National and International transgender news articles at URNotAlone.com transgender site. The most recent news articles appear at the top of the listings. See National and International transgender news article excerpts below and click “Read More” for the stories that interest you most.
ChinaDaily.com.cn – By Wang Zhuoqiong and Xie Fang
Some might think of cross-dressing as high camp, but in China these days it could also be considered high art, or at the very least a bit of good clean fun.
In the most high-profile example of th…
Advocate.com
Dawn Dalpe, a transgender woman living in South Philadelphia, has filed a complaint with the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations alleging that she has been barred from all 10 regional branches of the YMCA, the Philadelphia Gay Ne…
Angus-Reid.com
Public backing for Jos? Luis Rodr?guez Zapatero fell this month in Spain, according to a poll by Instituto Opina released by Cadena Ser. 49.1 per cent of respondents approve of the president?s performance, down 2.7 points since late S…
FinanceVisor.com
Call to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer authors for original submissions to be included in the new anthology: The Queer Collection: Prose and Poetry 2007.
Las Vegas, Nevada (FV Newswire) – If you’re a gay, lesbi…
IHT.com – The Associated Press
Honolulu: A Hawaii woman won a seat on the state Board of Education and, according to national advocacy groups, a place in history as the nation’s highest-ranking transgender elected official.
Kim Coco Iwamoto, a 3…
Bloomberg.com – By Curtis Eichelberger
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) — John Harper was his high school valedictorian and Male Athlete of the Year. In college, he became an All-Canadian cross-country runner and earned advanced degrees in physics. Yet he carrie…
EITB24.com
The bill must now go before the Senate for a final vote. It will allow transsexuals to change their gender with a doctor’s certificate stating they have been diagnosed as having a gender-identity disorder.
The lower house of Spain’s pa…
NYTimes.com – By Damien Cave
Separating anatomy from what it means to be a man or a woman, New York City is moving forward with a plan to let people alter the sex on their birth certificate even if they have not had sex-change surgery.
Under the …
365Gay.com – by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff
(Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Rev. Janet Edwards, accused of violating Presbyterian Church law by performing a marriage for two women, has sent out dozens of invitations to her trial.
Edwards has been orde…
Ansa.it
Transgender MP calls for Gender Recognition Act (ANSA) – Rome, November 7 – Europe’s first transgender MP vowed on Tuesday to fight for a law giving Italian transsexuals the right to legally change their recorded gender .
Vladimir Luxuri…