URNA Staff DailyMail.co.uk – By Jaya Narain
Pushing their prams through the park, Stephanie Burns and Joanne Bartle look like any proud young mothers.
But behind their everyday appearance lies a very unconventional family – for they are lesbian lovers and t…
Bloomberg.com – By Adriana Brasileiro
Rosa Silva went into training before the Pan American Games, running 40 minutes each day and doing 200 sit-ups. She also got a full-body waxing and had her hair straightened and highlighted.
Silva, 26, isn’t …
ColumbiaMissourian.com – By Lauren Zima
About a year ago, photographer Jane Lavender sat at her dining room table, carefully pairing the words of her subjects with their black-and-white images. As the hours passed, Lavender laid scraps of sentences …
Workers.org – By Leslie Feinberg
Lavende & red, part 105
‘Butterflies on the Scaffold’ (‘Mariposas en el andamio’), a 1996 documentary, offered a profoundly thoughtful and moving account of how Cuban women construction workers literally made room…
PinkNews.co.uk – Divya Guha
Four transgender youths in Nepal have become the latest victims of institutionalised hate directed against sexual minorities in the country.
Five Nepalese transgender youths, known as meti, were brutally beaten, sexual…
X-BALL Detroit was created, in response to overwhelming demand by Exotica guests and participants, to satisfy their hunger for a high caliber erotic and fetish party.
Think of it as a mini Exotica for just one night. For those new to the scene, it …
DNAIndia.com – By Arun Ram
Chennai: Almost seven months after the Tamil Nadu government’s revolutionary order offering free penile amputations for aravanis (as they are referred to here), members of the community are fuming as doctors refuse to wiel…
DailyMail.co.uk – By Elizabeth Day
The first transsexual officer in the Armed Forces is set to sue the Ministry of Defence for unfair dismissal and sexual discrimination.
Jan Hamilton, a former male captain in the Parachute Regiment who is now li…
KoreaTimes.co.kr – By April Choi – Korea Times Intern
A collection of unusual love stories shakes up Myeong-dong in the “Let’s Queer!” film festival with 12 original works at multiplex theater CQN, July 16-22.
Ranging from coming-of-age teen dr…
A Notice to All CDs: Would You Help Me, Please?
Greetings and happy summer! I write you from beautiful Barbados … a long way from this Colorado girl’s roots.
I would like to ask a favor of you.
Would you be willing to share your experie…