URNA Staff LATimes.com – By David Ng
Say the words “gay cowboy” and chances are the conversation will turn to “Brokeback Mountain,” the 2005 film starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, and based on the Annie Proulx short story.
The Oscar-winning drama, …
NewsOK.com – By Megan Rolland
The bullying or harassment of gay, lesbian and transgender students in the Oklahoma City School District will not be tolerated, school board members said Monday with a vote amending the district’s policy.
“This is a…
FlOnNet.com – S. Dorairaj
Priya Babu has been working for the welfare of transsexuals as the leader of the Tamil Nadu Aravanigal Association and the managing trustee of the Social Integration and Development for Aravanis Foundation (SIDA). She hit t…
CityRoom.blogs.NYTimes.com – By Jeremy W. Peters
Gov. David A. Paterson is preparing to issue an executive order that would include transgender people in antidiscrimination policies that govern state agencies.
The order, which the governor plans …
AZCentral.com – by Lynh Bui – The Arizona Republic
The Scottsdale Human Relations commissioner who began the job as Ken Culver and reappointed later as Michele de LaFreniere died recently.
Although de LaFreniere is most known for her activism in …
Examiner.com – Meredith McKenna – Hollywood Pop Culture Examiner
Sex, drugs and Disney World? Yes, yes and creepy-yes. At least according to former Disney World photographer Chris Mitchell, who unveils his delicious Disney diary, Cast Member Confide…
ThanhNienNews.com – Reported by Pham Le
Swiss tourist Pius Luechigev was charmed by the offer of a massage in the privacy of a home for a reasonable price by a really beautiful woman.
He was taken to a house on Bui Dinh Tuy Street in Ho Chi Minh …
www2.TBO.com – By Michelle Bearden
She calls them “my guys.” They see her as an angel.
For more than five years, Jean Batronie has been a Sunday afternoon regular in downtown Tampa. On the Lord’s day of rest, she pulls up in her 1996 Aerostar van…
EarthTimes.org – By dpa
Bandar Seri Begawan – The arrest of seven cross-dressers by Brunei police this week has sparked debate over the rights of the individual vs religious mores in the Islamic sultanate, observers said Saturday. The Royal Brunei P…
TheLocal.se – Stuart Roberts
This year 60 people have applied to change their sex in Sweden. Most gender-reassigned people achieve a better life through their surgery, but a new study shows that the risk of attempted suicide and psychological proble…