I Need Relief from the Pain of Living in a Female Body (ACLU - American ...
(Source: ACLU - American Civil Liberties Union) All my life, I've known I was different. My mother really wanted a girl, and as far as she knew, she got one when I came along. Except she didn't. By the...
View ArticleAnti-superstition bill may be diluted for sake of consensus
Govt may keep controversial practices out. The state government is likely to play safe. With mutts and some political parties tooth and nail opposed to it, the Karnataka Prevention of Superstitious...
View ArticleCollection of Cess (Ministry of Labour and Employment of the Republic of India)
(Source: Ministry of Labour and Employment of the Republic of India) For the welfare of the Building and Other Construction Workers' Cess is being levied and collected as prescribed under Section 3of...
View ArticleMinnesota Under Fire For Banning Coverage Of Gender Transition Surgery
MINNEAPOLIS (CN) - Minnesota's ban on reassignment procedures for gender dysphoria is discriminatory and is condemned by the medical community, a rights group claims in court. Gender dysphoria is the...
View ArticleI Need Relief From the Pain of Living in a Female Body
All my life, I've known I was different. My mother really wanted a girl, and as far as she knew, she got one when I came along. Except she didn't. By the time I was five, I knew I wasn't a girl. It...
View Article'Who's Chelsea Manning' Art Installation To Debut At 2013 DUMBO Arts Festival
This year's annual DUMBO Arts Festival will feature a unique art installation that attempts to encapsulate one of the larger news stories of 2013 -- the sentencing of Chelsea Manning to 35 years in...
View ArticleA surprisingly difficult question for Facebook: Do I have boobs now?
Facebook and Instagram like to be thought of as progressive. But when it comes to nudity policies, a campaign started by a trans woman is finding confusion and prejudice remain...
View ArticleSharon Shattuck, Documentary Filmaker, Discuses Her Father's Coming Out As...
Filmmaker Sharon Shattuck appeared on HuffPost live this week in a segment titled "My New Trans Parent." She discussed her experiences growing up with a father who came out to her as a transgender...
View ArticleCollege Transgender Policies Clash Over What It Means To Be a Woman
Share Tweet Share Send Link Columbia University’s Barnard College became the last of the highly regarded “Seven Sisters” colleges in the United States to accept admissions from transgender women last...
View ArticleSome Basic Propositions About Sex, Gender and Patriarchy
Within feminism there has been for decades an often divisive debate about transgenderism. With increasing mainstream news media and pop culture attention focused on the issue, understanding that...
View ArticlePanel to submit report in August
Having achieved prominence in the State for her activism for the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender (LGBT) community, Akkai Padmashali was recently included in the 11-member sub-committee for the...
View ArticleMother Reveals The 'Epiphany' Moment She Knew Her Son Was Transgender
A member of the Gender & Family Project's Parent Group joined HuffPost Live this week to discuss the challenges of raising her 12-year-old son, who identifies as transgender. "At around age 7, he...
View ArticleWhat We're Made Of
Scrolling through my Facebook feed this Sunday I saw that many friends had posted the same article, the discussions occurring on each persons post could not have been more different. Responses were...
View ArticlePiper Kerman, 'Orange Is The New Black' Author, Talks Treatment Of...
On July 11, Netflix's next high profile original series, "Orange is the New Black," makes its debut. The show, based on the best-selling memoir of the same name, tells the true story of Piper Kerman,...
View ArticleKayhar, Transgender Woman, Performs Duet With Pre-Transition Self
In late September, The Huffington Post brought you an incredible video that chronicled the journey and transition of a transgender woman named Kayhar. This week Kayhar released another striking video...
View ArticleForeigners pick India for bargain sex-change operations
British national Sue Pascoe, 54, can never forget her trip to India in March. It was here, in a small clinic in north Delhi, that she was given the body she always craved — of a woman. Born Graham...
View ArticleDomonique Newburn, Transgender Woman, Found Dead In Apartment (VIDEO)
A transgender woman was found dead in her Fontana, Calif. home Tuesday, and witnesses say they saw the suspect take clothes, a computer and the victim's car to get away. Police found Domonique...
View ArticleAutumn Sandeen, Transgender Veteran And Activist, Discusses Her Prison...
Autumn Sandeen, a navy veteran and prominent transgender activist, joined HuffPost Live on Aug. 23 to discuss her time in jail and the treatment she received from corrections officers. Sandeen was...
View ArticleAshley Jones, Transgender Woman, Documents Transition In YouTube Video
Ashley Jones is a transgender woman who documented the experience of her transition over the course of a year's time. In this incredible video, Jones chronicles her journey through a series of...
View ArticleJared Leto Talks Playing A Transgender Woman In 'Dallas Buyers Club'
Actor Jared Leto stopped by HuffPost Live today to discuss his latest role, in which he plays a transgender woman named Rayon in "The Dallas Buyers Club." HuffPost Live asked Leto about the criticism...
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