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OutInAmerica.com – Amanda Thomas – The Associated Press
Montgomery, Ala. (AP) – On the same day Alabama voters passed an amendment banning same-sex marriage, a transgender woman and her female partner tied the knot legally in Chilton County — but o…
MiamiHerald.com – Ashley Fantz
The conviction of a man sentenced to 30 years for third-degree murder related to a 2003 silicone injection party had been overturned in April.
A Broward man convicted in the silicone-injection death of a Carol City …
DMNews.com – Christine Blank
Yahoo is promoting several of its services, including MyWeb 2.0, HotJobs, Shopping and Personals, on a microsite celebrating Gay and Lesbian Pride Month throughout June.
The site at http://events.yahoo.com/pride06 als…
Mainichi Daily News
“She” strutted into the train carriage, hitched up “her” black miniskirt, and slumped down on the Hankyu Line train seat with “her” legs spread. From a hole in “her” pantyhose protruded an object that not only gave away the fact …
AlertNet.org
Guatemala City, June 19 (Reuters) – A transvestite prostitute was murdered in a drive-by shooting in Guatemala’s capital during the weekend, human rights activists said on Monday, the latest in a spate of violence against sex workers.
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ToBe.ca
Bill Siksay introduces bill to amend the Canadian Human Rights
Ottawa ? NDP MP Bill Siksay (Burnaby-Douglas) re-introduced a bill in the House of Commons on June 19 that would add protections for transsexual and transgender Canadians to t…
LATimes.com – Molly Hennessy-Fiske – Times Staff Writer
The proximity of the president doesn’t stop a service group from its fundraising, festivities.
Waco, Texas ? On Saturday night, as President Bush prepared to celebrate Father’s Day on his ra…
Houston Voice Online
Vatican City – The Vatican?s official newspaper criticized the government of Italy?s Tuscany region June 9 for providing free hormone treatments for people transitioning from one gender to another. L?Osservatore Romano called t…
Boston.com – Ken Maguire – Associated Press Writer
Boston – The state’s prison commissioner testified Friday that she is not convinced a sex-change operation sought by a convicted murderer is medically necessary.
Michelle Kosilek, who was Robert …
Mainichi Daily News
Transsexual charged with drugging and robbing victim of 200,000 yen
Osaka – A transsexual man has been indicted for having a man take sleeping pills and stealing about 200,000 yen from him after he fell asleep, prosecutors sai…