URNA Staff thestar.com – Helen Wolkowicz – Special to the Star
An estimated 20 per cent of transgender Ontarians surveyed are unemployed or on disability, while just over one-third are working full-time, according to a new Trans PULSE study, obtained exclusive…
dallasvoice.com – Tammye Nash – Senior Editor
Fort Worth – After nearly two years of unprecedented progress on LGBT issues within the Fort Worth city government, Cowtown’s LGBT residents are now facing the prospect of not having Mike Moncrief in the…
naplesnews.com – By Sara Fitzpatrick Comito
What: A night of drag king and burlesque performances
When: 10 p.m. Saturday
Where: Tubby’s Bar, 4350 Fowler St., Fort Myers
Admission: No cover; 21 and older only
Information: (239) 274-5001 or
www.h…
offbeat.com – by Sam Levine
For those who have been asleep – or maybe just living outside of New Orleans – Big Freedia is a transsexual rapper of “bounce,” a New Orleans-style party music wherein the MC exists almost entirely to tell you exactly ho…
windycitymediagroup.com – by Kate Sosin, Windy City Times
AIDS service providers tend to agree: When it comes to fighting HIV infection rates among transgender populations, one of the biggest obstacles might just be connecting them with health servi…
blogs.orlandosentinel.com – posted by Matthew J. Palm
First of all, the drag queen isn’t naked, but the farting is an essential element of this blue-collar drama set in a well-worn Milwaukee watering hole.
The Big Swinging Dick in the title is ac…
ocregister.com – By Cindy Carcamo – The Orange County Register
Santa Ana – In the depths of depression, battling hot flashes and desperate about her situation, Monica Freas tried to throw herself from the second floor of the Santa Ana Jail before fr…
abcnews.go.com
There are two components of Gender Identity Disorder, both of which must be present to make the diagnosis. There must be evidence of a strong and persistent gross-gender identification, which is the desire to be, or the insistence tha…
mansfield.patch.com – By David Moran
As the General Assembly’s legislative calendar winds down to its final few weeks, several high-profile pieces of legislation still on the agenda appear as though they could be passed by June 8, while others seem …
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BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
In 1983, in state court in Massachusetts, Sandy Battista (born “David Megarry”) was convicted of the rape of a child, robbery, and kidnapping. After serving that sentence, Battista was involuntarily committed in …