URNA Staff stanforddaily.com – By Cristopher Bautista
This week is Transgender Awareness Week at Stanford, and of course, I love it when people are aware of me. But I feel like whenever I write a column during a week that is important for LGBT issues, I always…
thejournal.ie – Susan Daly
The publication of what The Sun newspaper calls “a fun quiz on gender” has been strongly criticised for reinforcing stereotypes about transgender people.
The quiz carries the headline ‘Tran or woman?’ and features 14 pi…
sltrib.com – By Robert Gehrke and Rosemary Winters
A measure that would protect gay and transgender Utahns from housing and employment discrimination statewide has been blockaded for three weeks and likely will not get a hearing this legislative ses…
media.www.gwhatchet.com – by Louis Nelson – Sports Editor
The University’s Office of Media Relations drew scrutiny this week, after the mother of women’s basketball player Kye Allums alleged GW stifled opportunities for Allums to speak out about his…
uanews.org – By University Communications
Today, Iran carries out more sex reassignment surgeries than any other country except Thailand, and transsexuals are increasingly recognized and tolerated by the Iranian government.
Yet the tolerance of t…
washingtonpost.com – By Kathy Orton – Washington Post Staff Writer
The mother of George Washington women’s basketball player Kye Allums said her child has not been allowed to play despite being cleared by a team doctor and that the school has attem…
indianexpress.com – Sukhdeep Kaur
Once lecturer now spiritual guru, Puneet Mahant did it all for right to dignity
Ten years ago, Census 2001 had marked them as males. Again last year, this husband and wife were asked to fill in the forms as males…
guardian.co.uk – Suzanne Moore – The Guardian
We now have a new aesthetic of femininity where everything is meant to be as fake as possible
Falsies have become my preoccupation. But clearly not just mine. I could buy a mascara called Falsies to g…
mumbaimirror.com – Karan Anshuman
Considering all that it has going for itself – Vishal Bhardwaj’s masterful handling of the mise-en-scene; dark, alluring images that stay with you; and the lovely Priyanka Chopra in a majestic role – you have to dig…
flavorwire.com – by Emily Temple
All the hubbub about Brian Bedford’s spectacular performance as Lady Bracknell in the recent Broadway revival of The Importance of Being Earnest has gotten us thinking. So much media in our culture revolves around, o…