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rnw.nl – Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Dutch civil law violates the human rights of transgender people. That is the conclusion of a report published by Human Rights Watch on Tuesday. The Dutch government is urged to change the law without delay.
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morningsun.net – By Nikki Patrick – Sean Steffen – The Morning Sun
Pittsburg – Stephanie Mott, Topeka, probably won’t tune in to “Dancing With the Stars” to watch Chaz Bono compete, but that’s not because she’s disgusted or horrified by Bono, the fo…
advocate.com – By Andi Alexander
A former city council member in Rapid City, S.D., is returning to the public eye as she prepares to run for a city council seat after coming out as transgender, the Associated Press reports.
After several years o…
pridesource.com – By Nusrat Ventimiglia
Rep. Tom Hooker last week introduced a bill that would outlaw the use of public funds to pay for sex reassignment surgery for incarcerated people, among others. Hooker didn’t bother checking with the Michigan …
bangkokpost.com – Writer: Mongkol Bangprapa – Position: Reporter
The Defence Ministry may have to change the term “psychotic” in its formal description of conscripts who are transvestites following an Administrative Court case.
Only transvestites…
daijiworld.com – Shobha Shukla – CNS
Policies that criminalize same-sex behaviour and punitive laws continue to impede access to existing healthcare services for those at heightened risk of HIV such as men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgende…
jpost.com – By Ido Katry
The era in which transgendered people accepted their silencing and their marginalization is coming to an end.
Adi, a transgender woman, was employed in a store in Tel Aviv. From the moment she was hired, her gender varian…
metroweekly.com – by Yusef Najafi
Brian Watson has seen better days.
On this particular Saturday, stopping by the Wanda Alston House, D.C.’s only transitional residence for homeless LGBT youth, Watson is busy planning two funerals and a vigil.
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lgbtweekly.com – By Autumn Sandeen
“One can change one’s (Veterans Affairs) record to reflect one’s gender without genital reconstruction surgery.”
This was from the National Center For Transgender Equality’s (NCTE’s) talking points regarding a s…
enewspf.com – aclu.il.org
Chicago — (ENEWSPF) — After years of promises and inaction, three ACLU of Illinois clients soon will receive new birth certificates from the Division of Vital Records of the Illinois Department of Public Health that refle…