URNA Staff YaleDailyNews.com – Lawrence Gipson – Staff Reporter
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender groups on campus kicked off the celebration of the sixth-annual Trans Awareness Week on Wednesday.
The seven-day event – the largest in the Trans Awarenes…
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The number of those wishing to change their sex has multiplied in recent years.
In 2003-2006 around 40 people per year sought treatment from the relevant clinics in Helsinki and Tampere. Last year’s corresponding figure was about 90, and th…
Media.www.TheNorthWindOnline.com – Sarah O’Neill
Your heart is racing, adrenaline going strong. Fear and anxiety take hold. The heat from the lights is burning, the roar of the crowd deafening. And the only thought going through your mind is: Do I l…
BLogs.NashvilleScene.com – by Brantley Hargrove
Another transgendered Memphian is dead: Identified initially as Dwayne Johnson, Duanna Johnson is the very same woman who was savagely beaten down in a Memphis jail by two cops. Johnson was initially p…
PageOneQ.com – by Nick Cargo
In what is being viewed as a strong signal to activists nationwide, the transition office of President-elect Barack Obama has issued a non-discrimination policy including sexual orientation and gender identity.
“The O…
OutAndAboutNewspaper.com – by Joey Leslie – Managing Editor
Eight years ago, Rita Hester, a popular figure in Boston’s rock ‘n roll scene, became a victim of transphobic violence when she was found stabbed to death in her Brighton, Mass., apartment…
PrideSource.com – By Jim Larkin
Flint – Vanessa Lynne understands only too well the confusion and doubt that many feel about those who are transgender. After all, she has struggled with it for all of her 44 years, not coming out until just a few yea…
OneNewsNow.com – Jim Brown – OneNewsNow
Peter LaBarberaA conservative activist is expressing alarm over president-elect Barack Obama’s plan to expand a Clinton-era executive order that provides special protections for federal employees based on thei…
Canada.com/EdmontonJournal – Gilbert A. Bouchard
Edmonton – The second annual Exposure Queer Arts and Culture Festival starts Friday, giving Edmontonians a chance to explore and celebrate all the different aspects of queer culture and queer contribu…
TVGuide.com – by Gina DiNunno
New reality series Sex Change Hospital (WE tv Tuesdays, 11 pm/ET) follows patients – from retired grandfathers to construction workers, businessman and office managers – as they undergo surgery to transition from one g…