All Posts Tagged With: "transsexual"
Reading transsexual to wait for NHS breast op ruling
BBC News
A transsexual who started a High Court battle for the legal right to NHS funding for breast augmentation surgery will have to wait for a judgement.
The woman, of Reading, and referred to as C, is fighting a test case against a continuing refusal by West Berkshire PCT to fund the £2,300 procedure.
She is arguing [...]
Transsexuals call for improved rights
IŞIL ARSLAN-HÜSEYİN TÜCCAR
BURSA – Doğan News Agency
A lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, or LGBT, association in the western province of Bursa has called on the government to start an initiative to institutionally secure the rights of members of this marginalized group.
Öykü Evren, the head of the Bursa-based association known as Rainbow, which works to protect [...]
Gay, Lesbian Workers Increasingly At Home In the City
By JAVIER ESPINOZA – Wall Street Journal
LONDON—Two years ago, Ashley Steel would have told you the City needs to do more to make gay people feel more able to be themselves.
But the openly lesbian board member from accountancy company KPMG Europe LLP thinks a lot has improved in recent years. “If there is anyone in [...]
Transsexual told she can’t use ladies’ toilets
by Sophie Doughty, Sunday Sun
A PRE-OP transsexual was left hurt and humiliated when staff at her local pub told her she could no longer use the ladies’ loos.
Katrina Harte, who is awaiting surgery that will transform her from a man to a woman, has been a regular customer at the Briar Dene, in Whitley Bay, [...]
A remarkably unremarkable role
Maggie Downs • The Desert Sun
One actress attending the Palm Springs International Film Festival hopes her movie will do more than entertain — she wants it to be a positive step for transgender people everywhere.
Maria Clara Spinelli is one of the stars of the Brazilian film “Paulista,” which follows three people plunging into love.
Their stories [...]
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 working in [...]
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 incidents. Sixty-four were [...]
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 whistling from [...]
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 picked her [...]
Transsexuals: The paperwork is just too much
By RACHAEL KAM – The Star Online
PETALING JAYA: For some transsexuals, it is easier to have their sex reassigned but it is almost impossible to change their gender and photograph from male to female in their identification papers.
Expressing support and empathy for transsexual Mohammed Fazdil Min Bahari, popularly known as Fatine who is embroiled in [...]
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