Seeking acceptance

TheStar.com – By Elizabeth Tai

WHEN Sarika was forced to bow out of She?s My Son because of her second sister?s protests, she was furious.

?I?m really mad (at my sister?s reaction),? said Sarika when I met her in July.

?She?s scared that m…

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Wedding Bell Blues

BrooklynRail.org – by Eleanor Bader

She?s Not The Man I Married

When writer Helen Boyd (born Gail Kramer) was growing up, she wanted to be C.S. Lewis. ?What that meant was unclear,? she laughs, sitting in her small Park Slope living room, a pack…

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This business of desire

Hindu.com – Nilanjana Biswas

In a world where the inequities of globalisation are often countered by a hardening conservatism, female-to-male transgenders are forced to hide their inclinations. An NGO in Bangalore offers them the chance to be themse…

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Hes my daughter

TheStar.com – By Elizabeth Tai

Appalled by how transsexuals are generally mistreated by society and even their families, the third winner of FreedomFilmFest07 hopes to change mindsets by showing how a mother?s love and acceptance can make all the di…

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Revolution in the blood

Arts.Guardian.co.uk

Feeling trapped in an alien body, Jin Xing underwent one of the first sex changes in China. The Red Army colonel who dared everything to become a prima ballerina tells her story

The Jeep is parked in front of our house in Beij…

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You cant say it has been dull…

MiddletonGuardian.co.uk – Emma Mountford

From Merchant Navy seaman, doorman and bus conductor to topless model and ?lady of leisure? ? the transformation for Tanya Bainbridge has been quite dramatic over the years.

And now the 58 year old ? who …

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When kids question gender

StarTribune.com – By Fran Henry, Newhouse News Service

If a child is confused about his or her sexual identity, there are sources for help.

Cleveland – When words failed her, Deena expressed herself the old-fashioned way — she screamed and sobbe…

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Life after Brother Clay

KnoxNews.com – By Wayne Bledsoe

Former radio personality launches new life as woman, career in stand-up comedy

Sitting with Gishelle Gish, there?s a sense of what is and what has been.

In the dining room of her West Knoxville home, Gish is sur…

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Undercover in all ways

RockyMountainNews.com – By Chris Barge, Rocky Mountain News

The mustache bothered him most.

When Rick Grahn looked in the mirror, his facial hair reaffirmed that he was a man, meant to work in a man’s profession – a cop who patrolled the rough wo…

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