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TimesOfIndia.IndiaTimes.com – B Aravind Kumar
Koovagam: For thousands of transsexuals, the ‘eunuch’ festival at Koovagam festival, the remote village in northern Tamil Nadu, is surely becoming a nightmare.
True, they like to ‘wed’ and spend a rol…
EagleTribune.com – By Edward Mason – Staff writer
Boston – As a judge considers forcing the state to pay for a convicted murderer’s sex-change operation, Sen. Bruce Tarr, R-Gloucester, has filed legislation that would bar taxpayers from footing the …
WataugaDemocrat.com – By Caroline Monday
This Friday, April 25, students across the nation will be recognizing the Day of Silence, a day devoted to raising awareness for gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual issues. However, the day has incited muc…
IOMToday.co.im
Transsexual people will have their acquired gender recognised in law under draft legislation.
The Gender Recognition Bill 2008, published on Wednesday, is based on similar legislation introduced in the UK following a judgment of th…
PattayaDailyNews.com
According to the news from Gridskipper, Thailand has a well-deserved reputation as a haven for ladyboys and the men who love them. The large number of transsexuals, also known as “katoeys,” in Thailand has fueled a boom in cheap…
CampKC.com – by Jamie Tyroler
Kansas City’s City Council voted 13-0 on April 3 to add gender identity and expression to the city’s civil rights ordinance.
I would like to thank everyone who has worked publicly and behind the scenes on this issue…
HRW.org
Police Search ‘Safe Space’ for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People
Dushanbe – Bishkek police carried out a warrantless raid on the community center of an organization working for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transg…
WashingtonPost.com – By Ann E. Marimow – Washington Post Staff Writer
Lawyers involved in a challenge to the referendum on overturning the county’s new protections for transgender people were in court last week to talk about the scope and timing of …
Media.www.BerkeleyBeacon.com – Gabrielle Dunn
Fox News panelist calls out “pregnant man”
An Emerson graduate has recently come under fire for alleged homophobic and transphobic comments he and fellow panelists made on a Fox News talk show.
Bil…
WashingtonBlade.com – By Lou Chibbaro Jr. – Washington Blade
Visitors from 29 states ask lawmakers to oppose gay-only ENDA
Nearly 200 transgender rights activists and their supporters descended on Washington from 29 states this week to urge Congr…