All Posts Tagged With: "transgender person"

Assigning a gender to be appealed

Source: ABC News Two transgender people who lost the right to be considered male will appeal against the decision in the High Court. Last year, the two, who were born female, won the right to be legally considered male even though they had not undergone surgery to remove their reproductive organs. The state’s Attorney General [...]

8Sep2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

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

SoCal transgender person sues Macy’s

The Associated Press LOS ANGELES—A transgender person who was born male but lives as a woman has filed a lawsuit against a Macy’s store in Torrance, alleging that managers and co-workers there treated her unfairly and humiliated her. Jason “Jazz” Araquel sued Macy’s for gender discrimination, harassment, retaliation and wrongful termination in Superior Court Thursday. [...]

21May2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Texas may be forced to allow a gay marriage

From dallasvoice.com There’s a fascinating little case out of El Paso in which a male-to-female transgender person is seeking to marry another woman. The Texas Tribune reports that the El Paso county attorney is requesting an opinion from AG Greg Abbott about whether the trans woman can marry another woman, given that the trans woman [...]

5May2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

New survey says most gay people suffer “hate crime”

BBC News Most lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people have been verbally abused and a third physically attacked, according to a new survey. The statistics from Stonewall Scotland suggested most people did not report the incidents to the police. A quarter of those surveyed said they viewed verbal abuse as part of life as a [...]

23Mar2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Miss Indian Transgender competition

by Kellie Hwang – The Arizona Republic Mesa resident Ricki Quintero gazes proudly at two Native American dresses in her apartment. One is white with turquoise embroidery, and the other is a sunny yellow. Both are made of soft deerskin, embellished with silver ornaments and finished with long, meticulously cut tassels. These dresses are meaningful [...]

10Dec2009 | | 1 comment | Continued

Fla. MacDonald’s Manager Tells Transgender Job Applicant “We Don’t Hire Faggots”

By Jodi Jacobson – rhrealitycheck.org The Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF) has filed an employment discrimination complaint with the Florida Commission on Human Relations against McDonald’s for discriminating against a transgender person who applied for a job. TLDEF reports that: On July 10, 2009, Zikerria Bellamy applied online for a position as a [...]

7Dec2009 | | 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

Gregoire OKs transgender hate-crime protection

By Michelle Dupler, Herald staff writer OLYMPIA — The same day a Colorado man became the first in the nation to be convicted of the hate-crime murder of a transgender person, Gov. Chris Gregoire signed a law paving the way for similar kinds of prosecutions in Washington. Senate Bill 5952 added “transgender” to the definition [...]

24Apr2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Transgender murder, hate crime conviction a first

By Jim Spellman CNN DENVER, Colorado (CNN) — A Colorado man was convicted of first-degree murder and a bias-motivated crime and sentenced to life in prison for killing a transgender teen he met on an online social networking site. It was the first time in the nation that a state hate crime statute resulted in [...]

22Apr2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Transgender debate not a matter of rights

I was interested in Dr. Jennifer Madden’s recent letter (April 3: “Transgender bill vote brought her to tears”) in which she expressed dismay that she had fewer rights than most of her medical colleagues. I’m not clear what rights she feels she is lacking. Can her home or office be entered and searched without a [...]

20Apr2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Transgender Woman Wins Right To Change Birth Certificate

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — A transgender Kansas woman won the right from a state appeals court in San Francisco on Friday to change the gender on her California birth certificate from male to female. Gigi Marie Somers, who now lives in Kansas, was born in Los Angeles in 1941 and was identified on her birth [...]

11Apr2009 | | 1 comment | Continued

Retired rabbi advocates for gays

By Carol Biliczky Beacon Journal staff writer Wendy Horowitz dropped a giant, neon, blazing hint when she told her parents she was joining the gay and lesbian organization at Ohio State. Her father, retired Temple Israel Rabbi David Horowitz, thought it was great she was supporting her gay friends. When his daughter eventually was blunter [...]

15Dec2008 | | 0 comments | Continued

S. Idaho transgender woman fights use of male name

By JESSIE L. BONNER | Associated Press Writer PAYETTE, Idaho – For nearly a year, Catherine Carlson refused to pay the fine for driving with a suspended license because it was issued to both her and the man she used to be. She went to jail four times over the ticket that includes both her [...]

14Dec2008 | | 0 comments | Continued

Shock-jock Baker: Media to blame in murder of transgender person, LGBT group to appear on his show

By Paul Schmelzer KTLK radio’s Chris Baker followed up his Nov. 14 comments about a transgender person being a “mutilated lesbian” with a tirade in which he blames the media — and transgender people themselves — for the murder of Latiesha Green in Syracuse, New York. On his Nov. 18 show, Baker said: Doesn’t some [...]

19Nov2008 | | 0 comments | Continued