URNA Staff Times Online
A transsexual whose 17-year marriage was nullified when his wife discovered her husband was a woman is not the legal parent of their 14-year-old daughter, the Court of Appeal has ruled.
Three judges this morning said the female-to-ma…
PinkNews.co.uk – Marc Shoffman
Iraqi gays are claiming success following the decision of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani to remove from his website a fatwa calling for the killing of homosexuals in the “worst, most severe way possible”.
The remova…
Sify.com – Parul Sharma – Villupuram (Tamil Nadu)
Thirty two-year-old Saranya is a busy and successful beautician in Salem. Her customers vouch for her skills and this has helped her erase memories of the days when she was one of the many transsexua…
The Supreme Court is to hear the first case on the legality of changing entries in the Family Register for those who have had sex-change operations. The court is asking medical experts with experience in gender reassignment surgery and religious figure…
Daily Times – Pakistan
KARACHI: One is Pakistan?s cross-dressing answer to Dame Edna Everage, the other fronts a macho car racing programme. They are the two brothers at the forefront of this Islamic republic?s television revolution.
The sons of …
New Straits Times – Malaysia News – Chok Suat Ling
As the debate on effeminate men heats up in Parliament and the media, Malaysians should try to understand them, writes CHOK SUAT LING.
IN the Dewan Rakyat last Thursday, Jasin Member of Parliamen…
LA Times – Scott Gold and Hemmy So – Times Staff Writers
Would the state of California “out” Abe Lincoln, now that a controversial biography has suggested that he not only changed the course of a nation but also shared a bed with men?
Would Elean…
Dallas Voice
Founder of National Center for Transgender Equality calls her selection an indicator of the transgender movement?s progress over a decade
Mara Keisling, founding executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, has…
Boston Herald – Terry Byrne
When drag queens meet a 300-year-old play, will worlds collide?
The American Repertory Theatre?s new production of ??Island of Slaves? is attempting that experiment, moving the setting of Pierre Marivaux?s classic farc…
Salt Lake Tribune – Jennifer Sanchez
Fundraiser: With queens, a chicken “prize” and comedy, this isn’t “your mother’s bingo”
“Bingo virgins” never know what to expect.
Here, “queer” and “lesbian” are not bad words. Guests are cheerfully gre…