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April Ashley: 50 happy years for sex-swap pioneer

Britain’s first transsexual is, in a new exhibition, again challenging ideas about gender, identity and DNA. By Peter Stanford – telegraph.co.uk It always makes me laugh when people say I was born a man,” says April Ashley, who in 1960 became the first Briton to undergo sex-change surgery. “I was born a baby, not a [...]

24Nov2009 | | 2 comments | Continued

Buenos Aires grants first marriage license to gays

By VANESSA HAND ORELLANA (AP) BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Two men were granted a marriage license in Argentina’s capital on Monday, breaking ground in a country and region where laws ban gay marriage. Jose Maria Di Bello and his partner Alex Freyre won the right to get married when a judge ruled last week that [...]

17Nov2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Toronto to host World Pride 2014

The Canadian Press Toronto is already planning the festivities for when it hosts the World Pride event in 2014. The city beat out Stockholm to host the international political and cultural event that promotes lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues. Mark Singh, chair of the city’s World Pride committee, said the festival will highlight the [...]

19Oct2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Boy, 8, has ‘sex change’

An eight-year-old boy, Joey Romero, has become a girl called Josie in a remarkable US gender-swap case that features in a new Channel 4 documentary. By Alastair Jamieson – Telegraph.co.uk Josie was diagnosed as transgender at the age of six. Her sex has been legally changed and she will undergo surgery and drug treatment to [...]

16Oct2009 | | 2 comments | Continued

Gay Rights Marchers Press Cause in Washington

By JEREMY W. PETERS – New York Times WASHINGTON — Impatient and discouraged by what they see as a certain detachment by President Obama on their issues, gay rights supporters took to the streets Sunday in the largest demonstration for gay rights here in nearly a decade. The rally was primarily the undertaking of a [...]

11Oct2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Alberta substitute teacher let go because of sex change

By Jodie Sinnema – Calgary Herald EDMONTON — An Edmonton teacher has filed a human-rights complaint against a local Catholic school district after the district stopped hiring him to substitute-teach because he was changing his gender. “In discussions with the Archbishop of the Edmonton Diocese, the teaching of the Catholic Church is that persons cannot [...]

2Oct2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Chaz Bono Writing Sex Change Memoir

Cher’s daughter Chastity Bono is writing her memoir to document her sex change from a woman to a man. The pop superstar’s child, now known as Chaz, began the lengthy gender reassignment process last year and now prefers to be referred to as a ‘he’. News of actress/writer Bono’s sex change surgery was revealed in [...]

23Sep2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

WANTED: GAY, LESBIAN AND TRANSGENDER GUNGUARDS FOR THE QUEEN

By John Twomey – Daily Express SCOTLAND Yard is advertising for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender police to guard the Queen. The Metropolitan Police wants ­officers from “special groups” to ­volunteer for armed duty at the ­London palaces, Windsor Castle and Balmoral. Yard chiefs ordered the recruitment drive amid concerns that the Queen’s bodyguard does [...]

22Sep2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Changing Genders: An Interview With the World’s Leading Sex Change Surgeon

By Karlie Pouliot – Fox News Ever since Cher’s daughter Chastity Bono — now Chaz Bono — announced she was beginning the process of becoming a man – many have wondered what exactly a sex change involves. In order to get that answer, FOXNews.com talked to Dr. Marci Bowers, an internationally renowned surgeon who performs [...]

16Sep2009 | | 1 comment | Continued

I became a woman at 70, says Sheffield ex miner

By Richard Blackledge – Sheffield Telegraph RACHEL Fleetwood is 75 years old, lives in a Sheffield nursing home – and is most likely Britain’s oldest transsexual. Rachel was in fact born Roy Colton in Brightside, Sheffield, in 1934 – but made the life-changing decision to change from being a man to a woman aged 70, [...]

14Sep2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Muslim women get pig-free cosmetics

By Ola Galal (AFP) DUBAI — For Muslim women who feel they are violating Islam’s teachings by using skin creams with alcohol and pig residues, Layla Mandi has the answer: religiously-correct “halal” cosmetics. The Canadian makeup artist who converted to Islam is marketing cosmetics called OnePure, which she says have the luxury feel of international [...]

10Sep2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Twilight life of Malaysia’s Muslim transsexuals

By Sarah Stewart (AFP) KUALA LUMPUR — With her tight jeans, elaborate make-up and flowing hair, Tasha looks for all the world like a striking young woman. But her all-important Malaysian ID card declares she is a Muslim man. “In Islam, there are only men and women, there are no transsexuals, and this is an [...]

7Sep2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

New film tells story of Olympic gender trick in Nazi Germany

The Local – Germany’s News in English A new film soon to hit screens in Germany tells the true story of a female Jewish high-jumper whom the Nazis excluded from the 1936 Berlin Olympics, picking instead a man in drag – who came fourth. By a quirk of the calendar, the film – “Berlin 36″ [...]

3Sep2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Sex change cabbie quits new job

By Chris Visser – www.lep.co.uk A transgender driver’s return behind the wheel of a taxi has lasted just a month. Andre Edwards, 51, walked out of her job at Leyland-based Eco Cabs following a series of rows with her new bosses – and they don’t want her back. The move comes less than a month [...]

29Aug2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Transgender Chicagoans find refuge in their city

by Joseph Erbentraut EDGE Great Lakes Regional Editor When transgender activist and performer Alexandra Billings grand marshaled Chicago’s Pride parade last month, the broader LGBT community was offered an opportunity to ponder a few questions: “What does our city offer for our transgender community? Is Chicago a safe, welcoming place for the ’T’ of our [...]

10Jul2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

It’s easy to get a sex change in Iran

Gender reassignment is a way to deal with homosexuality in a place where gays are executed Hanna Rosin – The Star The poster for Be Like Others, a documentary that aired on HBO this week, looks like a CD cover for a glam-rock band. One gay-looking Adonis sits on the arm of a red leather [...]

27Jun2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

World’s youngest sex change patient speaks out

The youngest ever transsexual has spoken out about her physical transformation. German Kim Petras was born Tim, but says she knew she was a girl since she was toddler. She had been undergoing hormone therapy since the age of 12, and had sex change operation last month. Speaking to the UK’s Sun, Miss Petras, said [...]

24Jun2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Summer skin

GMTV Read beauty expert Liz Earle’s top tips for healthy, radiant summer skin If your body’s been under winter wraps, then it’s definitely time to prepare to bare so you can show off some skin for summer. Follow these top ten beauty tips to give your summer body a soft, smooth, radiant glow: Waxing The [...]

1Jun2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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