Give Thanks for Our Freedom to Laugh at Daft College Students
Give thanks this day for some indirect blessings of liberty, including the behavior-beyond-satire of what are generously called institutions of higher education. People who are imprecisely called...
View ArticleThe Psychology of Transgender (American Psychological Association)
(Source: American Psychological Association) Founded in 1998, the Transgender Day of Remembrance on Nov. 20 honors those murdered as a result of anti-transgender prejudice. According to the Gay,...
View ArticleCaitlyn Jenner apologizes for controversial comments about transgender issues
Caitlyn Jenner may be the world's most famous transgender person, but she's still learning how to talk about trans issues in a way that feels authentic to a long marginalized group. The reality TV star...
View ArticleMeet Tamara Adrián, Venezuela’s Crusading Trans Politician
Tamara Adrián is Venezuela’s first out trans member of Parliament. She intends to use her influence to campaign for LGBT rights. On the night of the elections for the Venezuelan Parliament earlier this...
View ArticleWhen Did You First Know?
At the beginning of 2015 -- the "Year We Obsessed Over Identity," as The New York Times observed -- I disrobed during a video interview for the What's Underneath project by Style Like U. The first...
View ArticleGender Reassignment Surgery, Explained (Crozer-Keystone Health System)
(Source: Crozer-Keystone Health System) Media Contact: Mary Wascavage (610) 284-8619 Mary.Wascavage@crozer.org Kathy Rumer, D.O., a board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon, is an experienced...
View ArticleMillennium Fund grant supports program that helps transgender youths
MEDINA: In sleep, they are free to be the people who are locked inside. That’s what transgender teens told Sandy Varndell, who helped launch a new support group nearly three years ago to help her...
View Article7 things you can do to champion women in 2016
We're living in a feminist moment. Presidential candidates must now answer questions about equal pay and paid family leave. We talk openly and candidly about the violence women of color and transgender...
View ArticleGiving thanks for higher ed
Give thanks this weekend for some indirect blessings of liberty, including the behavior-beyond-satire of what are generously called institutions of higher education. People who are imprecisely called...
View ArticleThe Do's and Don'ts of Matching With Trans People on Tinder
Many transgendered individuals face the possibility of being banned on Tinder for nothing other than being trans. The app is struggling to combat the transphobic actions of some users. Transgender...
View ArticleView Point: The queering of Indonesian state and society
Pssst, guess what? In the first two weeks of December I engaged in a lot of sex-filled activities — straight, gay, queer and everything in between! Woohooo! Exciting, huh? Indeed, but not in the way...
View ArticleDebunking Bathroom Myths
When the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance was defeated, the ostensible reason was that Non-Discrimination Ordinances (NDOs) which include gender identity allow criminals to pretend to be transgender in...
View ArticleA Look At Transgender Discrimination In Thailand
BANGKOK, THAILAND – Warat “Bai Thong” Tanasanti was a brilliant student who dreamed of becoming a lawyer. Her dreams came to a screeching halt, however, when she realized that this wasn’t possible. The...
View ArticlePolicy drafted for transgender student athletes in Nebraska
Any requests would be evaluated by the newly formed Gender Identity Eligibility Committee, which would take into...
View ArticleIndia success story of a strong response to HIV/AIDS continues (Ministry of...
(Source: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Republic of India) The 2015 HIV estimates reaffirm the sustained declining trend in HIV prevalence and in new HIV infections at the national level...
View ArticleSetting Up of Medical Colleges (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the...
(Source: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Republic of India) Details regarding number of government and private medical colleges established during the last three years including current...
View ArticleVietnam -- a Step Forward?
The legislature of Vietnam recently adopted a new Civil Code which will come into effect in January 2017. Among the changes is the right of Vietnamese persons to have sex reassignment surgery and...
View ArticleMilk from State contains least quantity of antibiotic residue, says study
A study of milk samples from three southern states, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, carried out by the Trans Disciplinary University (TDU) and Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University...
View ArticleLGBulleTIn #28 – The week in LGBTI news (December 12-18, 2015) (ILGA -...
(Source: ILGA - International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association) Saturday, December 12 LGBT migrants report extensive recollections of abuse, study finds LGBT migrants who obtained...
View ArticleTransgender rights group sues state over care limitation
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota gay rights advocacy group and a transgender man are suing the state for its ban on public...
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