[USA]
The Rhetorical castration of the Intersex community

First of all, it is very hurtful and in fact traumatizing to many of us in the intersex community to have an intersex activist who is not intersexed to tell us repeatedly that we are powerless.

[NY, USA]
New York to ease rules for records reflecting gender change

The city wants to make it easier for transgender New Yorkers to switch the sex listed on their birth certificate, an important issue to the transgender community in an era when official identity documents have become more essential in everyday life.

[PA, USA]
Transsexual accused of threatening to kill Pa. prosecutor

A transsexual woman convicted in the castration death of her husband is accused of making death threats to a prosecutor.

[CA, USA]
Indonesian trans woman's asylum case reopened

Michelle Saraswati, a transsexual woman who was arrested in August in San Francisco and faced immediate deportation to her native Indonesia, has won the right for her asylum case to be reopened, according to a September 20 ruling by the U.S. Board of Immigration Appeals.

[USA]
Your Friday Cross Dressing/She-Male Roundup

If you know us, you're familiar with our usual gripe: It's getting so that you can't stage a simple dragon-boat racing competition these days without someone breaking the rules by cross dressing.

[MO, USA]
Transgender speaker encourages LGBT acceptance

Renowned LGBT speaker Jamison Green spoke Tuesday about issues related to legal troubles that the trans-community faces, as well as physical and personal problems.

[Philippines]
Amazing beauties

What is the essence of a woman? The logical answer is the ability to procreate and ensure the continuity of the human race. For some, being a woman is a state of mind.

[Australia]
Queen of stage spectaculars

After months of graft, weeks of technical problems and days of panic, Australia's latest homegrown stage spectacular has arrived.