Philly.com – By Larry Margasak and Devlin Barrett – Associated Press
Washington – Noting recent incidents of “bias-motivated violence,” Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said yesterday that new hate-crimes laws were needed to stop what he called “…
SoVo.com – By Lou Chibbaro Jr, Washington Blade
An aid to U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said Wednesday that the congressman plans to introduce a revised version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act next week that will include protections for …
BlackBookMag.com – By Bryan Levandowski
Considering it’s been open just about a year, the Eryn Brinie store has been gaining credible cult status, making it a perfect playground for this week’s installment of Retail Renegade. The Soho institution qu…
AsianWeek.com – By Dia Vergados
On Thursday June 18th, the nation’s best and boldest transgender and queer performers will kick off the 8th annual Fresh Meat Festival. This year’s Festival lineup includes some of the nation’s finest Asian and Pacifi…
PinkNews.co.uk – By Nell Frizzell
China’s Ministry of Health has published new proposed clinical guidelines on gender reassignment surgery.
According to the Ministry of Health website, those wishing to undergo surgery must have no criminal record…
Examiner.com – Matt Kailey – Denver Transgender Issues Examiner
Crossdressers are probably as misunderstood in our society as are transsexuals. But crossdressers are not transsexuals, nor are they drag queens. Instead, they are (usually) heterosexua…
DNAIndia.com – D Ram Raj – DNA
Chennai: Sexual minorities hardly ever have it easy. Marginalised by the regular Joes and Janes, they live along the fringes of society. But there is light at the end of their despair-ridden tunnel, at least in Tamil N…
CNN.com – By Donna Rose – Special to CNN
(CNN) — It was only a matter of time. The real-life drama of being transsexual has come to Hollywood. Chastity Bono, the impossibly cute little blond girl who, for many of my generation, remains frozen in …
CityRoom.blogs.NYTimes.com – Chang W. Lee – The New York Times
Terry Cummings, who lives in Montclair, N.J., is a lawyer with a firm in New York City. After a heart problem in 2006, she decided to face her lifelong gender dysphoria, a psychological …
MomLogic.com – Dr. Michelle Golland
Dr. Michelle Golland: Chaz Bono’s decision to go through the process of becoming a man is one that, as a mental health professional, I know will benefit other people struggling with the same issue: now they have a…