Local LGBT activist wins Rhodes Scholarship

BayWindows.com – Ethan Jacobs

When Harvard senior Ryan Thoreson began filling out his application for the Rhodes Scholarship this year, he was a little nervous about the items on his resum?: former co-chair of Harvard?s Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Tran…

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Culture afraid to break male/female dichotomy

English.Hani.co.kr – Byun Hea-joung, Research Professor, Ewha Womans University?s Korean Women?s Institute

A lot of people want to be able to tell whether the people they meet are women or men. Fortunate for them, there are ways to do this, because …

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Activist takes stand against trans violence

Collegian.PSU.edu – By Meaghan Haugh – Collegian Staff Writer

During grade school, when her classmates began to call her derogatory names, Gwen Smith knew what was bound to happen next.

“It meant I was just about to get the crap beaten out of me,…

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Trapped in the wrong body

SLTrib.com – By Jennifer W. Sanchez

Born a girl, but sure he was a boy, ‘Tom’ has listened to his heart, lives life as a man

He kissed little girls. He begged for a football. And he dressed up as a soldier, Dracula and the Lone Ranger.

“Tom” w…

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Cant get the T out of Midtown

SoVo.com – By Dyana Bagby

Resorting to name-calling by labeling transgender sex workers ?transvestitutes? is a childish way to deal with a serious issue.

The Myrtle Room at Mary Mac?s Tea Room was packed Nov. 13 with some 50 people attending the …

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On Our Terms

Kansan.com – By Lisa Anderson

Emily Goddard and Claven Snow don?t need a dictionary to define their relationship.

Emily Goddard dated women for years before she met her current boyfriend. ?I was afraid I was going to lose my queer membership card…

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When life is a drag, wear a dress

Media.www.Siude.com – By Sarah Lohman

SRN holds biannual drag show

Joel Nadler shimmied across the stage wearing a big, red wig, black socks and a pink halter-top dress as his dance partner Ryo Patrascu strutted down the runway in her backwards h…

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Caught between two genders

News-Leader.com – Angie Fenton – The (Louisville, Ky.) Courier-Journal

Men, women say they are born feeling like they are trapped in the wrong gender.

Monica Roberts gently circled a fingertip around the lip of her coffee cup, the perfect manicur…

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