blogs.OCWeekly.com – By Matt Coker
Gay and lesbian Vietnamese-Americans say they’re marching in Saturday morning’s Tet Parade in Westminster, sparking rebukes from a City Council member and Christian leader.
Bolsavik.com has the scoop. A week ag…
SMH.com.au – Louise Schwartzkoff
The bloke in the peaked police cap seems the sort you would expect to see atop a Mardi Gras float, stroking his moustache and flashing his smooth chest.
Look closer and you notice the soft lips beneath his moustac…
Blaze.e-p.net.au – Written by Peter Burdon
A former colonel in the People’s Liberation Army, and a woman since 1996, Jin Xing is now widely acknowledged as one of the world’s great choreographers. Even in China. Peter Burdon spoke to her in Shan…
EBAR.com – by Chuck Colbert
A ruling last week by the U.S. Tax Court held that a Massachusetts woman should be permitted to deduct the medical costs associated with her transition for the purposes of filing federal income tax returns – a ruling that…
Advocate.com – By Julie Bolcer
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a three-year, $900,000 grant to Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Elders (SAGE) to create the first national resource center …
BIANet.org – Bawer Cakir
Antalya – BIA News Center – Transgender Derya Y. was stabbed to death at her home in the Altındag district of Antalya on the Mediterranean coast. The police has launched an investigation into the matter.
The LGBTT (lesbia…
Space Oddity
In 1959, Alan Shepard was one of 110 military test pilots invited by the newly formed National Aeronautics and Space Administration to volunteer for the first manned space flight program. Following a grueling series of physical and psy…
MPBN.net – Reported By: Tom Porter
The Maine Human Rights Commission today released draft guidelines designed to protect students against discrimination based on sexual orientation. The guidelines assert the rights of transgender students to have ac…
Torrevieja.com – A. Michael
29 comparsas as well as the Carnival Queen and Drag Queen’s floats participated in the same.
Prize-giving took place at the Centro Cultural Virgen del Carmen before a public completely devoted to the Carnival.
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StarObserver.com.au – Author: Staff Writers
Chelsey Mikimoto, a transgender showgirl from Melbourne, was crowned Miss Transsexual Australia 2010 in the country’s first-ever beauty pageant for transsexuals and transgenders, held at Melbourne’s Bar 36…