Opening Up the Mikvah

Tikkun – Ari Kristan

As a child, Tucker Lieberman could barely stand to take showers. When he passed the bathroom mirror, he would ?go into what almost seemed like a mild state of shock, with chills and painful, uncontrollable shaking? because the g…

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URNA Staff 2006-04-27 00:00:00

Montreal Mirror – Andrea Zanin

What?s in a name? A whole lot, according to Julie-Maude Beauchesne, president of the Coalition des Transsexuel(le)s et Transsexu?s(e)s du Qu?bec (CTTQ) and chief organizer of this Saturday?s Trans Day of Pride.

?Our…

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Drag queen puts on a show

alligator.org – Aimee Sachs – Alligator Contributing Writer

As audience members filed into the Rion Ballroom on Tuesday night, drag queen Miss Coco Peru sat backstage, fixing her hair and makeup in a full-length mirror and reflecting on how times ha…

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Scott Presley – The Fabulous Belle Aire

LA Weekly – Jami Supsic

Drag queens aren?t exactly a rare commodity in Los Angeles; anyone who lives near Santa Monica Boulevard can attest to that. But drag queens who help raise substantial sums of money for charity every week, now that?s a differ…

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Born different

KuwaitTimes.com – By Muna Al-Fuzai

They have chosen to be different. They were born with male or female bodies. They decided that they don’t want to keep on going in life as a man or a woman. They wanted to be the opposite. Are they sick? Or are the…

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What’s in a trans name?

Advocate.com – Joanne Herman

Transsexual? Cross-dresser? Gender-queer? Under the ?transgender? umbrella are a range of people who deal with gender identity and gender expression in nontraditional ways. A primer on who?s who. Part 2 of The Advocate?s…

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Linda Simpson, Media Queen

Gothamist.com – Rachel Kramer Bussel

Linda Simpson knows how to have fun, and has parlayed her penchant for flamboyance into a career as a hostess and Mistress of Ceremonies. Whether presiding over naked glittering dancers, drag queen contests, or i…

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Transgender movement emerging from shadows

Chicago Tribune – Bonnie Miller Rubin

CHICAGO ? Shawn Coleman bristles when an application poses the question ?male or female?? ? as if there are only two choices.

When it comes to sexual identity, the 23-year-old Shawn ? born Patricia ? sees a b…

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URNA Staff 2006-04-12 00:00:00

Chicago Defender – Art Sims

Dear Chat Daddy,

I’m an 18-year-old senior in high school in Chicago. A couple of weeks ago, I came home early from school because I was not feeling well. Upon entering my home, I found my father in my parent’s bedroom…

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