URNA Staff latimes.com – By Christopher Goffard
In late April 2007, Mike Penner published an article unlike any of the thousands he had written for the Los Angeles Times. It was brief, just 823 words, and placed without fanfare on the second page of the Sports…
sxnews.gaynewsnetwork.com.au – Written by Reg Domingo
Sydney is set to get a dose of high-camp antics and high hairdos at the inaugural Wig Out.
“It’s about taking on different personas and being silly – it’s a crazy dress-up.”
So says produce…
dallasvoice.com – By Steven Lindsey – Contributing Writer
When Israel Luna submitted his latest film, Ticked-Off Trannies with Knives, to the Tribeca Film Festival, he expected the usual “Thank You For Your Interest, We Wish You The Best Of Luck” l…
lfpress.com – By Kate Dubinski, The London Free Press
A London cafe has issued a challenge to independent coffee houses all over the continent: make your shops safe for transgendered people on March 31. “Even during the heyday of the gay and lesbian…
dailynewstribune.com – By Chris Bergeron – Daily News Staff
Cambridge – As a strategy to play forbidden roles, get laughs or erase gender boundaries, cross-dressing has appealed to people as wildly different as Joan of Arc, Monty Python and RuPaul.
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ottawacitizen.com – By Chris Cobb, The Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa – The flamboyant, internationally renowned drag queen Dixie Landers took a back seat Thursday to his soberly dressed, brain-injured creator, who told an Ottawa court that he had no memor…
chicagoreader.com – By Carol Burbank
Before I Disappear
Bailiwick Repertory
Is it a boy or a girl? A child is usually easily classified at birth, but in the 90s, by the time it’s an adult, there’s no guarantee it’ll act its gender. Just as blurr…
wbez.org – Produced by Natalie Moore
Transgender people often face housing discrimination. So the federal government is currently conducting a first-ever study to learn more about it. In Chicago, one woman has faced bias from a tenant. She lives in …
straitstimes.com – By adeline chia
Superstar collaborations are seldom as high profile as in Eonnagata, the dance-drama created by Canadian theatre guru Robert Lepage, the world’s most famous ballerina Sylvie Guillem and British choreographer Russel…
tallahassee.com – By Tamaryn Waters – Democrat Staff Writer
An ordinance that would put in place discrimination protections for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community won tentative approval Tuesday.
Leon County commissioners voted 4…