All Posts Tagged With: "gender identification"

Legislative Editor Fired over Sex Change, Seeks Reinstatement

By Alice Gordon, The Atlanta Progressive News (APN) ATLANTA — A former legislative editor for the Georgia House of Representatives is suing her former employers after she was fired for announcing her intent to transition from a man to a woman. Glenn Morrison, a former naval lieutenant, was born with Gender Identification Disorder, a medical [...]

28Dec2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Transgendered soldiers fall into grey zone for otherwise open Canadian military

By Tobi Cohen (CP) MONTREAL — Chris already has manly muscles, facial hair, a baritone voice and was accepted years ago by family and friends as a man. But he’s been told he cannot work for the Canadian military until he also gets a penis. The story of this transgendered applicant to the Canadian Forces [...]

22Oct2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

No surgical sex change? No problem at BMV to alter gender on licenses

Those wishing a change need only a doctor’s statement to verify gender identity. By Marc Kovac – Vindy.com COLUMBUS — Ohioans wanting to change their gender on state-issued driver’s licenses or identification cards no longer have to have their body parts medically altered, under a new policy introduced by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles this [...]

20Sep2009 | | 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

New film festival to shine spotlight on gay community

By Donecia Pea – Shreveport Times He’s the man with the diminutive stature and syrupy sweet Southern drawl that has endeared him to fans and kept them laughing for decades in his string of guest roles and recurring characters on some of TV’s biggest shows. But Leslie Jordan is most recognizable to fans for his [...]

12Sep2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Kalamazoo passes protection for gay, lesbian and transgender people

By: Phil Dawson – WZZM 13 KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WZZM) – It’s now illegal for landlords and employers in Kalamazoo to discriminate against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. “I have a hard time understanding why anyone has the need to discriminate against others,” said City Commissioner Sean McCann before voting for the ordinance Monday night. [...]

1Jul2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Dunedin ordinance widen to include sexual orientation, gender identification

By Theresa Blackwell, St. Petersburg Times Staff Writer DUNEDIN — When a team of African-American police officers came down from Chicago 20 or 25 years ago to compete in the Highland Games tug-of-war, a local restaurant refused to serve them, City Attorney John Hubbard said. So Dunedin adopted an ordinance that requires businesses open to [...]

31May2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Doraville approves transgender protections

City extends nondiscrimination protection to its employees By MATT SCHAFER Doraville became the third metro-area city to include gender identification in its nondiscrimination statement with a unanimous vote on Nov. 3. The city not only expanded its nondiscrimination policies to cover transgender workers, but also approved a set of policies that detail how a city [...]

8Nov2008 | | 0 comments | Continued