URNA Staff AllAfrica.com – Audrey Mbugua
The term ‘transgender people’ refers to those who identify with a gender identity and role different from the one assigned by birth. Among transgender people is a group referred to as ‘transsexual people’ which consists…
Scoop.co.nz – Press Release: Asian Human Rights Commission
When the petition for looking into the plight of Khawja Saras1 (transsexual / transvestite) was filed at the supreme court of Pakistan, and reported in some of the more sensational Urdu prin…
blogs.TampaBay.com – Janet Zink, Times Staff Writer
Last Thursday, the Tampa City Council preliminarily approved expanding the city’s human rights ordinance to offer protection to transgendered people. Other than a discussion about whether the new l…
VivirLatino.com – By Megan La Mamita Mala – Immigration
When looking at all the push for reform in various areas of social justice (as if there is no overlap), the transgender community is often overlooked or mentioned as an aside. As if gender iden…
Star-Telegram.com – By Mike Norman
You could tell from what was said at Tuesday night’s Fort Worth City Council meeting that there was a lot of resentment running just beneath the surface.
Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people were there …
DallasVoice.com – By David Taffet – Staff Writer
Nov. 20 marks the 11th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance honoring victims of anti-trans violence.
The first vigil was conducted in San Francisco on the anniversary of the death of Rita Hester, …
BayWindows.com – by Hannah Clay Wareham – Staff Reporter
The majority of Massachusetts’s voters support legislative protections for transgender people, a Lake Research Partners poll found this month, including 81% of women.
“Support for the law i…
EarthTimes.org – dpa
Hong Kong – A Hong Kong transsexual was preparing Wednesday for a High Court battle for the right to marry a man after having a sex change operation to become a woman. The transsexual, who is in her 20s and has asked to remain a…
TheFrisky.com – Posted by: Wendy Atterberry
I’m dating a guy I met on the internet. We have never met but we text all day, and every night we talk on the phone and so far it’s been great. He’s really nice, very attentive and we have even said ‘I lov…
CivilRights.org – Posted by Adam Lange
Enacting legislation that would prevent employers from discriminating against people on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity is a top priority for the Obama administration, according to Thomas Pe…