Gender surgery hardly a lark

CalgarySun.com – By Bill Kaufmann

Heather Edwards is a disposable Albertan, or so the province’s natural ruling politicians must believe.

Like a chump-change phone number, she’s been de-listed in the great surge of so-called common sense coming d…

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Mommy, what’s a drag queen?

BoiseWeekly.com – Posted by Nathaniel Hoffman

Last night, my girls met one of Boise’s pre-eminent drag queens in Hyde Park at Sen. Nicole LeFavour’s end-of-Legislative-session gathering. I missed the event, instead catching Mayor Dave Bieter at the …

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Between Ourselves

PrideSource.com – by Jessica Carreras

Denise Brogan-Kator is a 54-year-old mother who lives with her partner, Mary Kator, in Milford. She’s also the chairperson of the Triangle Foundation’s board of trustees, on the board of the Washtenaw Rainbow …

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Debating disclosure

EyeWeekly.com – BY Sasha

Normally I just read your fine column on the subway, have a little chuckle and toss EYE WEEKLY in the recycle. But I was so irritated with your response to the guy accused by his online hookup of “transphobia” (“Girls, gurls…

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A guide to gracious drag queen living

CharlestonCityPaper.com – By Sally Albright

The scene: Saturday night, 11:30 p.m., The Chart, Park Circle. The music starts, and I feel the bass thumping in my chest. The crowd is already hooting and hollering before the DJ announces the arrival of …

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Is My Marriage Gay?

NYTimes.com – By Jennifer Finney Boylan

As many Americans know, last week Gov. John Baldacci of Maine signed a law that made this state the fifth in the nation to legalize gay marriage. It’s worth pointing out, however, that there were some legal sa…

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Trans-form the debate

Student-Direct.co.uk – by Sam O’Connor

Being transgender is not about choice, it’s about identity.

As I stood in a queue at the local corner-shop, I heard a high-pitched voice beside me at knee height, “Boys, boys, girls, boys, girls, boys”. Look…

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