URNA Staff Advocate.com
A 20-year-old transgender woman has won a settlement in a discrimination lawsuit that claimed she was denied hormonal drugs while living at a New York juvenile facility. Alyssa Rodriguez alleged she was deprived of her prescriptive horm…
WCBSTV.com – Mary Calvi Reporting
(CBS) New York – A trip to Loehmann’s may turn into a lawsuit for Jane Galla. She said a popular discount clothing store wouldn’t allow her to use its communal changing room because she is transgender.
“I picked…
AlterNet.org – By Maya Schenwar, Punk Planet. Posted December 19, 2006.
How increasingly popular transgender zines are creating community and building diversity in ways that the Internet and the big screen can’t.
There’s the Oscar-nominated hit, …
Guardian.co.uk – Press Association
A transsexual has been awarded ?64,862 compensation after a tribunal found she was forced to endure ‘an atmosphere of intimidation and hostility’ while working for P&O Ferries, it has emerged.
Drusilla Marland,…
SFGate.com – By Justin Bergman, Associated Press Writer
The off-Broadway remake of the 1970s cult classic film and book “Carrie” stars a giant drag queen plastered with makeup and clad in a hideous assortment of floral print dresses and bulky sweate…
TheArgus.co.uk – By Miles Godfrey
A transsexual who claimed he was hounded out of his council job has failed in a sex discrimination claim.
Andrea Baldwin changed her name to Andy after undergoing a female to male sex change. Mr Baldwin accused B…
New.Channel5Belize.com – Janelle Chanona
This next story needs little introduction other than to say that if you are easily confused regarding issues of gender and sexuality you would do well to stay close to home this Saturday night. Our entertainm…
HoustonVoice.com
New documentary examines politics of the female-to-male trans experience
Identity politics can be a treacherous labyrinth among gay men and lesbians, but adding transgender issues to the mix has historically proved confounding an…
SoVo.com – By Monica Helms
For seven years, I wasn?t allowed to see my parents. It took a lot of work to reach the acceptance I feel today.
I read often about the trials and tribulations of being a gay parent, or the issues a parent faces having …
SunTimes.com – By Stefano Esposito – Staff Reporter
She wants records to show name change
Elikishia McIntyre is slowly erasing her old life.
She’s taking hormones and dresses like a woman, but one portion of her life as a man remains indelibl…