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‘Princess Boy’ at center of biting debate

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 14:00:17 +0000

A little boy in a bright red dress and his mom’s picture book about acceptance are front and center in a biting debate over a question well beyond his years: Are society’s gender roles so rigid(...)

Thursday Watercooler: Obama talks gay issues with lefty bloggers

James Withers — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:13:34 +0000

McCance stays mum. For a guy who couldn’t keep quiet about “fags and queers” Clint McCance has decided silence is his best option. The Midland School Board member had a homophobic fit on his(...)

Ask the Celebrity ‘Expert’: Janelle Monae – “My daughter wants to dress like a boy”

Kameron Zach — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 12:00:31 +0000

A 365Gay reader asks, "My four-year-old wants to dress like a boy. Should I dress her in pink anyway?"

Man accused of killing infant for acting like a girl

logointern1 — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:41:17 +0000

A Long Island man is accused of fatally punching an infant in order to get him to stop acting like a girl.

Twenty-year-old Pedro Jones was babysitting his girlfriend’s 17-month-old infant on(...)

Maine judge denies request from Denny’s to drop transgender rights suit

logointern1 — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:48:39 +0000

Briana Freeman had been using the women’s restroom at a Denny’s in Auburn, Maine for about a year, until in October 2007 a manager asked her to stop.

Last year, she sued Realty Resources(...)

South Africa’s Olympic committee starts Semenya hearing

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:57:36 +0000

(Johannesburg) South Africa’s Olympic committee has begun its investigation into the handling of Caster Semenya by the country’s track officials.

Mark Etheridge, spokesman for the South African(...)

Canada trying to make ice skating more “macho”?

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 19 May 2009 12:46:46 +0000

(Toronto, Ontario) When Canadian skaters take the ice in Vancouver for the 2010 Olympics, they won’t be adorned in feathers and frills.

Elaborate costumes only distract from a strong(...)