Transgender Related News (Click Here if Titles Below do Not Work)- Public still clueless on transgender health issues May 18, 2012A leading transgender researcher and activist on Friday has challenged perceptions that categorize transgender persons are “men having sex with men” (MSM), and declared that such mistaken notions stand in the way of reducing the transgenders’ vulnerability to HIV/AIDS.
- Transgender Advocates Hail Argentina Law May 24, 2012A new law allows an easier path to sex reassignment surgery, putting in place some of the world’s most liberal rules on changing gender.
- Transgender Canadians winning a few battles in the war for acceptance May 22, 2012MONTREAL - Canada's transgender community, long plagued by discrimination and bureaucratic obstacles, is now celebrating a series of small but significant victories.
- Transgender TV ad 'was offensive' May 15, 2012Complaints about an advert for bookmaker Paddy Power featuring transgender people are upheld by the industry watchdog.
- Thailand: Transgender diva seeks political office May 26, 2012BANGKOK, Thailand — Consider Yollada “Nok” Suanyot among the more unique challenges for campaign strategists. After all, the public is seldom presented with a male-born political candidate who was famously arrested as a teen for using a fake ID to enter — and win — women’s beauty pageants. On May 27 provincial elections, Yollada could become the highest-rank […]
- Newark Man Acquitted in Murder of Transgender Model May 26, 2012Alrashim Chambers was acquitted Friday of the murder of transgender model Victoria Carmen White (pictured). read more
- Kathy Huang: Tales of the Waria: Inside Indonesia's Third-Gender Community May 26, 2012I had no idea that transgender people could live so openly in Indonesia, a country with the world's largest Muslim population. Like many Americans I had this notion of Islam as being particularly unforgiving toward sexual minorities. How could a community of warias possibly exist?
- Is Your 5-Year-Old Transgender? May 22, 2012A 5-year-old child with large dark eyes, full lips and a button nose stares out from the front page of the Washington Post Sunday edition. "Transgender at Five" declares the provocative headline. The child's hair is being cut in a close boy's cut by her father.
- UConn Men's Hockey Team Welcomes Prospective Gay, Transgender Players (Video) May 26, 2012The UConn men's hockey team doesn't care about the sexual orientation of any of its team members. So long as a player helps win games, he'd be supported by the rest of the team. That's the message of two videos recently released by the team as part of the You Can Play program, according to ESPN.com. You Can Play is an international effort […]
- Transgender community demands civil, not special, rights May 13, 2012“Do we have to live with day-to-day discrimination our whole life?”
- Public still clueless on transgender health issues May 18, 2012
