URNA Staff SouthernVoice.com – By Dyana Bagby
From the opening dance number of Janet Jackson’s “Rhythm Nation” performed by the Lady Shabazz to the campy, colorful “Xanadu” performed by local legend Alexandria Martin on roller skates along with a dozen Atlanta…
GayNZ.com – By GayNZ.com News Staff
The Broadcasting Standards Authority has fined TV3 $2,500 for broadcasting news items claiming the Ministry of Social Development had hired popular Auckland drag queen ‘Buckwheat’ to motivate staff.
At the time…
CollegeOTR.com – By JeanDesiree (Chief Contributor)
My Transgender Life After Wesleyan – A Transphobic Experience in Philly – Jean Pockrus
Yesterday I was violently, physically attacked by a group of transphobic teenagers, three black girls proba…
Business-Standard.com – Abhilasha Ojha – New Delhi
You see transgenders on Indian streets begging or plying the sex trade. But there was Laxmi holding forth on Salman Khan’s Dus Ka Dum. Who is she and what was she doing on primetime TV? Abhilasha Oj…
TwinCities.com – By Ellen Goodman
Boston – One of the expressions my grandmother uttered with feeling and frequency was that ‘one man should have one baby.’ I never knew if this was a wish or a curse, but I’m pretty sure she never imagined Thomas Be…
EndocrineToday.com – by Dave Levitan
From children born with DSDs to transgender adults, the legal issues confronting certain groups can be challenging.
Whether renewing a driver’s license, applying for a credit card or even getting married, ther…
ThePhoenix.com – By Caitlin E. Curran
Drag kings flip the script on gender impersonation. We go undercover to get to the meat of the matter.
Rico swaggers down the aisle of the Art House Theatre in Provincetown, oozing confidence and brazenly fli…
HollywoodReporter.com – By Chris Edling
With over 200 films, 50,000 expected attendees, and 26 years of history at its back, Outfest: the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival has reached a vintage that typically connotes old guard orthodoxy and e…
BayWindows.com – by Ethan Jacobs – Staff reporter
Out in San Francisco, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) continues to deal with the fallout from its decision last fall to break with other national LGBT organizations and support a version of the Emplo…
IndyBay.org – by DJ Rubble
The theme of this year’s March was “Marching for a Gender Inclusive ENDA”; hear over 30 minutes of audio on human rights issues: Maxine Dugan organizing for the legalization of prostitution in San Francisco; Vivien and Bec…