Guardian.co.uk – Charlotte Higgins
There has been a tremendous kerfuffle at Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art. Its current exhibition, sh[OUT] – which focuses on lesbian, gay, transgender and intersex life, and features, among others, work by Nan Gold…
Parenting.blogs.NYTimes.com – By Lisa Belkin
Tests on the South African runner Caster Semenya continue, as race officials try to decide whether the 18-year-old athlete – who says she is female – is a man or a woman. Martha Wilson, an American writer…
In2Town.co.uk
What do the words cross-dresser or cross dressing conjure up in your mind. For greater, it’s practicably Dame Edna Everage, weird sexual fetishes, or men who don’t know what or whom they want to be. It’s strange how the very mention of…
TampaBay.com – By Rita Farlow, Times Staff Writer
Largo – A transgender man who died after being struck by a car in May had small amounts of antianxiety medication in his blood but no alcohol, according to an autopsy report released Friday.
Jul…
Guardian.co.uk – Ghaith Abdul-Ahad – The Guardian
It was an ancient tradition banned by the Taliban but now it’s back: Ghaith Abdul-Ahad reports from northern Afghanistan on the hiring out of young male dancers by older men
The night’s rituals un…
GayNZ.com – By Racheal McGonigal
My name is Racheal McGonigal and I am a sex change female.
Before I start in on this article let me predict that some within the Trans community will just say by writing this article I’m just whining. Others may …
TimesOnline.TypePad.com – Interview by Linda Tsang
Phillippa Kaufman, of Doughty Street Chambers, acted for a transsexual convicted killer who was born a man but has had her womanhood recognised by law and her birth certificate amended. The High Cou…
HRCBackStory.org – HRC Business Council
“Policy to Practice” is a two-week series of conversations and blog posts about what it takes to turn an inclusive employment non-discrimination policy into practice in the workplace. This post on transgender…
WashingtonCityPaper.com – Posted by Amanda Hess
Yesterday, CBS News reporter Sarah Liss spent 12 hours of her life reading The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown’s 509-page sequel to The Da Vinci Code. Only 45 minutes in, Liss comes across this Brown gem:
Th…
Examiner.com – Remigio Darby – Denver Gay Culture Examiner
Denver — The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center of Colorado applauded the introduction of legislation today that would repeal the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act…