SameSame.com.au – By Christian Taylor
Do you feel beautiful? If not, you should. As comedian, writer, actress, fashion designer and political activist Margaret Cho says, “when we feel beautiful we’re more political, we’re more likely to stand up for…
ManchesterEveningNews.co.uk – Nicola Dowling
He works with members of the transgender community in a bid to help them keep safe from hate crime.
Now PC Mark Clifton has been nominated for the Chief Constable’s Award for Community Focus.
The of…
CampKC.com – by John Long
Justin Michael Van Pelt, 27, a Kansas City native and graduate of Lee’s Summit High School, will reprise his role as Hedwig in Hedwig and The Angry Inch for the fourth time beginning Feb. 29 at the new Off Center Theatre i…
Examiner.com
Baltimore – A group of Maryland lawyers hopes to start a legal clinic that would serve gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people – underserved groups that advocates say have special legal problems.
When the proposed FreeState Law…
BLog.OregonLive.com – Posted by Damian Kilby
Jennifer Finney Boylan writes memoirs to help readers understand the transsexual experience. It’s a difficult topic for most of us to wrap our thoughts around — especially since we’re rarely even aware o…
Gainsville.com – By Megan Rolland – Sun staff writer
A heated and vocal response to a new Gainesville ordinance that extends rights to transgender individuals has garnered national attention.
Discussion of Monday night’s City Commission vote app…
IndiaGlitz.com
Tamil cinema is notorious for its insensitive depiction of transgender persons. Though the organizations of transgender persons have condemned the filmmakers for insulting them in every possible manner, no one seems to be showing resp…
AgoraCosmopolitan.com – by Amy Sohn
It’s Her Thing: How a beautiful woman with a little something extra got that way — and why “straight” men are lining up to meet her
Allanah Starr is a pre-operative male-to-female transsexual, which means she l…
PrideSource.com – By Todd A. Heywood
Workplace inequity takes teacher from Michigan campus to national stage
When Julie Nemecek first told the president of Spring Arbor University that she was transgender and would be assuming her female persona,…
DallasVoice.com – By John Wright – Staff Writer
Before endorsing a clinic that provides hormone therapy for transgender people, Maeve O’Connor wanted to do some quality control.
O’Connor, a steering committee member for Gender Education, Advocacy…