recognition or rights to transgender people, a conference in Dublin heard today.
Professor Stephen Whittle from Manchester Metr…
LAIst.com – by Dan Collins
Tammie Brown was eliminated in episode 2 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” but that didn’t stop her from turning sour grapes into the sweet champagne of success. She will be performing alongside Drag Race winner BeBe Zahara Benet a…
Citizen-Times.com – Jim Cavener – Take5 Correspondent
Billing a tense and graphic theater experience about a gay-bashing hate crime as a comedy has inherent risks.
Scapegoat Theatre Collective’s fine “Weldon Rising” is a case in point. The script…
AfterEllen.com – by Carla
I’ve posted some of this on another thread but this is the complete version.
I have a situation which kind of relates to my question. I am a post op MTF and i have been with my gf for some time now. This weekend some o…
Advocate.com – By Corey Scholibo – An Advocate.com exclusive
Advocate.com’s exclusive first look at Ang Lee’s new film Taking Woodstock includes this photo of Liev Schreiber, who plays Vilma, a drag queen who serves as a bodyguard during the Woodsto…
BayWindows.com – Associated Press
Lorin Gartenlaub, a transwoman living in Worcester, was in a bind last winter: she needed several hundred dollars for the co-pay for a medication her doctor prescribed to treat her multiple sclerosis, but she did no…