URNA Staff TheMoment.blogs.NYTimes.com – By Rocky Casale
If you’re planning a trip to Provincetown, Mass., this summer – and you’re new to the Cape Cod town’s particular brand of seaside culture – there’s no better initiation than spending Sunday nights at Koo…
WickedLocal.com/Wellesley – By Sarah Birnbaum
Wellesley – A coalition of advocates for women and children today decried what they called “scare tactics” aimed at derailing a measure they see as a promotion of human rights for transgendered residents…
Syracuse.com – by The Post-Standard – Dennis Nett
The extended family of LaTeisha Green, a transgendered person who was born Moses Cannon, accepted her decision at age 16 to start dressing like a woman. But they couldn’t protect her from being beat …
StarObserver.com.au – Author: Andie Noonan
The Australian Passport Office has reviewed its policy to make it easier for transgendered people seeking a passport in their preferred gender.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has provided in…
EndocrineToday.com – Hembree WC. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2009
Guidelines include recommendations for hormone therapy, surgery and long-term care for all ages.
New guidelines from the Endocrine Society call for close and continued collaboration b…
Xtra.ca – Shawn Syms
HIV-AIDS: Namaste illuminates trans, bi and swinger lives
Noted Montreal academic, author and activist Viviane Namaste has been awarded the 2009 Canadian Award for Action on HIV-AIDS and Human Rights for her efforts to addres…
Kansas.com – By Jen Khatchatrian – Chicago Moms blog
“You are setting him up to fail” was the last thing I heard before my throat began to tighten and my eyes flooded with tears. How could my own family say such things to me? “I will not listen to y…
No More Word’s
Sumerian, the oldest known written language in human history, was spoken in Mesopotamia which is modern Iraq and it’s peripheral regions throughout the third millennium BC. It survived as an esoteric written language until the death …
Examiner.com – Matt Kailey – Transgender Issues Examiner
Two related issues of importance for the trans community are playing out this week.
First, the trial of Dwight DeLee, accused of killing Lateisha Green of Syracuse, New York, begins today. …
TheMoment.blogs.NYTimes.com – By Aimee Walleston
Currently on view at On Stellar Rays gallery, the group exhibition “Lover” (through July 26) serves as an examination of different types of love: it’s a hello kiss for new lovers and a swan song for l…