EBAR.com – by Seth Hemmelgarn
The board of directors of the San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration Committee Inc. has named Theresa Sparks the lifetime achievement grand marshal for this year’s San Francisco LGBT Pride celebration.
“I am honored to…
GayWired.com – By Jacob Anderson-Minshall
It’s beginning to look like the Democrats might not have an official nominee before their August 25th national convention. That could bestow unprecedented power to delegates to determine the party’s official…
LasVegasSun.com – By Abigail Goldman
The hairdresser who bleached Raven Navajo’s roots in jail wasn’t given much time or many tools, so the result was more mine shaft canary than blond – dingy yellow hair fried so thin it seemed to float on static e…
LoHud.com – By Marcela Rojas – The Journal News
Brewster High School student Michael Loscalzo said he was scared to go to school yesterday, given all the attention he’s received for his recent decision to start dressing as a girl.
But as the day …
Xtra.ca – Denise Sheppard
Audience Favorite: The honesty of Gwen Haworth & family
At a time when small children are thinking about their first day of school and how to ride a bike, Gwen Haworth (who was at the time a young boy named Steven) knew …
Xtra.ca – Denise Sheppard – Xtra West
Trans Issues: ‘I think the energy in the trans scene right now is awesome’: Stryker
Academic stars of the transgender, transsexual and intersex world gathered at Simon Fraser University May 1-3 to share their…
CBS3.com – Reporting: Stephanie Abrams
Philadelphia (CBS 3) – It is extremely rare for a child to decide that he or she wants to change gender, but it has happened at a local elementary school.
CBS 3’s Stephanie Abrams spoke with school officials…
TheStranger.com – by Paul Constant
I’m a straight guy with no interest in sports and almost no body hair. What makes a man masculine? The question led me to a doctor’s office, a therapist’s couch, and a drag bar in Tacoma.
I’ve never been a manly…
MCV.e-p.net.au
Jody Horowitz considers the status of drag queens in the queer community.
Drag queens made me nervous when I was an adolescent and navigating the quicksand of my awakening sexuality.
I was convinced they were the worst possible …
NPR.org – by Alix Spiegel
Treatment of gender identity conflicts in young children is controversial. Here, NPR talks with two psychologists who take radically different approaches to the issue — one whose treatment aims to help kids feel comfortable…