thejakartapost.com – Indra Harsaputra & Hans David Tampubolon, The Jakarta Post
Members of hard-line Islamic groups forced their way into a Surabaya hotel Friday, demanding participants of a planned congress on sexual orientation in the East Java ci…
dailynewstribune.com – By Chris Bergeron – Daily News Staff
Cambridge – As a strategy to play forbidden roles, get laughs or erase gender boundaries, cross-dressing has appealed to people as wildly different as Joan of Arc, Monty Python and RuPaul.
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lfpress.com – By Kate Dubinski, The London Free Press
A London cafe has issued a challenge to independent coffee houses all over the continent: make your shops safe for transgendered people on March 31. “Even during the heyday of the gay and lesbian…
dallasvoice.com – By Steven Lindsey – Contributing Writer
When Israel Luna submitted his latest film, Ticked-Off Trannies with Knives, to the Tribeca Film Festival, he expected the usual “Thank You For Your Interest, We Wish You The Best Of Luck” l…
straitstimes.com – By adeline chia
Superstar collaborations are seldom as high profile as in Eonnagata, the dance-drama created by Canadian theatre guru Robert Lepage, the world’s most famous ballerina Sylvie Guillem and British choreographer Russel…
wbez.org – Produced by Natalie Moore
Transgender people often face housing discrimination. So the federal government is currently conducting a first-ever study to learn more about it. In Chicago, one woman has faced bias from a tenant. She lives in …
chicagoreader.com – By Carol Burbank
Before I Disappear
Bailiwick Repertory
Is it a boy or a girl? A child is usually easily classified at birth, but in the 90s, by the time it’s an adult, there’s no guarantee it’ll act its gender. Just as blurr…
ottawacitizen.com – By Chris Cobb, The Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa – The flamboyant, internationally renowned drag queen Dixie Landers took a back seat Thursday to his soberly dressed, brain-injured creator, who told an Ottawa court that he had no memor…
thejakartapost.com – Indra Harsaputra and Wahyoe Boediwardhana
The police refused Wednesday to grant a permit for the upcoming conference of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex associations across Asia set to be held in Surabaya, East …
tallahassee.com – By Tamaryn Waters – Democrat Staff Writer
An ordinance that would put in place discrimination protections for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community won tentative approval Tuesday.
Leon County commissioners voted 4…