EeastBayExpress.com – By Rachel Swan
Gays marry the black church in a new play by Thandiwe De Shazor.
Thandiwe Thomas De Shazor should have been at gay meditation last Wednesday night. Instead, he was loafing around his West Oakland apartment, co…
SFWeekly.com – By Lauren Smiley
Long rap sheet? No problem. Transgender Latina hookers in S.F. are successfully fighting deportation by asking for asylum.
On any given night on the shadowy stretch of Post Street near Polk where the lavender Divas…
UKGayNews.com
New York – In response to the tragic murder of Lateisha Green earlier this month, the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund today called on New York State lawmakers in Albany to pass the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act [G…
TheStar.com – By Dr Milton Lum
While the causes of gender identity disorders are still disputed, one thing is certain – these patients need care and compassion, rather than discrimination.
A Person’s sex is defined, at the time of birth or soon a…
Just a Heads Up. Vicky and I will be on a much needed vacation in Puerto Rico from Friday, 11/28 through Sunday, 12/14. We will not be online during this time period, so if you have general questions or issues regarding URNA, please send them via the s…
SFBayTimes.com – By Sister Dana Van Iquity
There’s a hot new drag show in town, Queen City starring Cockatielia and Donna Sachet at Mecca every Friday night. This nonstop dragathon of live singing and lip-syncing features two of the City’s most tale…
PhysOrg.com – By Tiffany Fox
(PhysOrg.com) — In an age when biotechnology has made it possible to alter the fundamentals of our food supply, our energy sources and even our genetic makeup, one graduate student at the University of California, San D…
io9.com – By Lauren Davis
In science fiction, characters often swap bodies to achieve immortality, pose as someone else, or walk a mile in a loved one’s shoes. Now neuroscientists at the Karolinska Institute have found a way to convince subjects th…
Telegraph.co.uk
An advertisement for Tiger Beer featuring a transexual dancer has been banned after advertising watchdogs decided it linked Far Eastern exports with the sex trade and human trafficking.
They also felt the posters and adverts in tw…
MiamiHerald.com – By Kisrten Maguire
Miami artist Barry Gross, 59, has been living with HIV for more than two decades.
Because of art, he says, he has survived.
”When I go to paint, I’m in another world,” he said. “It makes me want to be he…