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LifeSite.net – By Gudrun Schultz
Asked to say if straight, gay, lesbian, transgendered, bisexual, queer or two-spirited
Toronto, Ontario ? The Toronto District School Board is introducing a survey asking high school students to self-identify thei…
BayWindows.com – Ethan Jacobs
Dotting the I?s, Crossing the T?s
You?re driving in your car and get stopped by the police for speeding. The officer asks for your license and registration and takes them back to the police car. He swipes a strip on …
DailyRecord.co.uk – Karen Bale & Craig Mcdonald
A Transsexual who used to be a close girl pal of Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe has landed a job at Carstairs state mental hospital.
Matthew Jackson, 47, was once a typist named Marie Dewson.
A…
English.Hani.co.kr
An official report dealing with the human rights of transgendered persons was released August 4. The report, prepared by an agency set up to investigate the realities of life for South Korea?s transgendered, was made up of members…
afrol.com
South Africa’s First National Bank has grown the favourite of the nation’s small transgender minority after it helped out a Burundian female male-born refugee getting a bank account. As a transgender refugee in South Africa, identity probl…
SouthernVoice.com – Gwen Smith
The fight over trans women at Michigan Women?s Festival only divides us and needs to end.
For more than a decade, the Michigan Women?s Music Festival has barred transgender women from attending, thanks to a ?womyn-b…
DFW.com
San Antonio – A San Antonio police officer was convicted Wednesday of violating the civil rights of a transsexual who said the officer raped and beat her during a traffic stop.
The jury found that Officer Dean Gutierrez’s conduct violated…
DemocratAndChronicle.com – Marketta Gregory – Staff writer
Batavia – Parents can check the Batavia City School District’s Web site today to see what their high school students will be taught about transgender issues.
If parents prefer that their …
MosNews.com
A Russian policeman has attempted suicide after performing a transgender surgery on himself. He was found with a rope around his neck in a pool of blood ? his genitals had been cut off and the wound scrupulously stitched up. Painkillers …
AftenPosten.no
The Equality and Anti-discrimination Ombud (LDO) has received a unique enquiry.
A man claiming to be a transsexual has asked the LDO for assistance in acquiring two passports, one with a “woman passport photo”.
“I have previousl…