All Posts Tagged With: "transgender community"

Are We Facing a Genderless Future?

Source: Newsweek This spring, an Australian named Norrie May-Welby made headlines around the world as the world’s first legally genderless person when the New South Wales Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages sent the Sydney resident a certificate containing neither M for male or F for female. For a few days, it appeared that the [...]

16Aug2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Gay and transgender struggle for acceptance in Indonesia

By Karishma Vaswani – BBC News, Jakarta In a cramped and dirty cell, four women sit side by side on a stone bench, waiting patiently for their turn to testify in court. The women’s cell is littered with cigarette butts and pieces of tissue with lipstick marks. In the corner, instead of a urinal, there [...]

19Jun2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Backers rally around transgender bill

By Peter Schworm – Boston Globe They recoiled as their quest for legal protections was derided as a “bathroom bill.’’ They seethed as their cautious petition for expanded rights turned into the latest skirmish in the culture wars. And many transgender individuals sighed in resignation when gubernatorial candidates Charles D. Baker and Timothy Cahill recently [...]

25Apr2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Transgender Community in New Orleans Fights Police Harassment

by Jordan Flaherty New Orleans’ Black and transgender community members and advocates complain of rampant and systemic harassment and discrimination from the city’s police force, including sexual violence and arrest without cause.  Activists hope that public outrage at recent revelations of widespread police violence and corruption offer an opportunity to make changes in police behavior [...]

22Apr2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Kerala contestant wins Transgender Miss India 2010

From OneIndia News Salem, Apr 12: The Transgender Miss India for the year 2010 went to 23-year-old Sabeetha hailing from Kerala, who was given stiff competition from 19 transgenders from across the country. The second spot was claimed by Manimekala from Salem while Ramya from Bangalore won the third place in the contest held by [...]

13Apr2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Transgender India: Banned in Bombay?

Prominent activist Laxmi Tripathi suffers the very discrimination that she fights. By Hanna Ingber Win — GlobalPost MUMBAI, India — Laxmi Tripathi stands tall and proud. She — who used to go by he — wears her hair long, her eyes decorated with thick black eyeliner and a low-cut top that reveals a hint of [...]

13Apr2010 | | 3 comments | Continued

Cross-dressers banned from bar

Fiona McWhirter – news.com.au A GROUP of Adelaide cross-dressers says it is no longer welcome at its favourite hotel, after having been refused entry. Despite drinking and dining regularly at the carnival-themed Boho Bar, on Unley Rd, for at least six months, members of Adelaide’s transgender community say management’s attitude has changed. Two male cross-dressers [...]

6Mar2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Miss Transsexual crowned

From starobserver.com.au Chelsey Mikimoto, a transgender showgirl from Melbourne, was crowned Miss Transsexual Australia 2010 in the country’s first-ever beauty pageant for transsexuals and transgenders, held at Melbourne’s Bar 362 last week. Contestants were judged on their creativity, talent, wit, beauty and confidence. Singapore-born Mikimoto, who performs at cabaret shows, nightclubs and entertainment venues around [...]

9Feb2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

SC advice to hire hijras for recovery of loans: Transvestites say it’s payback time

From Daily Times KARACHI: The transgender community in Sindh is thrilled by the recent advice given by the Supreme Court of Pakistan to the government to use the services of transvestites for the recovery of outstanding bank loans from defaulters. During a survey, some of the transvestites showed enthusiasm over the advice and said they [...]

27Dec2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

India hosts transsexual beauty pageant

From 9 News More than 100 hopefuls vied on Saturday for the title of India’s most beautiful transsexual at the country’s first such pageant for members of the marginalised community, an organiser said. The event in the southern city of Chennai was unique in a country where transsexuals live on the fringes of society, drawing [...]

19Dec2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Gay sex assaults ‘not reported’

BBC News Police in Lancashire say many sexual assaults in the gay, lesbian and transgender community are not reported. Officers who usually deal with rape cases have been working with members of Blackpool’s Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transexual (LGBT) forum. The officers from Operation Aquamarine believe that some victims are not reporting sexual assaults. Only [...]

17Dec2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Scottsdale transgender advocate remembered

by Lynh Bui – The Arizona Republic The Scottsdale Human Relations commissioner who began the job as Ken Culver and reappointed later as Michele de LaFreniere died recently. Although de LaFreniere is most known for her activism in the transgender community, those who remembered her said she advocated equality for all groups. While serving on [...]

16Dec2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Plaque dedicated at transgender memorial

By ARIN MIKAILIAN, The Los Angles Independent A plaque honoring victims who were murdered for being transgender was unveiled Nov. 20 at the Matthew Shepard Triangle in conjunction with the Transgender Day of Remembrance. More than a 100 members of the transgender community and their supporters gathered at the intersection of Santa Monica Boulevard and [...]

28Nov2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Landmark moment

SLC saves gays from discrimination Salt Lake City Tribune It’s the Utah equivalent of the march on Washington, the lunch counter protests, the freedom rides; a landmark moment for basic civil rights. Salt Lake City became the first municipality in the state to extend some of the most fundamental rights to members of the gay [...]

12Nov2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Training and placement for transgenders

The Times of India CHENNAI: In an attempt to help transgenders stand on their own feet, members of the Dojo Chakra, a private organisation, have found placements for 30 of them as security guards in apartment complexes, hotels and corporate offices in the city. A six-day training programme in self-defence, yoga and meditation, and confidence [...]

27Oct2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Transgender Commission fights for better restroom access

The University of Minnesota Transgender Commission is working with other departments to ensure access to restrooms as a basic right. By James Nord – The Minnesota Daily Many students take the ability to use the bathroom for granted, but for some it is a daily battle. The University of Minnesota Transgender Commission is attempting to [...]

15Oct2009 | | 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
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