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Salon.com – By Thomas Rogers
Thomas Beatie brought us a media circus and late-night punch lines. But there’s something missing, say some transgender advocates — more respect.
By the time Thomas Beatie, “the Pregnant Man,” strode across Oprah Win…
BLog.SeattlePI.NWSource.com – Posted by Paul Comrie
After hours of steadily baking in 90 degree heat today at the Seattle Center for Seattle PrideFest 2008, I stepped into the Center House for a little restroom relief. I couldn’t help but smile as I…
CommercialAppeal.com – By Wendi C. Thomas
When the videotape of a since-fired Memphis police officer beating a black transgender woman surfaced earlier this month, the outcry from the GLBT community (that’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender, fo…
Newspaper.Asia1.com.sg – By Zaihan Mohamed Yusof
MOST neighbours on the ninth storey knew her as the quiet aunty.
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She seldom spoke, but smiled whenever she bumped into them on her way to work.
Except for the clicks…
OnTopMag.com – By Carlos Santoscoy
Congress has concluded its first ever hearing on transgender bias in the workplace. The House Committee on Education and Labor’s subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by New Jersey Repres…
EdgeBoston.com – by Renee Baker – EDGE Contributor
It’s been over forty years since Martin Luther King Jr.’s embarked on his impassioned civil rights crusade, battled with police forces and ultimately was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. The rece…
MyEyeWitnessNews.com – Reported by: Jeni DiPrizio, Contributor: Shane Myers
Memphis, TN – A Memphis Police Officer is off of the job after an alleged beating of a transgender person, that was caught on camera.
Memphis Police have confirmed that O…
SFGate.com – Wyatt Buchanan, Chronicle Staff Writer
As gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people prepare to celebrate gay pride in San Francisco this weekend, many of them also are organizing a boycott and protest of the country’s largest gay ri…
Network.NationalPost.com – by Paul Russell
The National Post is regularly accused of many things (being too conservative, or not socially conservative enough are two popular ones), but last week a few new charges were levelled against the paper: app…
NationalPost.com – Nina Arsenault, National Post
Gender dysphoria is defined as a mental illness. So why wouldn’t the government pay for its prescribed treatment?
My lover, “Michael,” is a man who adores transsexuals, or “t-girls” as we like to c…