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‘X’ now a gender option in Australian passports

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:00:00 +0000

(Canberra, Australia) Australian passports will now have three gender options – male, female and indeterminate – under new guidelines to remove discrimination against transgender and intersex(...)

DC police probe shooting of transgender person

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:00:38 +0000

(Washington) Police in the nation’s capital are investigating the overnight shooting of a transgender person and the weekend death of an unidentified man wearing makeup and carrying high heels,(...)

Producers: Don’t boycott ‘Dancing’ over gay, transgender casting

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 17:00:35 +0000

(Los Angeles)”"Dancing With the Stars” executive producer Conrad Green says despite controversy over the casting of its first transgender contestant, “Dancing” remains a “family show” and(...)

Mass. inmate says appeals ruling supports sex-change

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:30:21 +0000

(Boston) A convicted murderer who is suing for a sex-change operation says a recent federal appeals court ruling bolsters her claim that Massachusetts prison officials are violating her(...)

Cuba transgender wedding shows shifting attitudes

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:30:00 +0000

(Havana) A gay man and a woman whose sex-change operation was paid for by the state tied the knot Saturday in a first-of-its-kind wedding for Cuba, a sign of how much the country’s attitude(...)

New Hampshire transgender woman fights to see fiance’s child

logointern3 — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 22:43:54 +0000

Ally Collina picketed a New Hampshire courthouse this week after a judge ruled her unfit to see her fiance’s 2-1/2-year-old son.

Collina, 26, believes she’s being kept away from the boy(...)

Portland passes trans-inclusive health care benefits bill

logointern2 — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 20:00:00 +0000

The city of Portland has passed an ordinance to provide trans-inclusive health care benefits to its transgender city workers.

Basic Rights Oregon Hearing

The law now entitles transgender city(...)

Krieger: Tips for dating trans guys

logointern1 — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:00:18 +0000

A little while ago, I attended a folk rock show. The crowd was full of lesbians, many of them my friends. I spent the entire night flirting with a woman who gave me her number when the bar(...)

Krieger: Why can’t LGBTs get along with each other?

logointern1 — Tue, 31 May 2011 16:30:17 +0000

In the past 15 years, I have traversed the spectrum of LGBTQ identities, and I am shocked by how much infighting exists within our community.

Some lesbians want trans guys to stop showing up in(...)

Krieger: The transgender bathroom question

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 23 May 2011 13:00:13 +0000

I once thought of it as a special genderqueer privilege, an advantage of androgyny, my right to use either the women’s or the men’s public restroom.

I made my decision on a case-by-case(...)