URNA Staff PinkNews.co.uk – Tony Grew
PinkNews.co.uk exclusive
A newspaper advert taken out by Christian groups exaggerating the effect of the Sexual Orientation Regulations has been criticised by the Advertising Standards Authority.
PinkNews.co.uk led t…
Haaretz.com – By Yotam Feldman
At 2 A.M. the corner of Hagalil and Sharon Streets, in the area of the old Central Bus Station of Tel Aviv, reeks with the stench of urine and is devoid of clients. I am standing on the sidewalk with a group of transge…
Advocate.com
Liberal Democrat and trans woman Jenny Bailey has been elected mayor of Cambridge, England, the first transgender mayor in history, according to the U.K.’s Daily Mail Web site. Bailey, 45, underwent a male-to-female sex-change operation…
PopPolitics.com – by Bernie Heidkamp
When HBO’s “Entourage” made a transgender character the punchline on last week’s episode, I cringed.
Now, to be fair, “Entourage” could be described as a equal-opportunity mocker, as it leaves few characters u…
ABCNews.go.com – By McCarton Ackerman
Lucas Silveira has always been different.
Growing up as Lillia Silveira, she always felt as though she were a man trapped in a woman’s body. Now, as the lead singer for rock band the Cliks, Lucas Silveira is…
SFGate.com – Posted By: James Rocchi
Hairspray (1988)
“Hair is politics in Baltimore.” – Writer/director John Waters, on the Hairspray DVD commentary
As a film writer, when a remake comes around, there are two opposing but similar worries: Eit…
GaySocialites.com – Laura Sacks
?Transphobia refers to various kinds of aversions towards transsexuality and transsexual or transgender people, often taking the form of refusal to accept a person’s expression of their internal gender identity (see P…
EyewitnessNewsTV.com – Associated Press
Boston – A Boston woman is suing the IRS for rejecting her attempt to deduct the cost of her sex-change operation.
Rhiannon O’Donnabhain (O’-DONOVAN) is hoping to force the tax agency to treat sex-change op…
Story.MalaysiaSun.com
Lahore, July 17 Shumail Raj, a transsexual jailed for going through with a same-sex marriage and perjury, was released on bail from Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail on Monday.
According to the Daily Times, Shumail left the prison p…
AZStarNet.com – By Kim Smith – Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona – The first person to be charged with felony prostitution in Pima County was sentenced to 1 1/2 years in prison on a reduced charge Monday.
As part of a plea agreement, Sable Rose …