All Posts Tagged With: "sex reassignment surgery"

Widow was on Jerry Springer

Transgender woman regrets show, defends life Source: Houston Chronicle The transgender widow at the center of a court battle focusing on her late firefighter husband’s estate apologized Tuesday for her appearance on a tabloid talk show 15 years ago during which she surprised a man who once kissed her with the news that she was [...]

3Aug2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Transsexual’s memoirs breaks new ground in Arab world

By Natacha Yazbeck (AFP) BEIRUT — In a daring, unprecedented move, a pioneer of the Arab world’s underground transgender movement has released her memoirs, recounting her struggle to become a woman against all odds. “Mouzakarat Randa al-Trans”, or “The Memoirs of Randa the Trans”, is a brutally honest narrative that traces Randa’s battles with family, [...]

28Jun2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

The third sex: The truth about gender ambiguity

Neither wholly male nor entirely female, there are more than 30,000 ‘intersexed’ individuals living in Britain today. Here, they talk about their lives By Colette Bernhardt -The Independent The greek scholar Diodorus Siculus wrote of the mythical double-sexed Hermaphroditus: “Some say [he] is a god and … has a body which is beautiful and delicate [...]

21Mar2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Spurned by Nev., transgender woman to wed in Calif

By MARTIN GRIFFITH Associated Press Writer RENO, Nev.—Danielle Pauline Severson takes female hormones, dresses and acts like a woman and plans to have sex reassignment surgery so she physically looks like a woman. Yet the pre-operative transgender female, who was born Dana Paul Severson, will have to tie the knot to a woman in California. [...]

16Mar2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Tax court allows deduction for woman‘s sex change

By DENISE LAVOIE, AP Rhiannon O‘Donnabhain (oh-DON‘-oh-vin), who was born a man, sued the Internal Revenue Service after the agency rejected a $5,000 deduction for approximately $25,000 in medical expenses associated with the sex-change surgery. In its decision Tuesday, the tax court said the IRS position was “at best a superficial characterization of the circumstances” [...]

3Feb2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Embrace diversity of transgenders

From New Strait Times Since the media went to town with Fatine Young’s immigration dilemma, questions have arisen on whether our society lacks compassion and kindness when it comes to transgenders. AUDREY VIJAINDREN speaks to experts and religious leaders who believe it’s time Malaysians vacate the judgement seat and adopt a more sympathetic approach. RUDE [...]

22Dec2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Aussie gov’t apologizes to transsexual

SYDNEY, Oct. 31 (UPI) — A transsexual has won an apology from the Australian government for having to travel on a passport identifying her as a man, officials confirm. Stefanie Imbruglia, 42, a first cousin of pop singer Natalie Imbruglia, applied for a passport in 2007 to travel to Bangkok for sex reassignment surgery. Having [...]

1Nov2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Transgender Teacher In NJ Retiring In Frustration

WAYNE PARRY, Associated Press Writer LITTLE EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) ― When word got out that Mr. McBeth, a popular substitute teacher at two southern New Jersey school districts, was about to come back to class as Miss McBeth, it caused an uproar. The former William McBeth had undergone sex reassignment surgery and was [...]

23Jul2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Maine rules in favor of transgendered student on restroom use

Matt Kailey – Transgender Issues Examiner The Maine Human Rights Commission ruled in favor of a transgendered male-to-female student who was not allowed to use to girls’ restroom. The Bangor Daily News reports that the child, who was born male but who has a female gender identity and lives as a girl, had been using [...]

17Jul2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Endocrine Society released guidelines for treatment of transsexuals

Guidelines include recommendations for hormone therapy, surgery and long-term care for all ages. Hembree WC. J Clin Endocrinol Metab New guidelines from the Endocrine Society call for close and continued collaboration between endocrinologists and mental health professionals for the treatment of transsexual people. “The twentieth century marked the beginning of a social awakening for men [...]

14Jul2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Transgender woman reveals difficulties

By Abigail Curtis BDN Staff LEWISTON, Maine — Brianna Freeman, a transgender woman who lived the first four decades of her life as a man, said she knows firsthand about the pain caused by discrimination. And when management at an Auburn Denny’s restaurant wouldn’t allow her to use the women’s restroom until she had sex [...]

30May2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Equal ID Act would allow transgender to change birth certificate

Nicole C. Brambila • The Desert Sun The Equal ID Act, which would increase legal rights for the transgender community, passed the State Assembly Judiciary Committee by a 7-3 vote. “All Californians deserve legal documentation that accurately reflects who they are,” Geoff Kors, Equality California executive director and part time Palm Springs resident said in [...]

13May2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Tenn. unknowingly marries transgender couple; subject jailed as man, identifies as woman

By Associated Press CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jo T. Rittenberry and Jeffery Scott Phillips recently learned their 18-month marriage is invalid because the state considers both to be men. Rittenberry, who is 46, was born a man but identifies as a woman and claims to have had sex reassignment surgery in Canada. Rittenberry had officials [...]

13May2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Court ruling allows transgender people to change CA birth certificate

Nicole C. Brambila • The Desert Sun A California Court of Appeals ruling this month means anyone may amend their California birth certificate regardless of state residency. The April 10 decision stemmed from a case brought by the Transgender Law Center on behalf of Gigi Marie Somers, a 67-year-old transgender woman born in California living [...]

21Apr2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Transsexuals find new body doesn’t ensure happiness

There are no official statistics on the number of transgender people in Vietnam and how many undergo gender reassignment surgery. But post-operative transsexuals say the painful and expensive medical procedures they endured didn’t give them the normal lives they were expecting. Several local transgender men have sought sex change operations overseas because the surgery is [...]

10Dec2008 | | 0 comments | Continued