Xtra.ca – Shawn Syms
HIV-AIDS: Namaste illuminates trans, bi and swinger lives
Noted Montreal academic, author and activist Viviane Namaste has been awarded the 2009 Canadian Award for Action on HIV-AIDS and Human Rights for her efforts to addres…
TheDailyReview.com – By Wendy Post
For hundreds of years, dating back to the thirteenth century when the church forbade the appearance of female actors but condoned that of men and boys disguised as the opposite sex, men have been dressing as women….
Philly.com – By Steven Rea – Inquirer Movie Columnist and Critic
“How do you protect yourself from being attacked by homosexuals?” Sacha Baron Cohen asks in Bruno, his latest guerrilla-style, envelope-nuking spoof.
But while Cohen’s title charact…
Independent.ie – EN – The Hospital Group
There are not many of us, male or female, who are blessed with the facial beauty of a Jaye Davidson (Dil in Neil Jordan’s The Crying Game). As a woman Jaye was good-looking, but as a man he was beautiful — t…
Examiner.com – Joe Ippolito – Philadelphia Transgendered Relationships Examiner
Disclosing to a potential dating partner can be an anxiety producing experience for many “passing” transgender people. Passing is the ability to present oneself as a gen…
Examiner.com – Matt Kailey – Denver Transgender Issues Examiner
Lateisha Green was not from Colorado, but as the first state to convict the murderer of a trans person of committing a hate crime, Green’s murder should concern us as well.
According…
Theater2.NYTimes.com – By Charles Isherwood
Life bears down upon you, wave after wave after wave, in “Les Ephemeres,” the haunting new production from the French theatrical auteur Ariane Mnouchkine and her company Le Theatre du Soleil. Birth and dea…
BayWindows.com – by Ethan Jacobs – Associate Editor
The transgender community and its allies will return to Beacon Hill July 14 for a hearing before the Judiciary Committee on a bill to add trans-inclusive language to the state’s non-discrimination …
EdgeBoston.com – by Joseph Erbentraut – EDGE Great Lakes Regional Editor
When transgender activist and performer Alexandra Billings grand marshaled Chicago’s Pride parade last month, the broader LGBT community was offered an opportunity to ponder a …
SILive.com – by Rob Bailey- Staten Island AWE
A native Staten Islander’s new documentary aims to give trans culture some Fairplay
Staten Island, NY — Billed as “The place where any man can become the woman of his dreams,” the Fort Wadsworth cros…