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A drag queen bridesmaid, a “page dog”, and a gay men’s choir have helped to mark a wedding on the first anniversary of civil partnerships becoming law.
Jamie Hakim, 36, and Graeme Youngs, 41, became the 680th couple to tie the knot…
MetroWeekly.com – by Yusef Najafi email
The transgender community gets a new resource, honoring the memory of Tyra Hunter
It’s been more than a decade since Tyra Hunter, following a car crash, died on a street in Southeast D.C. But her story has …
Bradenton.com – By Lornet Turnbull – The Seattle Times
Seattle – Even talking about the incident now, all these months later, Nick still gets upset.
The 27-year-old Seattle resident, who asked that his full name not be used, told of how he and hi…
Yomiuri.co.jp – The Yomiuri Shimbun
The Kobe Family Court’s Amagasaki branch has rejected a petition to change the officially registered gender of a 51-year-old man of Amagasaki who has been diagnosed with gender identity disorder (GID), it was lear…
Advocate.com
A 20-year-old transgender woman has won a settlement in a discrimination lawsuit that claimed she was denied hormonal drugs while living at a New York juvenile facility. Alyssa Rodriguez alleged she was deprived of her prescriptive horm…
WCBSTV.com – Mary Calvi Reporting
(CBS) New York – A trip to Loehmann’s may turn into a lawsuit for Jane Galla. She said a popular discount clothing store wouldn’t allow her to use its communal changing room because she is transgender.
“I picked…
AlterNet.org – By Maya Schenwar, Punk Planet. Posted December 19, 2006.
How increasingly popular transgender zines are creating community and building diversity in ways that the Internet and the big screen can’t.
There’s the Oscar-nominated hit, …
Guardian.co.uk – Press Association
A transsexual has been awarded ?64,862 compensation after a tribunal found she was forced to endure ‘an atmosphere of intimidation and hostility’ while working for P&O Ferries, it has emerged.
Drusilla Marland,…
TheArgus.co.uk – By Miles Godfrey
A transsexual who claimed he was hounded out of his council job has failed in a sex discrimination claim.
Andrea Baldwin changed her name to Andy after undergoing a female to male sex change. Mr Baldwin accused B…
New.Channel5Belize.com – Janelle Chanona
This next story needs little introduction other than to say that if you are easily confused regarding issues of gender and sexuality you would do well to stay close to home this Saturday night. Our entertainm…