All Posts Tagged With: "sexual minorities"

Penn offering sex-change coverage to students

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Transgender students at the University of Pennsylvania will now be eligible for sex change treatments under the school’s new student health plan. University spokesman Ron Ozio says Penn president Amy Gutmann approved the changes last week to the Penn Student Insurance Plan, which is typically used by students who aren’t otherwise covered [...]

16Apr2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Often shunned by family, Oregon’s gay Latinos fight for respect

By Gosia Wozniacka, The Oregonian When 16-year-old Edna Vazquez of Colima, Mexico, fell in love with a young woman, her parents ran her out of the house. They sent Vazquez to live with relatives in Oregon, hoping a separation from her girlfriend would save their only daughter and the family honor. At first, Vazquez — [...]

18Jan2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Man, I feel like a woman!

anushreemajumdar- indianexpress.com Mascara is a tricky friend, lethal in charm but capable of ruining a Kodak moment, should it merge with tears and leave a dark trail down your cheeks. Therefore, Poonam applies it with great care, if she goes on to win a place in the semi-finals of the Indian Super Queen, India’s first [...]

15Jan2010 | | 1 comment | Continued

Transsexual queen calls for tolerance

AFP JAPANESE TV personality Ai Haruna said she wants her country to be more tolerant toward people of diverse sexual orientations, a month after she was crowned the world’s most beautiful transsexual. Haruna, 37, already a household name in Japan, was chosen Miss International Queen 2009 at a pageant in Thailand last month after judges [...]

3Dec2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

ARGENTINA: New Voice for Sexual Minorities

By Marcela Valente BUENOS AIRES, (IPS) – A monthly magazine published by an Argentine umbrella group of some thirty organisations of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and trans (LGBTs) seeks to become a major communications channel for the community and an instrument for disseminating the actions that sexual minorities undertake to defend their rights. “The Pride March [...]

27Sep2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

City prepares for gay pride march

Times of India CHENNAI: They’re a section that’s often invisible in a society that still disapproves of alternative sexual choices and even criminalises homosexuality. But, for the first time, members of the lesbian , gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in the city are making their voice heard by celebrating LGBT Pride Month, with a [...]

11Jun2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

New UN plan to boost HIV services targets gay men and transgender people

UN news Centre 15 May 2009 – Two United Nations agencies are launching a plan to provide increased HIV-related information and health services to men who have sex with men and transgender populations, while stressing the need to make universal access to treatment, care and support a reality for all. The initiative, spearheaded by the [...]

16May2009 | | 0 comments | Continued