All Posts Tagged With: "Transgender"

Amanda Simpson: transgender woman appointed to Department of Commerce

Transgender & Transsexual Issues Examiner – Matt Kailey The National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) has issued the following press release: Amanda Simpson, who has served on NCTE’s Board of Directors for the past three years, has been appointed by the Obama Administration as a Senior Technical Advisor to the Department of Commerce. She’ll be [...]

31Dec2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

North Wales Police vow crackdown as figures show one hate crime a day

By Martin Williams, Daily Post POLICE vowed to crack down on racist and homophobic offenders after new figures revealed an average of more than one hate crime a day in North Wales. There have been 1,130 hate crimes reported across the region in the last three years. They included 851 racial attacks and 166 homophobic [...]

28Dec2009 | | 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

Separate column for transgender on electoral rolls

Transgenders will be registered as ‘other’ in the new format of the electoral roll New Delhi: Transgender will be allowed to have a separate third identity on electoral rolls, Chief Election Commissioner Navin B Chawla said. “We examined the request in depth and permitted transgenders to register as ‘Other’ or ‘O’,” Chawla said while delivering [...]

22Dec2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Sex change trucker: At last I am happy

Alex Bell – Manchester Evening News A VALLEY dad-of-two has turned his back on a 25-year marriage – to become a woman. Nikki Jane Weston, formerly known as Nigel, hopes to soon complete a sex change that will forever alter her and her family’s life. The Newchurch-born 45-year-old has grown long hair and now has [...]

4Dec2009 | | 2 comments | Continued

17 years on the job in Dallas, Officer Joe became Officer Debbie

By SHERRY JACOBSON / The Dallas Morning News After 17 years with the Dallas Police Department, Officer Joseph Grabowski showed up at work one day sporting makeup, a feminine hairstyle and a new first name: Deborah. The 44-year-old officer was scared and relieved that the secret was finally out. “I have always felt like a [...]

15Nov2009 | | 1 comment | Continued

What If You’re Gay? A New Feature.

By Tara Siegel Bernard – New York Times Last month, we explored the many extra costs that same-sex couples incur because their unions are not recognized by the federal government. But we’d like that story to serve as a conversation starter. Now that we know the issues — extra health insurance costs, potentially higher tax [...]

10Nov2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Transgendered in Hay River

Elizabeth McMillan – Northern News Services HAY RIVER – Dean Landrie isn’t your typical truck driver. For one thing, he likes to wear nail polish and nylons. He also goes by Gabrielle Sky and wants to become a woman. Landrie isn’t concerned with labels, and neither is his wife of almost 20 years. “I’ve spent [...]

4Nov2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Transgender man supported in custody case

NEW YORK (UPI) — A New York mother said she is fighting for custody of her son with her former partner, a woman who lives as a man, because of a judge’s questionable ruling. The New York Daily News said Monday the woman and her former partner, identified only by the false names Melanie and [...]

2Nov2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

UK’s first gay tourist office opens in London’s Soho

By Sarah Gordon – The Daily Mail The first centre dedicated to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) visitors started operating in London this week. The Gay Tourist Office opened in the city’s Soho district yesterday to provide visitors with LGBT-specific information about the capital. Both visitors and Britons will also be able to book [...]

23Oct2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Housing regs to add protections for gays

By KEVIN FREKING (AP) WASHINGTON — Federal housing officials said Wednesday they’re developing regulations to ensure that gays and lesbians aren’t denied access to federally subsidized housing based on their sexual orientation. The Housing and Urban Development Department will also commission a first-ever nationwide study to determine the extent of discrimination based on sexual orientation [...]

22Oct2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Reports of homophobic crimes rise in London

Sam Jones – guardian.co.uk The number of reported homophobic crimes in London has increased by nearly a fifth over the past year, figures from Scotland Yard reveal. The news comes as police hunting the killers of a gay man who died after being attacked in London made three arrests. According to the statistics, 1,192 homophobic [...]

18Oct2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Boy, 8, has ‘sex change’

An eight-year-old boy, Joey Romero, has become a girl called Josie in a remarkable US gender-swap case that features in a new Channel 4 documentary. By Alastair Jamieson – Telegraph.co.uk Josie was diagnosed as transgender at the age of six. Her sex has been legally changed and she will undergo surgery and drug treatment to [...]

16Oct2009 | | 2 comments | Continued

Woman Fired for Being Transgender

A Georgia transgender woman filed a lawsuit late in September because she was fired from her job as a legislative editor for the Georgia General Assembly because she announced her intent to transition from male to female. Vandy Beth Glen, formerly Glenn Morrison, filed her suit against the Georgia General Assembly in conjunction with Lambda [...]

15Oct2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Gay Rights Marchers Press Cause in Washington

By JEREMY W. PETERS – New York Times WASHINGTON — Impatient and discouraged by what they see as a certain detachment by President Obama on their issues, gay rights supporters took to the streets Sunday in the largest demonstration for gay rights here in nearly a decade. The rally was primarily the undertaking of a [...]

11Oct2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

American Labor Movement Calls for Full Inclusion of LGBT Workers

AFL-CIO Convention Passes Historic Resolution on Diversity From Windy City Times PITTSBURGH, PA — If there were any doubts that the American labor movement stands strongly in favor of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender ( LGBT ) rights, they were set to rest the minute former United Mine Workers president Richard L. Trumka took the [...]

23Sep2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

WANTED: GAY, LESBIAN AND TRANSGENDER GUNGUARDS FOR THE QUEEN

By John Twomey – Daily Express SCOTLAND Yard is advertising for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender police to guard the Queen. The Metropolitan Police wants ­officers from “special groups” to ­volunteer for armed duty at the ­London palaces, Windsor Castle and Balmoral. Yard chiefs ordered the recruitment drive amid concerns that the Queen’s bodyguard does [...]

22Sep2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Gay Bar’s New ID Policy Is a Drag

Club requires ID that matches “gender presentation” By MATT BARTOSIK – NBC Chicago Gay men and lesbian women often joke about the “membership credentials” they must have in order to be gay, a.k.a. their “gay card.” But a popular gay bar in Elk Grove Village wasn’t kidding when it imposed a new policy, requiring an [...]

21Sep2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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