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guardian.co.uk – Prof Stephen Whittle
Whenever, wherever on this earth, we will find people who contravene gender boundaries. I’m not talking about the small ways of ‘queering’ gender, such as the lesbian separatists who wore dungarees in the 1970s….
beforeitsnews.com – Contributed by Alton Parrish (Editor)
The Chevalier d’Eon, a minor French diplomat, spy and renegade who died 200 years ago this month, was a man ahead of his time.
After a distinguished career as a man he lived the second hal…
boston.com – By Sam Allis – Globe Staff
Decades after Boston’s gay community first began to organize, memories remain sharp for those who lived the history. For the younger generation? Not so much. This year, marked by anniversaries, could change th…
LATimes.com – By David Ng
Say the words “gay cowboy” and chances are the conversation will turn to “Brokeback Mountain,” the 2005 film starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, and based on the Annie Proulx short story.
The Oscar-winning drama, …
ExpressBuzz.com – Mayur Suresh
The LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) rights movement lays claim to a broad and diverse history. As Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Delhi and Chennai gear up to celebrate LGBT Pride this week (Kolkata’s will be on …
Examiner.com – Jyn Radakovits – Chicago Indie Music Examiner
As I helped out an ex friend pick out his first pair of girl jeans several months ago it dawned on me the sexiness of a man dolled up in cheap makeup and cross dressing.
Some wonder …
DallasVoice.com – By Renee Baker Contributing Writer
Tracing the modern transgender rights movement from its beginnings in the dress code reform of the 1800s up through Stonewall to today, when Texas A&M has honored trans advocate Phyllis Frye.
T…
MiamiHerald.TypePad.com – News release from the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force:
Recognizing outstanding transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals in the struggle for LGBT equality
Washington – In honor of the 40th anniversary of Ston…
CityRoom.blogs.NYTimes.com – By Sewell Chan
On Friday afternoon, officials from the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce rang the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising and a…
DailyKos.com – by Moonflowrr
The following is a reprint of an article familiar to folks in the Houston area. It was initially done for the June 1999 issue of the TATS (Texas Assn. for Transsexual Support) newsletter which I edited for a number of ye…