All Posts Tagged With: "transsexualism"

Cuba’s first transsexual in the spotlight

(AFP) HAVANA — The story of Cuba’s first transsexual to undergo gender reassignment surgery is coming to the big screen in a documentary getting its premiere Wednesday on the Communist-ruled island, its director said. “Mavi Sussel underwent (male-to-female) gender reassignment surgery in 1988 and the documentary is a journey inside this woman, and about the [...]

18Aug2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

In France, Transsexuals Celebrate a Small Victory

By Gaëlle Faure / Paris – Time Several decades have passed since the West stopped considering homosexuality a mental illness. But for transsexuals, that kind of milestone has been elusive — until now. Last month, France became the first country in the world to remove transsexualism from its official list of mental disorders — a [...]

2Mar2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

U.K. officer educates police on transsexualism

By Valerie Berenyi, Calgary Herald CALGARY – Members of the Calgary Police Service attended a workshop on transsexualism Wednesday conducted by a transgendered officer from the U. K. to learn more about diversity issues. Const. Louise Worsfold, who transitioned from male to female in 2004 while working as an officer for the Metropolitan Police Service [...]

24Jul2009 | | 0 comments | Continued