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UK.Reuters.com
Kuala Lumpur (Reuters) – Malaysian religious authorities, alarmed by a snowballing trend of crossdressing among young people, have threatened to set up a rehabilitation centre to counsel offenders if the situation gets out of hand.
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WiganToday.net
A furious transsexual has hit out at pharmacy chain Boots after an assistant in one of its Wigan stores insisted on calling her “sir” in front of other customers.
Crissi Makin underwent a full sex change operation six years ago to tu…
JournalNow.com
A friend, co-worker or neighbor has come out as gay. Quick, what do you say?
How should you react? Play it cool? Look surprised?
Straight folks who still aren?t quite sure are getting help in a booklet written specifically for t…
SPTimes.com – By Lorri Helfand
He will discuss his case on Larry King Live on Thursday.
Steve Stanton is poised to join a national campaign to make America more aware of the plight of transgender people.
Fired as Largo’s city manager a month a…
JamaicaObserver.com – Erica Virtue, Observer writer
The Mandeville Police were called to restore order at the funeral service for slain Manchester businessman Kirk Wayne Lester on Sunday as residents, upset by the style of dress of some mourners who…
Expatica.com
MADRID ? Julio Cuesta is the first transsexual to officially change sex without undergoing an operation under a new law.
The 50-year-old ended a five year legal fight by taking advantage of the first Law of Gender Identification.
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ShropShireStar.co.uk
Telford & Wrekin Council is poised to commit itself to a gender equality scheme – ensuring that men and women enjoy equal pay and job opportunities. The policy will also be extended to all borough schools.
This will mean gove…
UK.Reuters.com
New Delhi (Reuters Life!) – A British transsexual has angered local eunuchs at a Hindu temple in north India because she monopolised the donations given by devotees seeking the eunuchs’ blessing, media reports said.
Pamela, who was…
ChinaDaily.com – By Li Qian
A 24-year-old male Chinese, determined to become a woman, got financial support Sunday from South Korean transsexual entertainer Ha Ri-su to finance his gender alteration surgery, Qilu Evening News reported Monday.
Zha…
TurkishDailyNews.com – ŞAFAK TİMUR
Generations in Turkey grew up with the fabulous voice and around 200 compositions of the classical Turkish music performer Zeki M?ren, who dared to sing with a man’s body in women’s clothes and make-up in…