URNA Staff Scoop.co.nz – Edited by Gordon Campbell
Meet Max
“A lot of people who are trans experience body dysmorphia,” says Max, from across a table in one of Wellington’s finest bagel establishments. “I don’t personally feel that. Perhaps that has a lot t…
GayNZ.com – By Craig Young
Although India has just repealed its antigay Section 377 of the colonial era Indian Penal Code, Pakistan is still opposed to LGBT rights… although there are some signs of hope.
Pakistan has existed as a Muslim majori…
Examiner.com – Matt Kailey – Transgender & Transsexual Issues Examiner
When we talked about statistical visibility in an earlier 101 article, we were really talking about transsexual people, or people who go through transition – those who see…
CommonDreams.org – Vaishalee Raja, Equality California
Bill expands protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender prisoners
Sacramento, Calif. – The state Senate today passed the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Prisoner Safety Ac…
TimesOfIndia.IndiaTimes.com – TNN
Chennai: About 150 beauties with a difference will congregate in the city when it hosts the first Miss India contest for transgenders on December
Chennai-based Indian Community Welfare Organisation (ICWO) is in …
OutInHollywood.com – Equality California
Sacramento – Today, the California State Senate joined the Assembly in passing the Equal ID Act by a 22-14 vote. The bill, AB 1185, sponsored by Equality California (EQCA) and introduced by Assemblymember Ted…
TheWIP.net – by Suad Hamada
Bahrain – Hell is what most Arabs think of when the word “transsexual” comes into any conversation since many mistake it with homosexuality, which is a sin in Islam. Most transsexuals prefer to remain anonymous since in s…
Independent.co.uk – Michael Day reports
No one in Lido di Classe can remember why transsexuals first chose to migrate to their town 20 years ago, but their nocturnal activities are starting to worry the village’s increasingly elderly residents.
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Examiner.com – Matt Kailey – Transgender & Transsexual Issues Examiner
In the early 1970s, David Weekley began his transition from female to male. And in 1982, he began the process of becoming a Methodist minister.
For 27 years, Weekley, now 58,…
Examiner.com – Matt Kailey – Transgender & Transsexual Issues Examiner
Trans women seem to be turning up everywhere in the media and are sometimes quite visible in everyday society, but trans men are frequently unseen, leading non-trans people to be…