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eBar.com – by Heather Cassell
As thousands of leathermen head to Chicago for this weekend’s International Mr. Leather contest, one group won’t be welcome at a Windy City gay SM club ? those who are transgender.
Leather transmen and their advocate…
TaipeiTimes.com – Agencies, Lahore, Pakistan
Shezina Tariq, who married Shumail Raj, a woman who had a sex-change operation
A Pakistani court sent a couple to jail yesterday on the grounds that the husband was actually a woman and that same-sex mar…
PinkNews.co.uk – Tony Grew
Japan?s second largest political party, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), announced that Kanako Otsuji, the first openly lesbian politician in Japan, will be one of the party?s official candidates for this summer?s Nati…
DailyMail.co.uk –
A man who had a sex swap is set to become the UK’s first transgender mayor – and his mayoress has had a sex change too.
Liberal Democrat Jenny Bailey, 45, who underwent a sex change operation when she was in her 30s, is likely …
NBC11.com
While discrimination and hate crimes against gays, lesbians and transgender individuals plummeted in 2006, severe violence has spiked around Northern California, according to a report released Tuesday morning.
Transgender women of color…
HoustonVoice.com
I was so pleased when my Newsweek arrived in the mail this week. The cover story puts the long-avoided issue of gender identity prominently on newsstands. Using basic explanations, individual profiles and a gallery of portraits, aut…
DetNews.com – Delores Flynn – The Detroit News
Center for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender people has a gym, cybercafe and art gallery and welcomes everyone.
Ferndale – When Affirmations broke ground on its new community center two years ago, …
MassLaw.com
Several bar associations have announced their support for House Bill 1722, which would amend the state’s anti-discrimination statute to include gender identity and expression.
The legislation would also amend the state’s hate-crime la…
Guardian.co.uk – David Batty
David Batty explains the background to the General Medical Council disciplinary hearing into the conduct of one of Britain’s best-known gender psychiatrists
What is the inquiry about?
The UK’s best-known expert on …
GayNZ.com
?Agender?, New Zealand?s support group for Transgender people, is holding its fifth national conference in Wellington from Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd June 2007.
Mayor of Wellington Kerry Prendergast will open the conference with a cocktai…