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Olivier Theyskens Wanted a Sex-Change Operation As a Child
From nymag.com
Ex–Nina Ricci designer Olivier Theyskens reveals that as a child he entertained fantasies of a sex change and told his classmates he would move to America to have this done. “I was always imagining what it is to be a beautiful girl. And I was drawing pictures of women all the time — I [...]
Bureau wants same-sex couples to check the ‘married’ box on census form
By ERIC ADLER
The Kansas City Star
Legally, the federal government, Kansas, Missouri and 43 other states do not recognize same-sex marriages — the union of two men or two women.
But one curious aspect of the 2010 U.S. Census?
It does — whether gay marriage is legal or not.
In fact, representatives of the U.S. Census Bureau are so [...]
Trinidad surgeon helps women escape past of mutilation
Karen Auge
The Denver Post
Dr. Marci Bowers slipped into a chair in Exam Room 3, folded one long leg over another, looked at her patient — a young woman with wide eyes and a nervous smile — and got to the point.
“We want to help make your life better,” Bowers said.
Mariama is as tiny as the [...]
In France, Transsexuals Celebrate a Small Victory
By Gaëlle Faure / Paris – Time
Several decades have passed since the West stopped considering homosexuality a mental illness. But for transsexuals, that kind of milestone has been elusive — until now. Last month, France became the first country in the world to remove transsexualism from its official list of mental disorders — [...]
Transsexual singer wins top music school place after switching his voice from baritone to a soprano
By Carol Driver – Daily Mail
When transsexual opera singer Emily De Salvo first applied to one of Italy’s most prestigious music schools, he was rejected as the board was unsure whether to place him among the male or female singers.
This week, after three years’ studying with baritone Maurizio Picconi and soprano Amelia Felle, the 29-year-old [...]
The serious business of becoming a woman
By Jamie Portman, Canwest News Service
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – How do you avoid charges of sensationalism if you set out to make a movie about the world’s first sex-change operation?
The simple answer is that you aim high. You set out to deliver a serious story and a quality product free of lurid tabloid exploitation.
It also [...]
‘Pregnant man’ Thomas Beatie expecting baby number three
BY Neil Nagraj
DAILY NEWS
”Pregnant man” Thomas Beatie is expecting baby No. 3.
Thomas Beatie, the so-called “pregnant man,” is expecting baby No. 3, the Web site MomLogic.com reports.
The transgender Oregonian grabbed headlines around the world two years ago when he came forward announcing he was pregnant — and male.
Beatie underwent 10 years of sex reassignment therapy [...]
Miss Transsexual crowned
From starobserver.com.au
Chelsey Mikimoto, a transgender showgirl from Melbourne, was crowned Miss Transsexual Australia 2010 in the country’s first-ever beauty pageant for transsexuals and transgenders, held at Melbourne’s Bar 362 last week.
Contestants were judged on their creativity, talent, wit, beauty and confidence. Singapore-born Mikimoto, who performs at cabaret shows, nightclubs and entertainment venues around Melbourne, wowed [...]
The world’s SECOND pregnant man is ‘blissfully happy’ as he prepares to give birth to baby boy next month
By Carol Driver – dailymail.co.uk
A transgender couple have revealed they are expecting their first baby in a month’s time.
Scott Moore – thought to be only the second ‘pregnant man’ to go public – is due to give birth to a boy in February, with husband Thomas by his side.
The couple were both born girls and [...]
Top model admits being transsexual
-The Daily Chilli/Asia News Network
Taiwanese model Alicia Liu (Xun Ai) has admitted that she is a transsexual.
The 24-year-old model-cum-actress, nicknamed Xiao Ai, said she underwent sex-change surgery at the age of 18.
“My ex-boyfriend paid for it,” she said in an interview with a Taiwan magazine on Friday.
Liu, whose original name was Zi Hua, became popular [...]
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