All Posts Tagged With: "News"
FedEx delivers the goods for transgendered
Jim Brown – OneNewsNow Without a vote from shareholders, one of America’s largest corporations has decided to grant its transgender employees special protected status. Memphis-based FedEx has agreed to implement a shareholder resolution proposed by Huffington Post blogger Sara Whitman that would add “gender identity” to the company’s non-discrimination policy. Whitman is a self-proclaimed “married [...]
14Jul2009 | Sara | 0 comments | ContinuedWho Else Needs Home Hair Coloring Insights?
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13Jul2009 | Sara | 0 comments | ContinuedTransgender Chicagoans find refuge in their city
by Joseph Erbentraut EDGE Great Lakes Regional Editor When transgender activist and performer Alexandra Billings grand marshaled Chicago’s Pride parade last month, the broader LGBT community was offered an opportunity to ponder a few questions: “What does our city offer for our transgender community? Is Chicago a safe, welcoming place for the ’T’ of our [...]
10Jul2009 | Sara | 0 comments | ContinuedSaddam’s rule ‘better’ for gay Iraqis
BBC News Investigating reports of the murder and torture of gay men in Iraq, Ashley Byrne found that some gays found Saddam Hussein’s dictatorship preferable to the threat of violence they face today. Some readers will find parts of his report disturbing. There has been so much news of death and destruction from Iraq that [...]
6Jul2009 | Sara | 0 comments | ContinuedMeet Rose, Chennai’s first transgender TV anchor
Pratibhaa / CNN-IBN Chennai: It has not been an easy journey for Rose, a Chennai-based TV show host and a transgender. Rose is now all set to produce and direct her own show. No wonder then, she particularly welcomes the Delhi High Court’s historic judgement on Section 377, decriminalising homosexuality. “I think now the Delhi [...]
4Jul2009 | Sara | 0 comments | ContinuedJASMYN holds alternative prom for gay, lesbian, transgender and questioning youths
Gay, lesbian, transgender and questioning youths get to be themselves at annual event. By Christy Whitehead – NewsJacksonville.com Corey Holloway missed out on his high school prom, but he’s making up for it now that he’s 20 and out of school. Decked in a short white dress with little polka dots on a recent night, [...]
4Jul2009 | Sara | 0 comments | ContinuedToday is big day for women, trans folk
By TAMARA CHERRY – Toronto Sun First they will march. Then they will celebrate. It will be a Dyke Day Afternoon around the gay village today as the lesbian, transsexual and transgendered communities make their voices heard. Unlike tomorrow’s infamous Pride parade, which is expected to attract more than a million participants and spectators, this [...]
27Jun2009 | Sara | 0 comments | ContinuedIt’s easy to get a sex change in Iran
Gender reassignment is a way to deal with homosexuality in a place where gays are executed Hanna Rosin – The Star The poster for Be Like Others, a documentary that aired on HBO this week, looks like a CD cover for a glam-rock band. One gay-looking Adonis sits on the arm of a red leather [...]
27Jun2009 | Sara | 0 comments | ContinuedNew Protections for Transgender Federal Workers
By JIM RUTENBERG – New York Times WASHINGTON — Lawyers for President Obama are quietly drafting first-of-their kind guidelines barring workplace discrimination against transgender federal employees, officials said Tuesday. The guidelines will be in an updated federal handbook for managers and supervisors to be distributed and posted online in the next couple of months, and [...]
26Jun2009 | Sara | 0 comments | ContinuedNew Protections for Transgender Federal Workers
By JIM RUTENBERG – New York Times WASHINGTON — Lawyers for President Obama are quietly drafting first-of-their kind guidelines barring workplace discrimination against transgender federal employees, officials said Tuesday. The guidelines will be in an updated federal handbook for managers and supervisors to be distributed and posted online in the next couple of months, and [...]
24Jun2009 | Sara | 0 comments | ContinuedWorld’s youngest sex change patient speaks out
The youngest ever transsexual has spoken out about her physical transformation. German Kim Petras was born Tim, but says she knew she was a girl since she was toddler. She had been undergoing hormone therapy since the age of 12, and had sex change operation last month. Speaking to the UK’s Sun, Miss Petras, said [...]
24Jun2009 | Sara | 0 comments | ContinuedLaos tackles transgender taboos
A new drive to contain the spread of HIV/Aids in Laos is forcing officials to recognise a marginalised group – transgender men known as “katheoy”. The BBC’s Jill McGivering went to meet some of them in the capital, Vientiane. BBC NEWS Khom was born male. But she has thought of herself as female since she [...]
18Jun2009 | Sara | 0 comments | ContinuedChina preps 1st guidelines for sex change surgery
By GILLIAN WONG BEIJING (AP) — China’s first medical guidelines on sex change surgery could require patients to gain police approval before the procedure, according to a posting on the Health Ministry’s Web site. The proposed guidelines, posted Tuesday, say candidates for surgery must show an agreement from police to change their sex on their [...]
18Jun2009 | Sara | 0 comments | ContinuedChastity Bono Undergoing Sex Change
KTLA News LOS ANGELES — Chastity Bono, the daughter of Sonny and Cher, is in the early stages of a gender change. Chastity is undergoing treatment to become a man. Bono, who is a civil rights advocate, journalist, author and musician, began the process earlier this year, publicist Howard Bragman told KTLA. She is 40 [...]
11Jun2009 | Sara | 0 comments | ContinuedTransforming Pride
by Ethan Jacobs – Bay Windows n the midst of the many changes Boston’s LGBT community has seen over the past few decades Boston Pride has remained an enduring community tradition. This year, however, the focus of Pride is on change itself. The theme of this year’s Boston Pride, which kicked off June 5 with [...]
11Jun2009 | Sara | 0 comments | ContinuedConference to address diverse trans-health issues
by Jen Colletta – The Philadelphia Gay News The eighth-annual Philadelphia Trans-Health Conference kicked off this week, with three days full of workshops, seminars, film screenings and activities meant to educate and empower the transgender community and its supporters. The conference is taking place at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, 1201 Arch St., until June 13. [...]
11Jun2009 | Sara | 0 comments | ContinuedAustralian Aims to Become First Transsexual Pro Footballer
By David Salter | Gaywired.com An Aussie Rules football fan is looking to become the first transsexual to play the competitive sport, according to an article in Sunday’s edition of The Age. Will, who asked not to use his last name, told The Age writer Jill Stark, “I’m just an ordinary guy who wants to [...]
10Jun2009 | Sara | 0 comments | ContinuedChinese man shocked to learn his girlfriend of 4yrs is a man
Sindh Today New Delhi, Jun 4 (ANI): A Chinese man was shocked to learn that the woman he had been dating for four years was actually a man. The young migrant worker, however, remained open minded to the fact upon being informed by his girlfriend, surnamed Xia, when they met recently in Changchun, Jilin province, [...]
6Jun2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
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