All Posts Tagged With: "bbc news"

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 | | 0 comments | Continued

Beauty pageant inspires India’s transgenders

By Prachi Pinglay BBC News As Sonia swayed to a popular Bollywood song, striking model-like poses, a small crowd of activists and journalists cheered her on. She was the first of about 20 contestants at auditions held in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay) for the “Super Queen” – India’s first transgender beauty contest. Auditions [...]

30Jan2010 | | 1 comment | Continued

Pakistani eunuchs to have distinct gender

BBC News Pakistan’s Supreme Court says eunuchs must be allowed to identify themselves as a distinct gender in order to ensure their rights. The eunuchs, known as “hijras” in Pakistan, are men castrated at an early age for medical or social reasons. The court said they should be issued with national identity cards showing their [...]

23Dec2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Born in the wrong body

By James Fletcher – BBC News Doctors in Britain are reviewing guidelines for the treatment of people under 18 with gender dysphoria. This is a condition where someone is born one sex but feels they are really the other. A key issue is the age at which young people can be prescribed drugs which pause [...]

29Oct2009 | | 0 comments | Continued