URNA Staff philly.com – By A.D. Amorosi – For The Inquirer
In I Am My Own Wife, playwright Doug Wright tells the true story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf – a German transvestite who despite her dicey sexual identity somehow survived both the Nazi regime and the C…
americanhealthandbeauty.com
For transgender patients, cosmetic surgery can help them achieve an outer appearance that matches who they are inside.
Gender reassignment surgery is an intense and very personal process for those who choose to undergo…
seattlepi.com – By Casey McNerthney – seattlepi.com Staff
A man who was previously convicted of a hate crime was arrested after he yelled a derogatory slur at a transgender person and assaulted her, police said.
The incident happened about 3:50 p…
jweekly.com – by Dan Pine, Staff Writer
As the new assistant rabbi and music director at Berkeley’s Congregation Beth El, Reuben Zellman counts among his official duties tutoring b’nai mitzvah students and directing the choir.
Unofficially, his j…
tribune.com.pk – Express Times
Peshawar: The transvestite community here on Wednesday presented their own account of the May 24 incident in which police arrested a man and a transgender person for allegedly contracting marriage.
The transvestite …
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com – By Sheryl Gay Stolberg
President Obama on Wednesday extended a modest package of benefits to the same-sex partners of federal employees, a move that will make them eligible for day care, travel and relocation allowances…
portlandmercury.com – by Courtney Ferguson
Since 2007, the Portland Queer Documentary Film Fest (QDoc) has been screening LGBT documentaries with a rainbow of subjects. According to fest organizers, this year’s collection “features strong themes of …
guardian.co.uk – Prof Stephen Whittle
Whenever, wherever on this earth, we will find people who contravene gender boundaries. I’m not talking about the small ways of ‘queering’ gender, such as the lesbian separatists who wore dungarees in the 1970s….
wgmd.com – Special report from reporter Alan Henney of “The Rehoboth Beach Weekend Update”
Rehoboth Beach lifeguards summoned police assistance late Saturday afternoon for a group of transgender men who had their breasts exposed.
The incident hap…
lezgetreal.com – by Bridgette P. LaVictoire
There have been some questions raised regarding whether or not the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell will cover transpeople. Given that one of the activists who chained themselves to the White House fence is…