All Posts Tagged With: "gender transition"

US unveils new passport rules for transgender people

(AFP) WASHINGTON — The United States has new, more flexible passport regulations for transgender people, and ended an earlier requirement that reassignment surgery precede a passport gender change, the State Department said. “Sexual reassignment surgery is no longer a prerequisite for passport issuance,” it said in a statement. From June 10, “when a passport applicant [...]

9Jun2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Local Courts Making Transgender Name-Changes Easier

by Samuel Newhouse – brooklyneagle.com NEW YORK — Courts around New York City have recently earned a new distinction, that of being one of the easiest and most popular places for transgender individuals to change their names. Two recent rulings in New York have eased the name-change process for transgender people. In one case, a [...]

29Jan2010 | | 1 comment | Continued

17 years on the job in Dallas, Officer Joe became Officer Debbie

By SHERRY JACOBSON / The Dallas Morning News After 17 years with the Dallas Police Department, Officer Joseph Grabowski showed up at work one day sporting makeup, a feminine hairstyle and a new first name: Deborah. The 44-year-old officer was scared and relieved that the secret was finally out. “I have always felt like a [...]

15Nov2009 | | 1 comment | Continued

How the AP Stylebook Fails Transgender Subjects

by Amanda Hess – Washington City Paper The Associated Press Stylebook sets a fairly helpful standard for media coverage of transgender subjects. According to the AP “sex changes” entry, reporters are to: Use the pronoun preferred by the individuals who have acquired the physical characteristics (by hormone therapy, body modification, or surgery) of the opposite [...]

9Sep2009 | | 1 comment | Continued

U.K. officer educates police on transsexualism

By Valerie Berenyi, Calgary Herald CALGARY – Members of the Calgary Police Service attended a workshop on transsexualism Wednesday conducted by a transgendered officer from the U. K. to learn more about diversity issues. Const. Louise Worsfold, who transitioned from male to female in 2004 while working as an officer for the Metropolitan Police Service [...]

24Jul2009 | | 0 comments | Continued