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Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 3:13pm By Tim McElreavyMass Resistance, a right-wing extremist group based in Waltham, MA, has released an undercover video that one of its members filmed at a transgender conference held at the Marriott Hotel in Peabody, MA, in January. The poorly edited seven-minute...
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Sunday, March 7, 2010 - 5:04am By Dr Martha LeeQueensland’s gay and lesbian community has demanded Facebook widen its profile options to include transgenders. They say that simply clicking male or female when signing up to the social networking website is too limiting. "They should...
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Monday, February 15, 2010 - 9:02am By Dr Martha LeeFrance has become the first country in the world to remove gender identity disorder, also known as transsexualism, from its list of officially recognised mental illnesses. The news was reported in the French national daily Le Figaro and by the AFP...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010 - 3:45pm By Liz FarsaciStrolling down a San Francisco street one day, photographer David Steinberg noticed two gorgeous women up ahead of him. Abruptly, they turned and disappeared into a bar he had never seen before. Deciding to take a look, he found himself inside...
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Saturday, January 9, 2010 - 2:30pm By EditrixAbbyPresident Obama started the new year off with a move that was sure to please the LGBT community. On January 4, 2010, Obama appointed Amanda Simpson to the Commerce Department as the Senior Technical Adviser, making her the first...
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Friday, January 8, 2010 - 12:18pm By Asher BauerI remember it clearly—morning in the drab hotel room. A rumpled bed. Him, me, getting dressed. He had finished raping me barely fifteen minutes before. I hadn't named it "rape" yet, or even thought to call it abuse. I'd consented to the sex,...
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Friday, December 4, 2009 - 11:25am By Asher BauerAt age twenty, it’s definitely weird to be going through puberty—again. The first time was all wrong. Despite the blissful androgyny of my childhood, which, I imagined, would never end, I developed like a girl turning into a woman. Every...
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Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 7:40am By Dr Martha LeeFor US$2,000, it is possible for a man to become a woman in Thailand. However this has changed since Wednesday. The Thai government is making it tougher for patients to undergo the sex change procedure, forcing them to prove they are...
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Friday, November 20, 2009 - 3:00pm By Chris HallToday is the Eleventh International Transgender Day of Remembrance, which commemorates the deaths of the people who were killed because they were transgender or perceived as such. What do you say about a day devoted to remembering the people who...
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Friday, November 13, 2009 - 11:55am By Tim McElreavyIn 2007, Thierry Ravisé-Giard, a 15-year veteran of the French Air Force, changed gender to become Delphine Ravisé-Giard. Her new identity was accepted by her colleagues and even the military command without issue or incident. For two...
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Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 2:02pm By Tim McElreavyThe first 'transversal' style magazine has been launched by Madrid-based fashion editor and Fanzine 137 publisher Luis Venegas. Titled Candy, the magazine is dedicated "to celebrating transvestism, transexuality, cross dressing and androgyny,...
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 12:17pm By Chris HallThe archbishop of Florence has "invited" one of his local priests, Father Alessandro Santoro, to take a little time off from his priestly duties for "reflection and prayer," about a controversial marriage ceremony that he...
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - 5:04pm By Tim McElreavyThe Advocate reports that Oscar winner Nicole Kidman is set to star in The Danish Girl as the painter Einar Wegener who was the first person to undergo gender reassignment surgery. The film, also produced by Kidman, is adapted from the bestselling...
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Friday, September 11, 2009 - 11:32am By Tim McElreavyIran has the reputation for being one of the most restrictive cultures in the world when it comes to sex and morality; however, the stage has been set for what may be the Islamic nation's first legally sanctioned transgender marriage. A woman named...
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Thursday, September 3, 2009 - 1:26pm By Tim McElreavyThe Irish gay marriage lobbying group MarriageEquality has released a new ad that is taking the Internet by storm. Entitled "Sinead's Hand," the ad is simple, direct, and succinct. It may be one of the best arguments yet for gay marriage...
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