Transgender Commits Suicide

KoreaTimes.co.kr – By Kim Rahn – Staff Reporter

A transgender, who became famous for appearing in a show before and after undergoing sex change surgery, committed suicide Saturday, a day after actress Choi Jin-sil’s death.

Police concluded that t…

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Drag death

DallasVoice.com – By Daniel A. Kusner – Life Style Editor

Before she hit the stage, Ilene Alloverya told Donna Dumae that she had a dramatic performance in store. It was the last number of Dumae’s 12th annual “Friends Helping Friends” fundraiser for…

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Tributes paid to godmother of gay scene

TheArgus.co.uk – By Richard Gurner

Tributes have been paid after the death of one of the icons of Brighton’s gay community.

Professional actress, singer and landlady at a number of pubs in Brighton and Hove, Tracy Davenport was one of the key fig…

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Fly-past tribute to RAF veteran

LakelandEcho.co.uk – By Greg Lambert

A Fly-Past of a lone Vulcan bomber across Morecambe on Friday was a
fitting tribute to a leading transgender activist, author and RAF veteran of 40 years.
The life of Lynne Janine Braithwaite BEM, who died on A…

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Passages: Jahna Steele

WindyCityMediaGroup.com – by Andrew Davis

Las Vegas transgender legend Jahna Steele died Jan. 24, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. She was 49.

The Clark County, Nev., Medical Examiner e-mailed Windy City Times that the “cause and manner…

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R.I.P. Zoe Belle

SameSame.com.au – By dreadcircus

Today I was saddened to hear the news that long time transgender activist, volunteer for Midsumma Festival and all round beautiful soul Zoe Belle had taken her life only days before the Midsumma Festival, which she h…

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