Becky Kent, Scottish Transgender Woman, Receives Offensive Note With Divorce...
A transgender woman in Scotland is demanding an apology after workers at the courthouse who handled her divorce proceedings left a shocking and offensive Post-it note attached to her court documents....
View ArticleTransgender? A Doctor Won’t See You Now
Trans patients face do-or-die situations when trying to find transition care. But the medical community is not ready for them. Shop ▾ “This is not about [some hazy notion of] being able to be who you...
View ArticleEyricka Morgan, Transgender Woman, Allegedly Murdered In New Jersey
A New Jersey transgender woman died earlier this week after allegedly being attacked by a man living in her boarding house. Eyricka Morgan, 26, reportedly died Sept. 24 at Robert Wood Johnson...
View ArticleWho Decides What Makes a Woman?
When I read a recent New York Times article by Elinor Burkett titled, "What Makes a Woman?" I found that I agreed with her on one point. I too thought that small minority of transgender people...
View ArticlePhilip Porter, Former Transgender Woman: 'I Was An NFL Cheerleader' (VIDEO)
Texas native Philip Porter spoke to HuffPost Live about his apparent decision to transition back to his birth sex (male) after living for 32 years as a transgender woman. "I was born male, and always...
View ArticlePolicies on transgender admissions at women's colleges
Barnard College's Board of Trustees is expected to vote next week on a formal policy governing admission of transgender students. The vote at the Manhattan campus follows those at a number of women's...
View ArticleBeyond the binary: what does it mean to be genderfluid?
‘Look at the man in a dress,” my mum said, giving him a glance and a smile. “The poor thing.” Looking frightened, he flung the bread and milk into the passenger seat of his car. As he drove off, I saw...
View ArticleSubcommittee set up to frame policy for transgenders in Karnataka
The State government has set up an 11-member sub-committee to frame a policy for transgender persons in Karnataka, in line with the Supreme Court order in April this year that has recognised them as...
View ArticleFinal draft of transgender policy ready
The Karnataka government is ready with the final draft of its policy for transgenders and circulated it to all departments for comments and suggestions. The policy — perhaps the first of its kind in...
View ArticleTransgender development board set up with Manabi as vice-chief
KOLKATA: Post the appointment of Manabi Bandopadhyay as the first transgender principal of a college in India comes the news of her selection as the vice chairman of the state's Transgender Development...
View ArticleAmanda Lepore, Transsexual Icon, Discusses Career, Transition With Into The...
Transsexual nightlife icon Amanda Lepore recently sat down with Into The Gloss to discuss her career, transitioning and her rise to prominence as a staple of New York's downtown club scene. While...
View ArticleTransgender Woman Claims She Was Raped By Police Officer (WARNING: GRAPHIC...
A transgender woman in Southern California says a police officer forced her to perform oral sex on him and then raped her. The woman made the allegations in an Oct. 18 federal civil rights and assault...
View ArticleTime for ‘trans’formation
Sitara Begum, a transwoman and B.Ed graduate from Nellore, was denied a shot at District Selection Committee (DSC) examination, 2014, as the application form had no slot for the third gender. Her...
View ArticleTransforming Tamara
For three decades, Tamara Loyer wrestled with the regular demons that haunt so many in the Downtown Eastside: Sex work, drugs, violence, poor health, poverty and homelessness. All the while, an even...
View ArticleProgressive judgment, says activist
“Today will be remembered as a Gold Letter Day. India truly is a democracy where rights of all individuals are protected.” When Lakshmi Narayan Tripathi, a well-known face of the transgender community...
View ArticleBeyond male and female, definition of Facebook’s new gender options
Facebook announced Thursday, Feb. 13, that users in the United State can now go way beyond “male” and “female” in identifying gender. “We collaborated with our Network of Support, a group of leading...
View ArticleSEX NO BAR The Supreme Courts recent order recognising the transgender...
Shes dressed in a white silk sari emblazoned with a red zari border that matches the vermillion bindi streaking across her forehead. She holds on to his hand that curls over the end of the banister....
View Article'2015's been a great year for trans and transgender folk'
Hasn’t it been a great one! It has been a year where transgender folk have been talked about. Thousands of people have read articles, seen TV shows and interviews and had conversations about...
View ArticleTransgender vs Hijra debate hots up
After the Supreme Court officially granted them the category of Third sex on April 15 last year, one thought there would be jubilation and new-found solidarity in the transgender ranks as they claim...
View ArticleNo more invisible: Hijras celebrate new 'weapon'
NEW DELHI: "We have been given a weapon to defend ourselves," Simran Shaikh, a hijra activist of India HIV/AIDS Alliance, said about the SC judgment which has made the third gender official. So far,...
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