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Manila ready to dazzle for historic gay beauty pageant

By Kate Bartlett (AFP) MANILA — Fifteen muscular gay men strut the stage in a whirlwind of sequins, feathers, gold and glitter while a transvestite dressed as Lady Gaga performs the American pop-star’s latest hit. The scantily clad men are vying for the crown of “Mr Gay World Philippines” and Filipino-Arab fashion designer Sherwin Abuel [...]

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Transgender tales

Source: The Hindu Films In a novel initiative, at the Kovai Rainbow Film Festival, seven transgenders screened documentaries they had filmed covering issues close to their heart Seven transgenders cast off their inhibitions and came forward to take on the world as documentary filmmakers. Armed with a camcorder, they made documentary films about issues that [...]

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Transsexuals not ‘men,’ Aussie court rules

PERTH, Australia,  (UPI) — A Western Australia court, in a landmark decision, has ruled that transsexual “men” are, in fact, women. The ruling came on an appeal of gender legislation by Attorney General Christian Porter. The legislation, passed by the Western Australia State Parliament in 1999, permitted the state Gender Reassignment Board to issue a [...]

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Transsexual allowed to teach

Source: Austrian Independent Austria’s first transsexual teacher has been given the all clear to work by the education ministry after a sex change operation. The man turned woman named only as Walter S. caused outcry among some parents by informing her students via e-mail at a polytechnic in Vienna-Margareten that she will be a woman [...]

30Aug2010 | Sara | 1 comment | Continued

Thousands line streets for Manchester Pride parade

Source: BBC News Thousands of people took to the streets of Manchester to watch the annual Pride parade. The event – which is celebrating its 20th anniversary – saw more than 100 groups and floats make their way through the city centre. Award-winning actor Sir Ian McKellen is Grand Marshal of the 2010 parade and [...]

28Aug2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

U.K. transsexual sues former employer

LONDON, Aug. 26 (UPI) — A transsexual caregiver in England is suing her former employer for allegedly firing her after she turned up at work wearing a dress, authorities say. Rachel Millington, 24, said she had informed Housing and Support Solutions Ltd. in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, before she made her first appearance at work as a [...]

27Aug2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

Singapore native acts out the lives of Asian transsexuals

By Luis Torres de la Llosa (AFP) NEW YORK — The life of a transexual in Asia is limited to sexual work — such is the searing viewpoint of Singapore native Leona Lo, who traveled to New York to present a first-person, three-act play on the subject. The “Ah Kua Show” is a collage of [...]

27Aug2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

Transgenders to be separate category in Census

Press Trust Of India The Technical Advisory Committee constituted by Registrar General has recommended inclusion of transgender community in the census as a separate gender and not as males as is the present practice. In an RTI reply to Dr SE Huda of Bareilly based-NGO SSFA-ESFI, the Registrar General has said that the TAC has [...]

24Aug2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

Thousands march for gay right to marry

Source: Irish Independent THOUSANDS of people took to the streets yesterday to demand civil marriage rights for same-sex couples. Up to 3,000 gay men, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people — from teenagers to seniors — marched from Dublin City Hall past the Dail to the Department of Justice on St Stephen’s Green. Waving rainbow-coloured banners [...]

23Aug2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

Sheriff: Transgender inmate not mistreated

FLINT, Mich., (UPI) — A Michigan transgender inmate held for six days in the Genesse County jail was not mistreated, police say. The American Civil Liberties Union will investigate claims of mistreatment made by Rochelle A. Meade, who lives as a woman but remains a male anatomically, The Flint (Mich.) Journal said Friday. Meade, 38, [...]

21Aug2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
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