URNA Staff YumaSun.com – By James Gilbert, Sun Staff Writer
Unlike the two previous years when observances were held honoring the memory of Amancio Corrales, this year authorities have a suspect in custody in connection with the slaying of the female impersona…
BostonHerald.com – By Mark A. Perigard – Boston Herald TV Critic
‘Secrets’ reveals how East Germany’s female Olympians were duped into doping
Secrets Of The Dead: Doping For Gold: B+
After the East German women swept the Olympics in the late ’…
NPR.org – by Alix Spiegel
Treatment of gender identity conflicts in young children is controversial. Here, NPR talks with two psychologists who take radically different approaches to the issue — one whose treatment aims to help kids feel comfortable…
MCV.e-p.net.au
Jody Horowitz considers the status of drag queens in the queer community.
Drag queens made me nervous when I was an adolescent and navigating the quicksand of my awakening sexuality.
I was convinced they were the worst possible …
ToledoBlade.com – By Alex M. Parker – Blade Staff Writer
The Lucas County commissioners are poised to pass an anti-discrimination resolution that includes protections for county employees against discrimination for sexual orientation or gender ident…
HeraldTribune.com – By Roger Drouin
Sarasota – The city may consider changing its noise ordinance after three people complained about “Drag Queen Bingo,” a twice-monthly event that draws raucous crowds to a restaurant in Towles Court.
Adam Saah, …
Xtra.com – Vivian Belik
Trans Youth / Activists chipping away at multiple barriers
Before coming out as transgendered, 14-year-old Mackenzie Sawatzky walked six hours from her town of Stonewall. She spent three nights writing and sleeping on the …
TheDailyVoice.com – Jasmyne Cannick
You’d think that in 2008, that parents would react differently when their son or daughter discloses information that nine times out of ten, the parents already knew, but as Tatianna’s parents showed us all, that s…
NashuaTelegraph.com – By Ashley Smith – Staff Writer
The political fight picked up steam at a potluck supper one Sunday. Dr. Jennifer Madden’s task was to drum up support for a bill expected to be nothing short of wildly unpopular.
And as far as …
NashuaTelegraph.com – By Ashley Smith – Staff Writer
Members of the transgender community say they are the next group of people who need to fight for, even demand, their rights.
Those are basic rights such as not being fired from a job and having…