Transgendered

The Real Me

Sarah McBride | Posted 05.09.2012

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For my entire life, I've wrestled with my gender identity. It was only after the experiences of this year that I was able to come to terms with what had been my deepest secret: I'm transgender.

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Pregnant Man Claims Wife Punched Him In Crotch

TMZ | Posted 04.26.2012

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The Pregnant Man claims his estranged wife is a violent alcoholic who once hit him in the "crotch" during a heated argument in front of their kids, ac...

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Wrestling With The Church As An African-American Transgender Woman

Toni Newman | Posted 05.21.2012

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I am an African-American transgender woman and will always be true to myself. I strongly disagree that I am out of the will of God. I believe that the truth I live in is a truth that God demands of us.

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Working While Transgender: An Occupational Hazard?

Ilene H. Lang | Posted 08.27.2011

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As a group within the LGBT community, transgender women face unique barriers, and they're part of a group that's typically left out of the conversation.

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What Happens When Parents Reject Their Transgender Child

Joanne Herman | Posted 08.11.2011

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Few parents have heard about transgender issues, and some react so strongly to their child's gender nonconformity that they force their child to leave home.

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Lady Gaga "Born This Way" LGBT Lyrics Omitted on GMA, Glee

Lisa Derrick | Posted 07.29.2011

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One could argue time restraints on GMA caused the singer to shorten the tune. But Glee? Really?!

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Remembering Trans Heroine Rita Hester

Irene Monroe | Posted 05.25.2011

This weekend is the Transgender Day of Remembrance, and many of us will be memorializing transgender Americans murdered because of their gender identities or gender expressions.

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Transgender People Find Their Voice At North Carolina College

AP | MARTHA WAGGONER | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Nicole Hatch had spent six figures on her transition from a male to a female, including flying to Thailand for sexual reassi...

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An Open Letter to the Gay Youth of America

Natalie Bencivenga | Posted 11.17.2011

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High school is not a real representation of the world outside. Those who are ostracized for being unique or different (for whatever reason) are often the people that go on to have interesting and fulfilling lives.

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Cracking Open the Transgender Closet Door

Steven Petrow | Posted 11.17.2011

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CNN's gripping documentary, "Her Name Was Steven," was a tour de force that will further open the door to the inequities and discrimination faced by transgender people in this country.

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GOP Candidate for SOS in Michigan Runs on Anti-Transgender Platform

Chris Savage | Posted 05.25.2011

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What's one got to do to get a nomination around here? When you are a Republican trying to get noticed in the din of clanking tea cups these days, you do what you have to do. Even if it's full of crazy.

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U.S. Congressmember Carolyn Maloney on Abhorrent Anti-Gay Legislation in Uganda

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Thought Leaders and Global Citizens. U.S. Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney, representing Manhattan's Upper East Side, Roosevelt Island, and Wester...

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Obama Says He Will End 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Policy

AP | CHRISTINE SIMMONS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama reaffirmed his campaign pledge to end the ban on homosexuals serving openly in the military in a speech Satu...

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The Government Lawyer Who Fired His Transgendered Employee Had a Point, But ...

Mike Alvear | Posted 05.25.2011

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Accommodating differences always looks like the few creating a burden on the many, but it always ends up benefiting everyone.

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Catholic Church Threatens To Stop Social Service Programs For D.C.'s Neediest If Gay Marriage Passes

Washington Post | Tim Craig and Michelle Boorstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington said Wednesday that it will be unable to continue the social service programs it runs for the District if the c...

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Spanish 16-Year-Old Undergoes Sex Change Operation

AP | DANIEL WOOLLS | Posted 05.25.2011

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MADRID — A 16-year-old Spaniard has had a sex change operation, becoming the country's first minor to undergo a procedure that few countries in ...

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Obama's HRC Speech (VIDEO): President Obama Says He Will End 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

Posted 05.25.2011

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Watch President Obama's address at the Human Rights Campaign's banquet in Washington, D.C., Oct. 10. President Obama pledged to end the ban on homo...

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Salt Lake City OKs Gay Rights Laws With Mormon Church's Support

AP | JENNIFER DOBNER | Posted 05.25.2011

SALT LAKE CITY — The Mormon church for the first time has announced its support of gay rights legislation, an endorsement that helped gain unani...

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Semenya's Struggle Teaches Us About Understanding Gender Identity

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

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A South African runner whose gender identity stirred up huge controversy will be permitted to keep her title and prize money. But how do we define what is too male to compete in a women's sport?

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Yin/Yang: An Intersexed South African Runner As Symbol Of The Universal

Suzie Heumann | Posted 11.17.2011

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In some cultures, over the millennia, inter-sexed people have even been revered as shamans and holy people - they are closer to the ideal of a balanced, universal soul. Think of the Yin/Yang symbol. We all know it. It means 'balance' - male/female balance.

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Gay & Lesbian Manners: All About Chaz Bono, Anti-LGBT Jokes, and Straights Using Gay Slang

Steven Petrow | Posted 11.17.2011

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What does Chaz Bono teach us about transgender folks?

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Democratic Headquarters Vandal A Transgendered Anarchist Angry With Obama Over Gay Rights

The Colorado Independent | Ernest Luning | Posted 05.25.2011

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DENVER -- The suspect arrested Tuesday morning on charges of smashing 11 windows at the state Democratic Party headquarters is a transgendered "Denver...

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Pakistan Hijras Community Of Transgender, Transvestite And Eunuchs To Be Registered For Better Integration Into Society

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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A Pakistani Supreme Court ruling has decreed that all members of Pakistan's hijras community should be registered as part of a government survey with ...

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Believer, Beware "Gets" The Funny (And Poignant) Side of Religion

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 11.17.2011

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Believer Beware is laugh out loud funny, touching, irreverent and yet, in deeper ways, pays religion the ultimate compliment: it's worthy of scrutiny, debate, hate, and love.

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Tragically, Transgender Identifiers Have a New Martyr

John Ridley | Posted 05.25.2011

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While the loss of Angie Zapata is tragic, the fact that with due process a trial was held and a conviction obtained speaks to how greatly America is altering its nature with regard to acceptance of transgender individuals.

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