Phoenix rising

SXNews.E-P.net.au

Local trans author Katherine Cummings, 73, has experienced highs and lows in her gender journey. She spoke with Katrina Fox.

In 1986, John Cummings, a 52-year-old academic librarian, became Katherine. In addition to the physical…

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Former transsexual cop opens up

HudsonReporter.com – By:Madeline Friedman – Reporter staff writer

Now a ‘real’ woman, Lt. Aiello talks about life after Hoboken PD

In the spring of 1995, Hoboken motorcycle police officer John Aiello told his superiors that when he returned from …

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Zulu boy returns as drag-queen diva

TheTimes.co.za – Biénne Huisman

Talented Sfiso is back in SA, all sass and style.

Sfiso was a starry- eyed Zulu boy from a humble township home when he left for London seven years ago.

This week he returned to South Africa as a glamorous drag …

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A shelter in search of a home

TimesLedger.com – By Cat Cutillo

Residents at Carmen’s Place help Nicole get ready for a night out.
Three girls crowd around the huge mirror in the dining room of Carmen’s Place to touch up their make-up and perfect each other’s wigs, preparin…

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Man Made

Slate.com – By Emily Yoffe

My short life as a drag king.

I asked my drag king buddy, Herbie Hind, if he would apply my beard makeup before I made my stage debut as a man. Herbie offered to advise me, but said I must take responsibility for my own…

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Comment: Renee Richards is a trans hero

PinkNews.co.uk – Dylan Vox – 2007 GayWired.com

Imagine waking up every day and feeling like you were in the wrong body.

Imagine the frustration and angst it would cause to know that although you felt like a human being, those around you didn’t tr…

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Womens World – New look and a new start

HalifaxCourier.co.uk – By Diane Crabtree

Most females who shed the stones will tell you they feel like a new woman.
But none can say it with the same conviction as Kathy Mytton who has just lost 85lb.
Kathy is a new person in the true sense. Becau…

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Whats in a (Pinoy) Name?

TheBoholChronicle.com – Juan L. Mercado

On a Verona balcony, Juliet asked Romeo: “What’s in a name?” Plenty, says the US Immigration Service. That is if the names are those Filipinos picked when they became naturalized U.S. citizens. Former UN econo…

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