[UK]
Paedophile wants sex change reversed, hearing told
A paedophile treated by the UK's best-known gender psychiatrist said today he wanted his sex change reversed.

[Italy]
Tranny in powder room ruckus
Italy's first transsexual MP, a 41-year-old television star, has caused a rumpus in the houses of parliament by using the ladies'toilet.

[Bahrain]
Sex-change op case postponed
A Bahraini woman, who has gone to court in a bid to legally recognise her new status as a man, after undergoing a sex change operation, will have to wait for another month for a hearing, it was revealed yesterday.

[NY,USA]
From the GAGV Executive Director: Talking about the T in LGBT
Keeping up with the reactions of several local transgender folks around the story in Batavia, with its school district having a science teacher in transition from male to female, has helped to further my understanding of the journey and realities of being transgender.

[NY,USA]
Port Authority Protest Against Trans Arrests
"One, two, three, four! Let us in the bathroom door! Five, six, seven, eight! Port Authority: Stop the hate!"

Photo: Protestors Oct. 25 at Port Authority.

[NY, USA] [Films/Interview]
Almodovar Talks About Strong Women, Transsexuals, `Brokeback'

The women in Pedro Almodovar's new film, "Volver", are not quite on the verge of a nervous breakdown, but they all seem to be hallucinating about a woman who has returned from the dead.

[NY, USA]
New online library documents LGBT human rights abuses worldwide

The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, in collaboration with AsylumLaw.org. announced the launch of its new online library documenting examples of human rights abuses and violations based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or HIV status. The library, which is free to access, is meant as a resource for political asylum seekers and their advocates to gather proof of abuses in their home country.

[ND,USA]
Transgender librarian shares her story

Transgender is a word that everyone has heard, but the actual definition may be confusing to some.

[MO,USA] [Commentary]
Drag shows set back GLBT cause

Excerpt: The negative effects of events such as this drag show reach far beyond UMSL. Transsexuality, including transgendered people and drag queens, represent a fringe part of society that has nothing to do with being gay or lesbian and is not representative of our community as a whole.

[MO,USA]
Why transgendered shouldn't be confused with 'drag'

Following a recent guest commentary featured in The Current, many GLBT students and their allies on campus were left wondering just how many drag shows were held at UM-St. Louis in 2005, since only one person seems to have witnessed the lurid debacle described in the Oct. 23 commentary.

[NC,USA]
New club addresses transgender issues

"I thought I was a woman until kindergarten or first grade," Loren A. Lemmond, a senior psychology major, said. Lemmond is transgender, and at a very young age he realized that the body he was born with did not match the gender he most identified with: male.