URNA Staff NZHerald.co.nz – By Leah Haines
It’s never been easier to convince an MP to pose in front of Parliament.
With a flick of her multi-toned locks, Georgina Beyer, the world’s first transsexual MP, has flung herself eagerly at the stone plinth above…
SouthernVoice.com – By Elizabeth Perry
Two Ga. victims among ?50 under 30? slain in last decade
Only 15 years old, Quincy Favors Taylor performed as a woman at Atlanta bars, including the now-defunct Loretta?s nightclub. But Taylor?s attempt at a…
MetroWeekly.com – by Yusef Najafi email
The transgender community gets a new resource, honoring the memory of Tyra Hunter
It’s been more than a decade since Tyra Hunter, following a car crash, died on a street in Southeast D.C. But her story has …
Bradenton.com – By Lornet Turnbull – The Seattle Times
Seattle – Even talking about the incident now, all these months later, Nick still gets upset.
The 27-year-old Seattle resident, who asked that his full name not be used, told of how he and hi…
News.BBC.co.uk
A drag queen bridesmaid, a “page dog”, and a gay men’s choir have helped to mark a wedding on the first anniversary of civil partnerships becoming law.
Jamie Hakim, 36, and Graeme Youngs, 41, became the 680th couple to tie the knot…
Queerty.com – Michael Clyne
A Correspondence from Thailand
Bring up Thailand and someone invariably brings up underage male hustlers. Certainly there are hundreds of readily exploitable young lads, but there’s more to Thailand than just sexual to…
eBar.com – by David Lamble
In the opening act of the experimental new Danish film Soap, Charlotte (Trine Dyrholm) has walked out on a boring failed love affair with an abusive young doctor, Kristian (Frank Thiel). Renting in a rundown complex, Charl…
GulfNews.com – By Vinita Bharadwaj, Staff Writer
When the Indian athlete Santhi Soundarajan failed a gender test at the Doha Asian Games, the gender jokes began their rounds – the ones that play on “he”, “she” and “it”.
The ambiguity around Sant…
SunTimes.com – By Mike Thomas – Staff Reporter
Being Diana Ross isn’t easy. Especially if you aren’t Diana Ross. Most especially if you’re a man living as a woman trying to impersonate Diana Ross.
But longtime Baton Show Lounge star Sheri Payne p…
Yomiuri.co.jp – The Yomiuri Shimbun
The Kobe Family Court’s Amagasaki branch has rejected a petition to change the officially registered gender of a 51-year-old man of Amagasaki who has been diagnosed with gender identity disorder (GID), it was lear…