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Spurned by Nev., transgender woman to wed in Calif
By MARTIN GRIFFITH Associated Press Writer
RENO, Nev.—Danielle Pauline Severson takes female hormones, dresses and acts like a woman and plans to have sex reassignment surgery so she physically looks like a woman.
Yet the pre-operative transgender female, who was born Dana Paul Severson, will have to tie the knot to a woman in California.
After being jilted [...]
Scotsman who underwent sex change wins legal battle to be officially declared neither male nor female
From dailyrecord.co.uk
A SCOT has become the world’s first person without an official sex.
Norrie May-Welby won a battle with Australian authorities to have a birth certificate which says “sex not specified”.
Norrie, 48 – born a male – had a sex change 20 years ago.
But Norrie, originally from Paisley, was not happy being a woman either – [...]
‘I am a boy’ insists child born a girl
By EILEEN ZAFFIRO – Dayton Beach News Journal.
DAYTONA BEACH — There’s a wiry little 7-year-old in Deltona who can name an impressive number of Major League baseball players, NFL bruisers and NBA stars.
The second-grader also loves reading astronomy books and watching “Jeopardy,” and is a political junkie particularly smitten with President Obama.
Maybe it was the [...]
Survey targeting gay Coloradans stresses need for safe schools
By Heather McWilliams
The Denver Post
Schools need to be safe for gay students. That’s the top priority for most gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Coloradans, according to a recent statewide survey.
The survey — conducted by a new gay-rights nonprofit called the One Colorado Education Fund — showed “expanding recognition of GLBT families” as No. 2 on [...]
Women’s pharmacy ends ban on transgendered clients
Cheryl Rossi, Vancouver Courier
A policy that added controversy to the opening of North America’s first women-only pharmacy has been changed. Lu’s: A Pharmacy for Women and the Vancouver Women’s Health Collective now welcome transgendered clients and others who self-identify themselves as women. Members of the relatively new local feminist collective the Femininjas are pleased.
“I feel [...]
San Francisco LGBT Center asking city for $1M
The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO—San Francisco’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center is asking the city for some big financial help to stay afloat.
Since opening in 2002, the $12.3 million, city-subsidized center has struggled to pay its mortgage and is now on the verge of foreclosure.
Officials are now asking the city for a $1 million [...]
Washington weddings begin for same-sex couples
By JESSICA GRESKO (AP)
WASHINGTON — It’s a day of wedding bells for some gay couples in Washington.
Couples who applied for marriage licenses on the first day they were available last week can pick them up Tuesday and tie the knot.
Three weddings are planned at the city’s Human Rights Campaign office. The advocacy group helps with [...]
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 [...]
A family made, not born
Pakistani outcasts live together after their families abandoned them because they are congenital eunuchs and hermaphrodites
By Mark Magnier, Los Angeles Times
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — Wearing a red knit bonnet, matching lipstick and a shawl over her large shoulders and muscular forearms, Ms. Nanni gently sought to clear up some confusion as the [...]
8Mar2010 | Sara | 0 comments | ContinuedCross-dressers banned from bar
Fiona McWhirter – news.com.au
A GROUP of Adelaide cross-dressers says it is no longer welcome at its favourite hotel, after having been refused entry.
Despite drinking and dining regularly at the carnival-themed Boho Bar, on Unley Rd, for at least six months, members of Adelaide’s transgender community say management’s attitude has changed.
Two male cross-dressers in female clothing [...]
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