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ChinaDaily.com.cn – Guo Qiang
Li Guohua, a transsexual from Anhua County, Hunan Province, was refused entrance to the Miss Shenzhen competition by the organizing committee, which cited age and certain restrictions as reasons, according to the Southe…
ABCLocal.go.com
Aug. 25- BCN – Almost four years after Newark transgender teenager Gwen Araujo was killed, the last of four young men found responsible for her brutal beating and strangulation death was sentenced in Alameda County Superior Court tod…
SoVo.com – Elizabeth A. Perry
Schools in 26 states lack protections for trans students
As transgender rights advocates work to expand non-discrimination policies at U.S. colleges to include protections based on gender identity, some schools appea…
DemocratAndChronicle.com – Lauren Stanforth – Staff writer
Teacher’s change prompts school district to reach out to community
Batavia – The Batavia City School District in Genesee County is embarking on a journey that appears unique not just for …
SSONet.com.au – Ian Gould
Drag fans can expect colour and movement at the Drag Industry Variety Awards public voting day this Saturday.
Organisers of this year?s Drag Industry Variety Awards are promising a pre-show spectacle when showgirls and t…
MySanAntonio.com – Guillermo Contreras – Express-News Staff Writer
Gabriel Bernal stands 5 feet tall, weighs 100 pounds and lives as a woman.
But to suspended San Antonio Police Officer Dean Gutierrez, who is accused of raping Bernal while on dut…
ABCNews.go.com – Laura Marquez
John Mark Karr, arrested in Thailand last week in connection with the 1996 murder of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey, recently visited a sex reassignment surgery clinic in Bangkok.
Dr. Setthakarn Atakonpan said he saw th…
News.Independent.co.uk – Marie Woolf, Political Editor
A transsexual business executive claiming damages of ?500,000 for discrimination at work has been ordered to leave the country by the Home Office.
Jessica Bussert, 41, has been told her work …
NewYorkBlade.com
NYC Comptroller compiles LGBT Directory
Losses in same-sex marriage cases. Hate crimes against gays. Homophobia spewed as religious dogma. An increase in HIV cases.? Headlines this year have not been a cause for celebration. So w…
Stuff.co.nz – Kelly Burns
Injury has ruled controversial transsexual Canadian rider Michelle Dumaresq out of next week’s world mountain biking championships in Rotorua.
BikeNZ events manager Ted Jones confirmed the withdrawal of the Canadian down…