A life in drag

Nouse.co.uk – Liam O’Brien

My first face-to-face encounters with drag came fairly late on in my teens. It was my grandfather’s seventieth birthday at the Homeguard Working men’s club in Garston, a small, some would say ‘rough’, part of Liverpool. It…

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The cross dresser

WestIslandChronicle.com – by Catherine Novac

You are 4, maybe 5 years old. You find yourself sneaking into your mom’s room and rummaging through her drawers. You know what you are looking for. You don’t really know why, you just know you want it. Y…

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Caring transsexual in new documentary

HamHigh.co.uk – Tan Parsons

By day she cares for sick babies at the Royal Free Hospital – but by night she dons her make-up and dances the night away to the sound of rapturous applause.

Nurse Chiqui Diokno, 43, is the front woman of Paper Dolls, …

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Is my 13 year old son gay?

RaisingKids.co.uk – suzy100

Hi all – I’m a newbie looking for help and advice please. I am convinced that my 13 year old is gay and I’ve felt this way since he was just a young boy…

When he was very young he started to steal clothes fr…

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Gender setters – when doctors play God

BrisbaneTimes.com.au – Jill Stark

Two former patients of Australia’s controversial sex-change clinic say misdiagnosis and wrongful surgery destroyed their lives. Jill Stark reports.

He will never forget the noise. Lying on the hospital trolley be…

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The sequined gloves are coming off

DailyUW.com – By Morgan Gard

For Michael Balderas, it began last year, right after the drag show ended. That’s when he decided he wanted to do the Gay, Bisexual, Lesbian and Transsexual Coalition (GBLTC) drag show again this year, but he wanted to c…

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Construction worker transitions to woman

EPGN.com – by Tim Cwiek

For Karen Diane Thomas, a construction worker, transitioning to the opposite gender hasn’t been an easy road.

Twice in her journey, Thomas reverted back to presenting as a male, due in large part to workplace harassment. A…

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