URNA Staff PlanetOut.com
The Vatican’s newspaper took a stand Friday against providing free hormone treatments for transgender people, which the government of Tuscany began doing this week.
“The problem is not cost; it’s principle,” said L’Osservatore Roman…
Chron.com – Anita Hassan
After working as an officer for Houston Police Department for 24 years, Sgt. Bruce Oliver is used to injuries on the job. However, after a police chase about a month ago, Oliver realized that receiving medical help for any w…
ArizonaRepublic.com – Lindsey Collom
Authorities unsure if it was hate crime
The headline of the March 22, 2006, edition of The Arizona Republic read: “2 men being sought in transsexual’s slaying.”
The story began: Police are looking for two m…
TorontoSun.com
DEAR VAL: I’ve been married for a long time and my marriage is happy and loving. We also have a good sex life. But I’m a crossdresser. My wife knows about this and is very understanding, often helping me with clothes and makeup. I onl…
247Gay.com
Washington, D.C. – ExxonMobil shareholders voted with record support for a resolution to add “sexual orientation” to the company’s written equal employment opportunity policy. The percentage of shares voted in favor of the proposal has gr…
Washington Blade – Lou Chibbard Jr.
Activists see pattern of discrimination in city detention facilities
Two transgender women said they plan to file a discrimination complaint against the District?s Department of Corrections after officials at t…
Washington Blade – Greg Marzullo
From Israel come ?Paper Dolls,? a wonderful documentary about drag queens from the Philippines who live in Israel. Director Tomer Heymann delves deeply into the issues of transvestism, gay identity, immigration and t…
TheNewspaper.com
West Palm Beach, Florida drag queen cop tickets motorists at red lights.
Officer DeliciousA West Palm Beach, Florida police officer dressed in drag in an attempt to trap and ticket motorists at intersections. Officer Terry Golden…
GayNZ.com
Transgender MP Georgina Beyer and the diplomatic protection squad both attended a protest, held yesterday at the Portuguese Consulate in Wellington. The protest was organised by the transgender support and advocacy group, Agender, to deman…
ChannelNewsAsia.com – Felix Chong
When even a Hollywood teen flick gets into it, you know it’s finally gone mainstream. Big time.
In fact, it’s turning up so regularly these days that you might be tempted to call it a renaissance.
We’re talkin…