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Michigan school won’t have homecoming king, queen

NORTON SHORES, Mich. (AP) — A West Michigan high school that was criticized last year for disqualifying homecoming king votes for a transgender student won’t have a homecoming king and queen this year. The senior class at Mona Shores High School in Norton Shores instead will vote on two finalists among eight chosen as class [...]

20Sep2011 | | 0 comments | Continued

Gay rights supporters to stage protest in Boston

BOSTON (AP) — Supporters for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights are marking the end of the military “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy by staging a protest in Boston to draw attention to the fact that transgender American are still unable to serve openly in the military. The protest is part of a coordinated action [...]

20Sep2011 | | 0 comments | Continued

Dutch government to change transgender rules

Associated Press The Dutch government says it will amend a law that prevents transgender people from registering their new gender on official documents until they have had sex change surgery and been sterilized. The announcement came Tuesday, the same day Human Rights Watch issued a report criticizing the law. Justice Ministry spokesman Wiebe Alkema says [...]

16Sep2011 | | 0 comments | Continued

Australia passports allow transgender ‘x’ option

AFP SYDNEY: Australia brought in new passport rules on Thursday; allowing citizens to nominate their official gender as male, female or indeterminate, without having to undergo surgery as proof of a sex change. Canberra had previously required a person whose gender was different from that of their birth to have reassignment surgery before they could [...]

16Sep2011 | | 0 comments | Continued

Thai Court to Military: Transsexuals Not Mentally Ill

Associated Press BANGKOK — A court in Thailand ordered the military on Tuesday to stop labeling transgender people as being mentally ill in a decision praised by activists. The Thai army conscripts males over the age of 18, but has historically disqualified transgender people, classifying them as “having a permanent mental disorder.” Transgender activists have [...]

13Sep2011 | | 0 comments | Continued

Dutch government announces plans to change transgender law criticized by rights group

By Associated Press AMSTERDAM — The Netherlands intends to change a law that puts restrictions on transgender people who try to register their new gender on official documents, the government said Tuesday, the same day Human Rights Watch issued a report critical of the statute. Justice Ministry spokesman Wiebe Alkema said authorities have been working [...]

13Sep2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Chaz Bono ignores controversy, focuses on dance

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chaz Bono isn’t thinking about the controversy surrounding his casting on “Dancing With the Stars.” He says he’s been flooded with fan support and is focused on the cha-cha. Bono is the show’s first transgender contestant, and some viewers and conservative media groups have responded to his casting with hateful blog [...]

9Sep2011 | | 1 comment | Continued

Former transgender SD councilman running again

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Marla Murphy says she still gets anxious every time she walks up to a voter’s front door. That pit-of-her-stomach, deep-seated worry, greets her at night, too, a cumulative effect of all the wondering. “You never know,” Murphy said. “When I meet someone, I’m always analyzing, always looking, always almost jumping [...]

5Sep2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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‘DWTS’ producer: Give Chaz Bono a chance to dance

By SANDY COHEN, AP LOS ANGELES (AP) — “”Dancing With the Stars” executive producer Conrad Green says despite controversy over the casting of its first transgender contestant, “Dancing” remains a family show and viewers should check out the new season before passing judgment. Chaz Bono, who was born female but underwent surgery to become a [...]

5Sep2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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AIDS stalks gay and transgender Indians

  By Ammu Kannampilly (AFP) NEW DELHI — India’s success in slashing HIV/AIDS infection rates by 50 percent in the last decade masks a high rate of infection among homosexual and transgender people, experts say. This anomaly was highlighted last month by the country’s Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad in a now notorious speech at [...]

24Aug2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Judge apologizes to inmate seeking sex change

Associated Press BOSTON — A federal judge on Thursday apologized to a transgender inmate who has waited years for a ruling on whether she can get a taxpayer-funded sex-change operation. Michelle Kosilek, a convicted murderer, first sued the Massachusetts Department of Correction 11 years ago. Two years later, U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf ruled that [...]

19Aug2011 | | 0 comments | Continued

DMV clerk’s letter nets transgender woman $55K

By: The Associated Press A transgender woman has received a $55,000 settlement from the California Department of Motor Vehicles and a former clerk who sent the woman a harassing letter at home after helping her obtain a new driver’s license. San Francisco resident Amber Yust had sued the DMV and former employee Thomas Demartini in [...]

16Aug2011 | | 1 comment | Continued

‘Keep coming out’, urges Malaysia’s gay pastor

By Beh Lih Yi (AFP) HONG KONG — Malaysia’s only openly gay pastor is urging homosexuals in the mainly Muslim country to “keep coming out” to help battle homophobia, as he gets set to tie the knot with his American partner. Reverend Ouyang Wen Feng is a highly controversial figure who faced outrage and threats [...]

11Aug2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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TSA at LAX get transgender training

Associated Press The Transportation Security Administration said Thursday that its managers at Los Angeles International Airport are undergoing mandatory sensitivity training after a transgender employee alleged she was ordered to dress like a man, pat down male passengers and use the men’s restroom. Ashley Yang, 29, who spent two years as a security checkpoint screener [...]

8Aug2011 | | 2 comments | Continued

Opponents of Calif gay history law seek referendum

By Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s secretary of state on Tuesday cleared a group to begin collecting signatures for a ballot referendum to overturn a first-in-the-nation law requiring public schools to teach the contributions of gays and lesbians in social studies lessons Gov. Jerry Brown signed SB48 earlier this month, making California the [...]

29Jul2011 | | 0 comments | Continued

Alaska sued in transgender driver’s license case

JUNEAU, Alaska – The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the state of Alaska on behalf of a transgender woman, alleging that it denied her a driver’s license listing her gender as female unless she provided proof that she’d undergone a sex change operation. The lawsuit, which ACLU said was filed in state court in [...]

20Jul2011 | | 0 comments | Continued

Malay transsexual loses court bid to change gender

Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A Malaysian transsexual who underwent sex-change surgery has lost her bid to officially change her gender, with a court ruling that a person’s sex is determined at birth. Lawyer Horley Isaacs said Tuesday that the high court ruled the day before that 26-year-old Ashraf Hafiz Abdul Aziz’s sex-change surgery [...]

20Jul2011 | | 0 comments | Continued

Gay Cuban man, transsexual to wed on Fidel’s birthday

(Reuters) – A Cuban gay rights activist and his transsexual bride plan to marry on former President Fidel Castro’s birthday next month in a move aimed at advancing homosexual rights on the communist-ruled Caribbean island. Wendy Iriepa, 37, who became a woman in Cuba’s first state-sanctioned free sex change operation in 2007, and Ignacio Estrada, [...]

15Jul2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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