Washington [Commentary]
Who gets to decide a child's gender?
Nicholas was born a boy but prefers to live as a girl. Now this5-year-old is about to start public school.

[USA] [Television]
Gwen Araujo movie a lukewarm story about a hard-luck mom
THIS FILM should have been called the Sylvia Guerrero story, except no one would tune in.

[MA,USA]
Physician announces he is a transsexual
SOMERVILLE - A longtime family physician in Somerville has informedthousands of his patients and colleagues that he is transsexual andwill begin living and practicing as a woman, according to a letterhe distributed.

[MA,USA]
Prison commissioner testifies in sex-change suit
The state's prison commissioner testified Friday that she is not convinced of the medical necessity of a sex-change operation sought by a convicted murderer.

[MA,USA]
Transvestite prostitute, 'Jasmine,' arrested
Once again police used an ad from craigslist.com to launch an investigation into prostitution. Through the work of an undercover officer, police were able to secure a warrant and make an arrest on June 10.

[CA,USA]
A year later, pumping party suspect still at large
Nearly one year ago today, two transgender women suffered serious complications after being injected with silicone at a local "pumping party."

Sammia ‘Angelica’ Garcia-Gonzalez, wanted in connection with the death of a transgender woman following a local silicone pumping party, remains at large.

Japan - OSAKA
Jobless M2F transsexual Kaori Yamada (nee Kazuhiko Yamada) charged with drugging and robbing...
A transsexual man has been indicted for having a man take sleeping pills and stealing about 200,000 yen from him after he fell asleep, prosecutors said.

[NJ, USA]
M2F transsexual substitute teacher Lily McBeth worked 1 day in Eagleswood school...
Lily McBeth, the transsexual substitute teacher hired by Eagleswood township school officials in February, worked a total of one day for the K-6 district.

[India]
Eunuchs demand inclusion in voters'list
A little over a lakh eunuchs want to be included in the voters list but for the State's Election Commission, this seems to be an uphill task.