sfist.com – By Jay Barmann
Beloved local legend Vicki Marlane died this morning at 7 a.m. of an undisclosed illness. She was 76. Nicknamed “The Lady With the Liquid Spine” for her trademark, sultry flexibility while lip syncing, Marlane was profiled…
torontoist.com – By John Semley
I was tentatively pencilled in to hang out with Vince Pincente last Thursday, right on the eve of Pride weekend. Then at 4:11 a.m. Thursday morning, I get an email about how he has to push it to Saturday because there…
miamiherald.typepad.com – By Steve Rothaus
Miami City Commission candidate Donna Milo — a conservative Republican, Cuban-American, transgender woman — got herself into hot water last year during a run for Congress when gay SiriusXM radio journalis…
my.firedoglake.com – By: Logan Price
For those who don’t believe that Bradley’s personal life and sexuality may be used against him by officials or media critics, this gem of information was presented in a recent Vanity Fair article about Hillary Cl…
independent.co.uk – Reviewed by Zoe Anderson
The performers of Gardenia aren’t quite playing themselves. The latest work from Les Ballets C de la B is danced by a cast of retired transvestites, men returning to the stage after years away. They chang…
sfgate.com – Nirmala Nataraj, Special to The Chronicle
Queer Rebel Productions was founded on the premise that by embracing a multitude of artistic genres and perspectives that give voice to queer people of color, artists have the power to foster co…
baywindows.com – by Emilia Dunham – Program Associate, Network for LGBT Health
When you think of transgender* health, what do you think of? Hormones, surgeries? Is women’s health just breast cancer walks and pro-choice debates? Clearly there’s more …
rgj.com – Written by Forrest Hartman
Fans of “The Crying Game” will find writer-director Neil Jordan in familiar territory with “Breakfast on Pluto,” a meandering tale about a lonely transvestite in search of his family.
As with “The Crying Game,…
whitehouse.gov – Posted by John Trasvina
Last year I visited Spokane, Washington, for a listening session on housing discrimination issues facing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) individuals and families. After hearing a number of compell…
tnr.com – Interviews conducted and compiled by Eliza Gray and Margy Slattery
This project began five months ago as a simple reporting assignment: investigate how people who were making the transition from one gender to another learned to alter their…